Apple Cupcakes With Peanut Butter Icing for Dogs

Submitted by Barbell Bunny

"A special treat for your special furry friend!"

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Yields: 30 mini muffins
• Serves: 30

ingredients

• 1⁄4 cup applesauce, unsweetened
• 3 cups water
• 1⁄4 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 egg, beaten
• 3 tablespoons honey
• 4 cups whole wheat flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 3⁄4 cup apple, chopped
• 1⁄2 cup natural peanut butter, and small dog treats for garnish

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Lightly grease muffin tins.
3. In a bowl, combine the applesauce, water, vanilla, egg, and honey.
4. In another bowl, mix the four, baking powder.
5. Slowly add wet to dry ingredients and mix thoroughly.
6. Stir in apples.
7. Pour in lightly greased muffin tins and bake about 30 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
8. Cool muffins on a wire rack.
9. When cool, frost them with the peanut butter and top each one with a small dog treat.

Reviews

[nmhurley12]

I have these baking in the oven right now and so far they are going splendidly. I used homemade applesauce and I used sweet potato instead of flour for the recipe because flour is supposedly not good for dogs: the batter was bit soupy so I ended up adding a bit of oats to absorb, which worked well. I am wondering about the sugar content of these though because of the applesauce/apple/honey? Are there any nutrition facts on these? Some advice: I added a little bit of coconut oil to the peanut butter to make it more smooth and pipable. Looks great!