Gingerbread men biscuit recipe

by Jamie | Jun 16, 2013 | 41 comments

Last Updated: July 5, 2026

A homemade travel sickness remedy for dogs

Add ginger to biscuits and you can make a delicious dog treat.  Ginger has been known for a long time to be very effective in combating motion sickness in dogs as well as people.  These biscuits are easy to make and dogs think they are very tasty whether they're traveling or not!  Because we are making gingerbread men, I'm using a gingerbread man biscuit cutter, you can buy here if you need one.

Gingerbread men biscuit recipe

A homemade travel sickness remedy for dogs

Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Dog Treat
Cuisine Canine
Servings 40
Calories 25 kcal

Equipment

  • Mixing Bowl
  • Rolling Pin

Ingredients
  

  • 85g (3oz)

    Peanut butter
  • 4 tbsp Hot water
  • 170g (6oz) Self raising flour
  • 2 tsp Ginger
  • 1/2

    tsp Cinnamon
  • A little water to mix

Instructions
 

  • Add 85g (3oz) of peanut butter to a bowl
    peanut butter in mixing bowl
  • Add 4 tablespoons of hot water to bowl
    adding hot water to mixing bowl
  • Give it a good mix
    peanut butter and water mix
  • Already the dogs are wondering what's getting made
    nosey dogs
  • Add 170g (6oz) of self raising flour to bowl
    add flour to bowl
  • Add two teaspoons of ginger
    adding ginger to mixing bowl
  • Add 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon
    adding cinnamon to mixing bowl
  • Now add a little water, just enough to make a dough, roll up your sleeves and really mix
    dog biscuit dough ball
  • Roll out to 1/4 inch thick and preheat oven to 200°C
    rolled out dough
  • Cut out biscuits and place on baking tray
    raw biscuits on baking tray
  • Cook for 15-20 mins until golden brown
    cooked dog biscuits
  • Give to dog! Very tasty!
    feeding dog a homemade dog biscuit

Notes

How to store

As a general guide, if meat protein is present in the recipe, then it will last around 3 to 5 days stored in a cool place. If it has second-class protein in it, e.g., cheese, lentils, eggs, etc, then they will store for about 10 days in a cool place. If there is no meat or second-class proteins present, then it will last around 3 weeks before they go soft like human biscuits.

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By Jamie Shanks

BDWS is owned and run by me, Jamie Shanks. I’ve been a professional dog walker since 2010. When I’m not walking dogs, I'm usually at home entertaining my three dogs and attending to five hens and my vegetable garden. 

41 Comments

  1. Just made these for my dogs. They smell so good that my daughter wants to try them as well!

    Reply
    • Thank you. Got a doodle who is sick going just a few miles up the road in the car. Hoping these will help.

  2. Just found your website after someone at a recent dog show told us about your recipes. The lady gave our German Shepherd a piece of liver cake and she loved it so am about to make some!! She doesn’t travel too good (drools terribly) so am going try her with the gingerbread biscuits too. Thanks

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  3. Hi, dogs love your snaps thanks. Am going on holiday, how long do these keep & how best to store.
    Many thanks

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  4. Just made some Gingerbread Greyhounds for the Somerset GRWE show – they look great and Teddie (greyhound) thinks they’re yummy. Thank you for a super recipe

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  5. my dog gets really car sick how long before a journey should I give her these biscuits.

    Reply
    • Hey!

      Try 30 mins before you leave. I’ve had a few dogs that suffer from travel sickness. One remedy is a good run before travelling. Tbh, if it was my dog, I’d exercise it, then car drive, somewhere nice to walk with dog, car drive, somewhere else nice and do this for a few days.

      Jamie

    • Does anyone know how many of these biscuits a small whippet puppy with travel sickness should be given? And how long before the journey?

  6. Didn’t have any little men cutters so used small bone and ‘Setter’ shape cutters. Met with a little suspicion at first but now my IRS loves these.

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  7. what is the store life in this xx

    Reply
    • They are the longest lasting treats on my website. I know they can last two weeks in a jar.

  8. Oh nooo!! I’ve just ran out of self raising flour and i want to try these!! Grrr!! 🙂

    Will need to remember to check the bible of Jamie before baking in future!

    Reply
    • Did you get by without or did you buy some C? Pic from you FB page looks great!

    • I found a rogue bag that had fallen to the back of the cupboard and had just enough to make these! The dogs loved them and the people at dog club thought they smelled great! A nice change from the usual pongy liver and tuna cakes we usually have smelling out our pockets. Waggy tails all around 🙂

  9. Great recipe, my little cocker spaniel loves these. Made them by cutting out shapes using the end of an apple corer, so they made good little bite size treats for training too. Thank you 🙂

    Reply
    • Thanks Michelle! 🙂

    • Hi, was wondering if you use powdered ginger or fresh?
      Regards

    • Looks like powdered from the pictures Di. I’m going to make these for my sister’s dog who gets really car sick, might even keep a few for my own dog too!!

    • Powdered, but either or…

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