Gingerbread men biscuit recipe

by Jamie | Jun 16, 2013 | 41 comments

Last Updated: August 27, 2025

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gingerbread men dog biscuit recipe

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A homemade travel sickness rememdy 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.

METHOD

peanut butter in mixing bowl

Add 85g (3oz) of peanut butter to a bowl!

adding hot water to mixing bowl

Add 4 tablespoons of hot water to bowl

peanut butter and water mix

Give it a good mix

nosey dogs

Already the dogs are wondering what's getting made...

add flour to bowl

Add 170g (6oz) of self raising flour to bowl

adding ginger to mixing bowl

Add two teaspoons of ginger

adding cinnamon to mixing bowl

Add 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon

dog biscuit dough ball

Now add a little water, just enough to make a dough, roll up your sleeves and really mix

rolled out dough

Roll out to 1/4 inch thick and preheat oven to 200°C

raw biscuits on baking tray

Cut out biscuits and place on baking tray

cooked dog biscuits

Cook for 15-20 mins until golden brown

feeding dog a homemade dog biscuit

Give to dog! Very tasty!

How to store

As a general guide if meat protein is present in recipe then it will last around 3 to 5 days stored in a cool place.  If it has second class protein in it eg. 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. 

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  1. Melanie Jenkinson on April 23, 2021 at 12:23 pm

    Just took a batch of these out of the oven. They look lovely. Will let you know what my doggos think later.

  2. Sharon Markey on January 3, 2020 at 9:55 am

    I love these lovely biscuits for my five dogs and they definitely love them ?????

    • Jamie Shanks on January 3, 2020 at 12:23 pm

      Aww thanks Sharon, glad your dogs like them!

  3. Norma Price on June 30, 2018 at 9:50 am

    Can I freeze the ginger bread men ?

  4. Peter on September 16, 2017 at 12:37 pm

    My dog was not keen, wouldn’t eat them.

  5. Samantha Balfre on May 5, 2017 at 10:53 am

    just found your recipes loads to try am going to make various biscuits to help raise money for a dog rescue, can you substitute the self raising flour for wholemeal flour ?

    • Jamie Shanks on May 5, 2017 at 6:42 pm

      Yeah any flour is fine. Hope it goes well.

  6. Marie on February 8, 2017 at 4:03 pm

    Only just found you but have made these twice now and my dog adores them. So do I – they’re so easy to do – and I know exactly what’s in them rather than shop bought ‘lottery’ treats. This time as I made them she was laying by my feet – I think she knew!
    Thanks for sharing the recipe.

    • Jamie Shanks on February 8, 2017 at 4:39 pm

      Thanks Marie, that’s very kind of you to comment. Glad your dog likes them too. Try the sardine oatcakes if you haven’t already. A personal fave of mine. 🙂

      Jamie

  7. Howard farley on December 18, 2016 at 4:08 pm

    Hi Jamie,

    I have just made a batch of these for Kobi our Cockapoo and he loves them. They are simplicity in themselves to make, thanks for sharing it ? ? Howard & Kobi

    • Jamie Shanks on December 24, 2016 at 10:41 pm

      Thanks Howard. Glad Kobi loves them. Hope you both have a great Christmas!

  8. Linzi on May 21, 2016 at 1:27 pm

    Our dog loved these, thanks for the great recipe 🙂

    • Jamie Shanks on May 22, 2016 at 10:00 pm

      Thanks Linzi. That’s very kind of you to say. It’s one of my faves too but gets overlooked somewhat for the other recipes.

  9. Pepe on April 12, 2016 at 7:16 pm

    Cinnamon is bad for dogs, it needs to be Ceylon cinnamon in dog food.

    • Poppy on August 1, 2018 at 7:50 pm

      Cinnamon is fine for dogs…it’s nutmeg that isn’t good for them.

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