You can eat our Edible Cookie Dough right out of the bowl without feeling too guilty! We all enjoy cookie dough just as much, if not more, than cookies.

Of course, most of the time we bake our cookies instead of just eating the batter.
This Eggless Cookie Dough will blow your mind. I have a confession. I created this cookie dough that you can eat one weekend when my spouse was away with the girls. I planned to have some left over when they got back from their excursion to fish. But it didn’t happen at all.

I will confess, though, that I didn’t eat it all by myself. I made chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream using half of the quantity. When everyone got back from their camping trip on Sunday afternoon, there was still some left for them to enjoy.

Why you should make this edible cookie dough recipe

There are two good reasons to make cookie dough that you can eat. The first is the most obvious: you can sit down and eat it by the spoonful without worrying about becoming sick. This is really important for pregnant women, who should never be refused cookie dough for any reason! No one wants to be the one who gets someone else sick or gives them food poisoning!

The second one is that you can use it to make all kinds of other tasty stuff!

Fun ways to use Eggless Cookie Dough

• Roll it into tiny ¼ to ½ teaspoon balls and put it into your favorite vanilla or chocolate ice cream base!
• Press 1 teaspoon balls right down into the center of freshly cooked cupcakes then cover them with icing for a cookie dough loaded cupcake!
• Dip them in melted chocolate for quick cookie dough truffles!
• Make cookie dough packed pretzels!
• Turn it into cookie dough fudge!

Edible Cookie Dough Recipe components

• Heat-treated flour
• Salted butter
• Brown sugar
• Granulated sugar
• Heavy cream
• Vanilla extract Salt
• Mini semisweet chocolate chips

• ◯ 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• ◯ 1/2 cup salted butter softened
• ◯ 2/3 cup packed light brown sugar
• ◯ 3 Tablespoons granulated sugar
• ◯ 2-3 Tablespoons heavy cream or milk
• ◯ 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ◯ 1/4 teaspoon salt
• ◯ 1/2-1 cup mini semisweet chocolate chips (depending on how much you like)

Preparation Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Spread the flour onto a baking sheet coated with parchment paper, then bake for 8 minutes so it is safe for raw ingestion. Let cool fully. You may simply microwave it for 60 seconds instead.
   1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
2. In a large basin bowl, mix the butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar until light and creamy, about 2 minutes.
   
   Add the cream, vanilla, and salt, and beat again.
   ½ cup salted butter,2/3 cup packed light brown sugar,3 Tablespoons granulated sugar,2-3 Tablespoons heavy cream,1 teaspoon vanilla extract,¼ teaspoon salt
3. Add the flour, mixing just until incorporated.
4. Stir in the micro chocolate chips by hand, then enjoy right away or store in the fridge. The butter in the dough will reharden as the cookie dough chills, so you will need to allow it come back up to room temperature to soften up if it has been refrigerated for long.
   1/2-1 cup tiny semisweet chocolate chips

Making this Edible Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Recipe for one

This recipe as described makes enough cookie dough to fulfill around 6 people’s cookie dough appetites. And it stays nicely in the fridge or freezer, so most of the time I make the full quantity. But if you simply want a treat for one, here’s how to tone it down. I assumed I would make the numbers for you and save you the hassle.

• ◯ ¼ cup flour (microwaved for 60 seconds to destroy microorganisms)
• ◯ 2 tablespoons butter, softened
• ◯ 2 teaspoons brown sugar
• ◯ 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
• ◯ 2-3 teaspoons cream
• ◯ ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
• ◯ Pinch of salt
• ◯ 2-3 teaspoons tiny semisweet chocolate chips

Rather than bringing out your mixer, you may just crush the butter into the sugar with a fork.

Edible Cookie Dough Recipe variations

Switch up the mix-ins: Instead of mini chocolate chips, try mixing in crushed Oreos, sprinkles, chopped walnuts or pecans, white chocolate chips, raisins, toffee bits, Andes creme de menthe bits, mini M&M’s, crushed pretzels, chopped candy bars or Reese’s peanut butter cups, sweetened coconut or your other favorite mix-ins. About ½ cup of any mix-in should be about right.

Edible oatmeal cookie dough base: Substitute ¼ cup of the flour with ½ cup of old-fashioned oats.

Edible peanut butter cookie dough base: Add ½ cup peanut butter with the softened butter and an extra ½ cup flour.

Edible chocolate cookie dough base: Substitute ⅓ cup of unsweetened cocoa powder for ⅓ cup of the flour.

Edible sugar cookie dough base: Use 2/3 cup of granulated sugar instead of a combination of brown and granulated sugar. Add ¼ teaspoon almond extract.

Edible Cookie Dough storage

How long is cookie dough good for?

This can be stored in the fridge for up to 1 week or in the freezer for 3-4 months. Just defrost well and let it come up to room temperature before eating.

Easy Edible Cookie Dough Recipe FAQs

How do you make edible cookie dough safe to eat?

We all know that ordinary cookie dough is a no-no. It’s meant to be off-limits because of microbial dangers from raw eggs and uncooked wheat. Scary phrases like e coli start and salmonella start showing up, making us second guess that spoonful of dough we all love to pilfer before baking.

Edible cookie dough doesn’t include any eggs and we are going to toast the flour before using it so kill any dangerous germs. So yes! Edible cookie dough IS safe to eat!

I will say that I pooh-poohed edible cookie dough for a long time. In all my life, I have never gotten sick from eating cookie dough, nor has anyone I know. BUT I still feel irresponsible informing people that it’s absolutely appropriate to do so.

But now, look at me adulting and eating “safe” cookie dough that I absolutely made on a whim since my family was out of town and I bowed to a yearning. Except that the sheer act of consuming a dish of cookie dough doesn’t sound like very responsible adult conduct to begin with. But who cares when this cookie dough is sanctioned by the classification of being safe!

Why is my edible cookie dough gummy?

There could be a number explanations for gummy cookie dough. If the dough is too warm it may feel sticky because the butter is melting too much. Also, not enough flour or too much flour will produce the dough sticky gummy texture or dry gummy texture.

What is the difference between cookie dough and edible cookie dough?

You can consume edible cookie dough right now! No need to cook. The dough doesn’t have any eggs in it, so it’s okay to eat without baking!

Why do you need to bake flour to make cookie dough that you can eat?

Eating uncooked flour isn’t the finest thing to do. E. coli and Salmonella are two dangerous bacteria that can live in raw flour. To make your flour safe to eat, you should heat treat it.

At what temperature does E. coli die in flour?

If you’re using raw flour to make anything you can eat, make sure to bake or roast it to at least 160°F to kill any E. Coli that might be there.

What makes edible cookie dough taste so good?

Edible cookie dough is the greatest with the star ingredients of butter, sugar, and chocolate chips. If you’re the sort that likes to sneak a mouthful or two of cookie dough while creating cookies, you need to prepare this edible cookie dough!