Edible Cookie Dough

Edible Cookie Dough is a delightfully sweet, simple treat that tastes just like the real thing, but without the worry. If you always want to sneak a spoonful of chocolate chip cookie dough, this recipe is for you!

I don’t know about you, but I grew up enjoying the scraps of cookie dough left on the spoon and stuck to the bowl. But since eating raw dough and batters is frowned upon, enter this edible cookie dough. It’s meant to be eaten as-is, just like your childhood dough scraps from the mixing bowl, but it’s safe to eat! You’ll want to mix up a batch every week. It’s perfect for family night or enjoying it with your favorite movie or book.

How Do You Make Cookie Dough Safe to Eat?

To make this dough safe to eat, we’re removing the eggs and heating up the flour. That way, you don’t have to worry about food poisoning from the raw ingredients.

Ingredients For Edible Cookie Dough

• Flour: All-purpose flour, at room temperature. Having the flour at room temperature helps ensure that it heats well.
• Butter: Softened to room temperature. 
• Sugar: We’ll use both light brown sugar and granulated sugar, for that classic warm, chocolate chip cookie taste.
• Vanilla: Pure vanilla extract.
• Milk: Or half-and-half, if you want an even richer dough.
• Salt: I like to use sea salt, but any kind of salt is fine.
• Chocolate Chips: Regular chocolate chips are fine, but mini chocolate chips are my favorite because they aren’t quite as hard to eat when chilled.

How to Make Edible Cookie Dough

• Heat the Flour. Place the flour on a parchment-lined baking pan. Bake the flour at 350°F for about 5 to 7 minutes, and then take it out of the oven and let it cool completely. This is called heat-treating the flour.
• Cream the Butter, Vanilla, and Sugars. Next, take out a large mixing bowl and place your butter, vanilla, brown sugar, and granulated sugar in it. Beat this for about 3 minutes or until light and fluffy.
• Add Milk, Flour, and Salt. Add the milk to the butter mixture and mix well. Next, gradually add in the flour and salt. 
• Add the Chocolate Chips. Stir in the chocolate chips last, mixing until they’re evenly distributed.
• Serve. Enjoy the cookie dough immediately, or store it in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

Can You Bake Edible Cookie Dough?

Do yourself a favor, and don’t bake this cookie dough. Without the rising agents, the dough won’t bake properly, and it will not turn into cookies. Instead, they’ll stay flat. Enjoy this recipe as-is.

Tips and Variations

• Microwave the Flour: Heating the flour is crucial for making this safe to eat, but you don’t necessarily have to bake the flour. You can also microwave it briefly instead. Make sure to heat it and stir it several times so that it’s evenly piping hot. Be careful not to burn yourself with the hot flour!
• Test the Temperature: To double-check that your flour has reached a safe temp, I recommend using an instant-read thermometer. Place the thermometer in the flour, not letting it touch the pan or dish. It should register at least 160°F.
• Mix by Hand: If you would like to skip the mixer and mix this with a spoon, that will work as well. You’ll need very soft butter, and the cookie dough might not be quite as fluffy, but it will still be super crave-worthy and rich.
• Candies: Try adding M&Ms, mini peanut butter cups, and other candies to the dough! Keep in mind that you’ll be chilling the dough, which means that you might not want to use some candies that get very hard in the fridge.
• Chopped Candy Bars: Chop up a Milky Way, Snickers, 3 Musketeers, you name it! York peppermint patties would also be great!
• Nuts: Walnuts and pecans are especially yummy in chocolate chip edible cookie dough.
• Mini Marshmallows: Who doesn’t love mini marshmallows? So cute, and so yummy.

Storing

• You can keep this cookie dough in an airtight container and in the refrigerator for up to one week. To freeze, just place the cookie dough in a freezer bag or an airtight container, and keep it frozen for up to 3 months.

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