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Learn how to make my edible cookie dough recipe without eggs, so it’s safe to eat! This cookie dough recipe is easy to make, and a fun treat. You can customize it with all kinds of add-ins to make it your own – serve it as a dip or just eat it by the spoonful! Done in under 15 minutes!
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Easy Edible Raw Cookie Dough
Are you a cookie dough fan? I certainly am – especially when it’s eggless cookie dough I can eat by the spoonful!
This is an easy 15-minute recipe, and you can customize it with all of your favorite add-ins. When it’s ready, dig in with a spoon and enjoy it straight from the bowl!
Cookie Dough That’s Safe to Eat
You guys probably already know that raw eggs are risky – they can harbor bacteria, which isn’t a problem as long as they’re cooked. So, if you’re ever tempted to taste-test the cookie dough before you bake it, this easy recipe for edible cookie dough is for you. This recipe has no baking soda, no eggs and heat treated flour!
Ingredients Needed
- Butter: for this recipe I use softened unsalted butter, but you can use salted butter and omit the addes salt.
- Sugar: just like my favorite cookies, we are using a combination of granulated and brown sugar
- Milk: this is used for binding in place of egg
- All-purpose flour: if you don’t want to eat raw flour, did you know you can bake flour for putting in edible cookie dough? Heat treated flour is pasteurized and safe to eat raw.
- Your favorite add-ins – more on that in a minute!
How to Make Edible Cookie Dough
- The process is just like making regular cookie dough that you bake. Cream the butter and sugar until it’s light and fluffy.
- Mix in the salt, vanilla, and milk.
- Once the mixture is smooth, add the flour and then mix in your add-ins.
- To serve it, you can scoop it like ice cream and serve it in bowls. Or, serve it in one bowl as a dip.
Cookie Dough Mix-Ins
- White chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, or butterscotch chips
- Make chocolate chip cookies with basic chocolate chips or mini chocolate chips.
- Nuts – basically any chopped nuts that you like!
- M&Ms – M&M cookies are great, so is cookie dough with them!
- Chopped candy like chocolate bars, chocolate mints, or other candy you like
- Chopped pretzels for a salty-sweet treat
- Mini marshmallows
- Sprinkles
For this recipe, you can add up to 1 ½ cups of add-ins that you like. Feel free to mix and match to create your own unique edible cookie dough.
Want to use this cookie dough to make your favorite ice cream flavor? Scoop little balls of dough, chill it, then stir it into homemade ice cream.
FAQs
Technically you can, but it won’t be like a cookie if you do. Without eggs, it won’t bake properly. It’s really meant to be enjoyed raw!
You can substitute the same amount of granulated sugar if that’s what you have on hand!
Substitute milk for the eggs to make cookie dough safe to eat.
To be totally safe, I recommend baking flour first before adding it to your cookie dough. It only takes five minutes, and it will kill any bacteria that are in the raw flour.
It will keep in the refrigerator for up to four days. Just keep it in an airtight container.
Yes as long as you make it without eggs and use pasteurized flour.
Yes you can – scoop balls of dough and freeze them that way to make it easier to thaw and have edible cookie dough for one treat!
Edible Cookie Dough
Ingredients
- ½ cup (113g) unsalted butter, softened
- ½ cup (100g) packed brown sugar
- ¼ cup (50g) granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 cup (124g) all-purpose flour
- 1 cup (170g) chocolate chips
- ½ cup chopped nuts optional
Instructions
- Cream butter and both sugars on low speed until light and fluffy, 1-2 minutes. Mix in salt, vanilla extract, and milk and beat until smooth.
- Add flour and mix until smooth then stir in chocolate chips and nuts, if using.
- Serve in individual bowls or in one bowl as a dip.
- Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.
Recipe Notes
Flavor Variations:
- White chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, or butterscotch chips
- Make chocolate chip cookies with basic chocolate chips or mini chocolate chips.
- Nuts – basically any chopped nuts that you like!
- M&Ms – M&M cookies are great, so is cookie dough with them!
- Chopped candy like chocolate bars, chocolate mints, or other candy you like
- Chopped pretzels for a salty-sweet treat
- Mini marshmallows
- Sprinkles
Recipe Nutrition
Favorite Cookies
This Edible Cookie Dough is safe to eat raw and SO good! Egg-free with baked flour and it’s the best treat.
Last Updated on February 8, 2023
