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Edible Cookie Dough

July 31, 2020 by Naomi Andres 2 Comments

This Edible Cookie Dough is such a fun treat that is completely safe to consume with no raw eggs or flour added!  Follow my quick and easy instructions for heat-treating flour included in the recipe!

Cookie Dough
Edible Cookie Dough

Cookie dough is one of those things where you either love it or you just don't.  I'm a cookie dough lover!   My mom, on the other hand, is not.  She firmly believes that cookie dough should be baked.  I guess I got my good looks from my mama but not my cookie dough preferences!  😜 Haha!

Edible Cookie Dough

So, despite my mother's disgust at it, from the time I was a kid I was sneaking bites of cookie dough while baking cookies.  Hehe!  No idea where I learned it from, but I do know that it tasted wonderful!!

Edible Cookie Dough

After taking the course to get my Food Safe certification a few years ago, I stopped eating raw cookie dough for some time.  All the talk about bacteria from raw eggs and raw flour totally freaked me out!  But, slowly but surely I started sneaking a bite or two thinking "what's the chance that I'll get sick from it?".   Well, I never have gotten sick from it, but please know that there is risk involved with eating cookie dough that has raw eggs and flour.

Edible Cookie Dough

So that is why I made cookie dough recipe specifically for eating raw!  Like I said before, this recipe has absolutely no eggs and we heat-treat the flour before adding it to the recipe.  Here's how:

How to heat-treat flour

Heat-treating is a simple step to ensure that your flour is completely safe to consume in recipes that do not require any further cooking or baking.   All you need to do is bake the flour in a 350℉ oven for about 5 minutes to kill any bacteria that may be present in the raw flour.

If you are comfortable eating raw flour you can totally skip the heat-treating step but it is definitely recommended if you will be serving this to children, pregnant women, elderly, or anyone with a compromised immune system.

Edible Cookie Dough

You may also be surprised at the addition of baking soda in this recipe for cookie dough that you will not be baking!  Well, this ingredient is totally optional.  Whenever I've made edible cookie dough in the past, I have always felt like something is missing in the flavour.  While testing this recipe, I realized it was that slight hint of baking soda present in regular cookie dough that I was missing!

If you think the baking soda flavour is totally gross or you won't miss it at all, you can totally leave it out and the recipe will work just fine without it!

Edible Cookie Dough
Cookie Dough Recipe
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Edible Cookie Dough

This Edible Cookie Dough is such a fun treat that is completely safe to consume with no raw eggs or flour added!  Follow my quick and easy instructions for heat-treating flour included in the recipe!
Cook Time5 mins
Total Time5 mins
Author: Naomi Andres

Equipment

  • baking sheet
  • parchment paper
  • mixing bowl
  • electric handheld mixer
  • measuring cups & spoons
  • silicone spatula

Ingredients

  • ⅓ cup salted butter, softened
  • ⅓ cup granulated white sugar
  • ⅓ cup light brown sugar, packed
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3 tablespoons whipping cream
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour* (instructions for heat-treating below)
  • ¼ teaspoon baking soda* (optional, see recipe notes)
  • ⅓ cup miniature chocolate chips

Instructions

To Heat Treat the Flour:

  • Preheat the oven to 350℉. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Spread out all-purpose flour evenly on the baking sheet. Bake in the preheated oven for 5 minutes or until very hot to the touch but not browned.

To make the Cookie Dough:

  • Add the softened butter, sugar, and brown sugar to a mixing bowl and beat with an electric handheld mixer on high speed for 30 seconds. Add the vanilla extract and whipping cream and continue beating on high speed for 1 minute or until light and fluffy. Add the heat-treated flour, baking soda (if using), and salt and mix on low speed just until all the flour is incorporated. Fold in the chocolate chips with a spatula.
  • You may serve the cookie dough as is right away or refrigerate for at least 1 hour to harden before rolling into balls to serve. This cookie dough is great on its own but I love to serve it with vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, and chocolate sauce for a cookie dough sundae. Enjoy!

Notes

* To reduce any risk of illness caused by contaminated flour, I like to heat-treat my flour before using in any recipes that will not be cooked.  If you are comfortable eating raw flour you can totally skip the heat-treating step but it is definitely recommended if you will be serving this to children, pregnant women, elderly, or anyone with a compromised immune system. 
* The baking soda in this recipe is completely optional.  It is just not needed as this cookie dough is not baked and therefore does not require a leaving agent.  I like to add a small amount of baking soda to my cookie dough simply for the benefit of having that slight hint of baking soda flavour like what you can taste in regular cookie dough.  To me, it seems like something is missing without that slight flavour but you can totally omit it if you would like and the recipe will work just fine.  
Store cookie dough in the refrigerator for up to 4 days or freeze for longer.  

Love and Cookies,

Naomi ♡

 

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Edible Cookie Dough

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  1. Taryn

    August 06, 2020 at 2:38 pm

    I was craving something sweet today but didn't have too much time to spend in the kitchen so I decided to whip up a batch of this! Cookie dough is one of my favourite things ever so I enjoyed not feeling guilty eating this safe kind. 😊 Of course, it pairs perfectly with a glass of cold milk and will keep me going as I do homework this afternoon. Great recipe!

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    • Naomi

      August 08, 2020 at 1:45 pm

      That's so great, Taryn!! Thank you for leaving a review!

      Naomi

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