Best Edible Cookie Dough Recipe (2024)

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What is edible cookie dough made of? ›

Edible cookie dough

Cookie dough designed specifically for eating raw (such as that found in ice cream) is made either with pasteurized eggs or without eggs at all and heat-treated flour.

With heat-treated flour and no eggs, this is a safe, fun recipe everyone can enjoy. This edible cookie dough recipe is a safe and delicious way to enjoy cookie dough! It is beyond easy to make and only requires a few simple ingredients. And it tastes just like the real deal.

When & Why Do You Need to Heat Treat Flour? Raw flour can contain bacteria like e. coli or salmonella so it's important to always heat your flour to a temperature of 160F before eating. (This is what makes eating edible cookie dough safe!)

We do not recommend baking our Bite-Sized Edible Cookie Dough [flavor/products]. It does not contain eggs or leavening agents, which are key ingredients in developing texture and lift in baked cookies. (If needed) Exposure to high oven temperatures will cause the product to liquefy and possibly burn.

The consumption of raw flour or raw batter does have serious consequences from pathogens, such as salmonella and pathogenic e. coli, which can range from having symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea to death.

Refrigerate the dough to reduce graininess: Because this recipe uses raw granulated sugar and isn't baked, you might feel some graininess (like you do in typical cookie dough). This doesn't bother me since I'm used to eating cookie dough, but refrigerating the dough can help reduce this a little bit.

Edible Cookie Dough Ingredients

Flour: Raw all-purpose flour can cause foodborne illness, so you'll have to heat-treat it before adding it to the dough. Find heat-treating instructions in Step 1 of the recipe. Brown sugar: Brown sugar lends a sweet, warm flavor. Butter: Beat the brown sugar with a stick of butter.

Another great thing about edible cookie dough is that there is so much room for creativity and fun as you get to create different flavors of edible cookie dough and combine it with ice cream and other sweet treats. It is truly the ultimate sweet treat and it is very safe to eat.

Cookie dough contains raw eggs

Eggs are commonly contaminated with Salmonella bacteria ( 1 ). Salmonella infection is characterized by fever, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal cramping beginning about 12 hours after consuming the contaminated food, and typically lasts up to 7 days ( 1 ).

Edible cookie dough is designed to be safe for consumption without baking. It differs from regular cookie dough by using pasteurized eggs or no eggs, as well as heat-treated flour to prevent illness.

How do you thicken edible cookie dough? ›

Soft – Dough that's “soft” or “runny” can be thickened by adding one or two tablespoons of flour to your mix. This will help keep your batch from “Spreading” and coming out of the oven looking like flat, not-so-cookie-like puddles.

MICROWAVE INSTRUCTIONS: Pour the flour in a large, heat-proof bowl. Heat it in 30-second intervals until the temperature of the flour reaches 160 F / 71 C. Mix the flour around with a spoon between intervals to make sure it heats evenly.

What makes Pillsbury's refrigerated cookie and brownie doughs ready to eat raw? We use heat treated flour and pasteurized eggs so you can now safely enjoy our cookie dough baked or raw.

Store your uneaten edible cookie dough in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to one week, or in the freezer for up to six months.

While heat kills the bacteria, eating raw cookie dough (and similar mixtures, like cake batter) poses risks of food poisoning. E. coli and Salmonella can cause food poisoning symptoms like nausea, vomiting, cramps, and diarrhea. These unpleasant symptoms can last from several hours to days.

The key to preventing bacterial contamination is heat-treating the flour, which you can do in your microwave, and using pasteurized eggs or no eggs. Commercial cookie dough ice cream is typically safe, too.

You might think that because vegan cookie dough doesn't contain eggs, you're not at risk of contracting a foodborne illness. But this isn't entirely true. According to the Centers for Disease Control, consuming raw flour is also a salmonella risk. “Flour doesn't look like a raw food, but most flour is raw,” it notes.

Pillsbury Cookie Dough products are now safe to eat raw! It's the same cookie dough you've always loved, but now we've refined our process and ingredients so it's safe to eat the dough before baking.