I’ve never met a cookie dough I didn’t like. Raw eggs, raw flour and all. Don’t judge- you never licked a beater as a kid? It’s the best part of making cookies! But now you don’t have to make a whole batch with my single serving edible cookie dough recipe!
What You Need
You don’t need much for this easy edible cookie dough recipe, in fact most folks have all the simple ingredients in their pantry. For a printable list and amounts, see the printable recipe card below.
- All-purpose flour – Just plain, old flour. See instructions below on how to heat treat flour if this is a concern for you. You can use self rising flour, but it contains a leavening agent and since you aren’t baking, you really don’t need that. If you do use it, omit the additional salt.
- White sugar
- Brown sugar
- Softened unsalted butter
- Chocolate chips or mix-ins
- Milk or water
- Vanilla extract
- Fine salt
Make it Your Own!
There are several ways that you can make this edible cookie dough recipe your own. And if you’re missing an ingredient, there are plenty of options!
- Flour– If you don’t have heat treated flour or have a flour or gluten sensitivity, feel free to use almond meal or almond flour, gluten free flour or some folks have even used pancake mix and buckwheat flour.
- Chocolate Cookie Dough– Readers have also substituted 1 tablespoon of flour with cocoa powder to make a chocolate cookie dough.
- Butter– Butter is best since it is the base. Margarine is acceptable and vegan butter can also be used. All of these will impact the flavor. Ghee is also an option. I like to use unsalted butter so I can control the salt levels. If you use salted butter, you might want to omit additional salt.
- Vanilla– Use any type of extract you’d like, but I do suggest using some extract for flavor. Omitting this ingredient will result in a near flavorless cookie dough. You can use homemade vanilla which will really blow your mind! Almond flavoring is my second favorite with lemon or rum extract trailing behind.
- Brown Sugar– You can use all white sugar, but brown sugar has molasses in it which is why it is softer and has more flavor. You can add a dab of molasses or even dark agave nectar. If you use all white sugar, it is fine, but it will be more like sugar cookie dough.
Favorite Mix-Ins
Sure, you can use chocolate chips for a traditional cookie dough taste, but there are plenty of other fun options to try.
- Crushed Twix
- Crushed Snickers
- Rolos
- Reeses Pieces
- M&Ms
- Butterscotch chips
- Raisins
- Peanut butter chips
- Chopped nuts
- Oreo cookies
- Sprinkles
- Dried cranberries
- Dried cherries
- Chopped nuts
- Oatmeal
- Dark chocolate
- White chocolate chips
- Graham crackers
- Chocolate chip cookies
- Peanut butter cookies
How to Heat Treat Flour
Uncooked flour has a small chance of containing some yucky things, so to prevent this, pasteurize it at home. Microwaving is the quickest way. Place raw flour into the microwave (flour alone, not the dough) and heat on high for 20- 45 seconds. Please be mindful that all microwaves are different. Watch the flour closely so it doesn’t burn.
The oven is another good option to heat-treat, simply place it in a thin layer on a baking sheet at 350°F for 5ish minutes. Just make sure it doesn’t burn. This should be plenty to kill off any harmful bacteria.
Edible Cookie Dough Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 heaping tablespoon dark or light brown sugar
- 1-1 1/2 tablespoon(s) unsalted butter , softened
- 1 tablespoon water or milk
- 1/8 teaspoon vanilla extract
- pinch of fine salt
- 3 tablespoons flour* , more if your butter is melted
- 1-2 tablespoon(s) chocolate chips , or other add-ins
Instructions
- Cream together the 1 tablespoon sugar and 1 heaping tablespoon dark or light brown sugar with the softened 1-1 1/2 tablespoon(s) unsalted butter using the back of a spoon or a spatula.
- Add the 1 tablespoon water or milk and 1/8 teaspoon vanilla extract.
- Mix in the pinch of fine salt and 3 tablespoons flour*.
- Lastly, add the 1-2 tablespoon(s) chocolate chips or other desired add-ins. Dig in!
- If you've tried this recipe, come back and let us know how it was in the comments or ratings.
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Notes
Nutrition
Storing and Freezing
Refrigerate and store any leftovers in an airtight container or covered tightly with plastic wrap so it doesn’t dry out. It should stay good for about 2 days. Keep in mind that this version doesn’t have any preservatives or additives.
You can freeze this cookie dough for up to 6 months. If you want to make them into little balls or add it to ice cream as a tasty treat, add an additional tablespoon of flour so it holds its shape.
Easy Edible Cookie Dough Recipe FAQs
I’m going out on a limb to say you melted the butter. Melted butter is the number one cause of yucky cookie dough. It changes the texture and consistency and forces you to add more flour to avoid cookie dough soup, only this makes the texture gritty and well, flour-y.
You can totally use this cookie dough recipe for ice cream. It is a good idea to add 1 tablespoon extra flour so it holds its shape better. Simply freeze little nuggets of the prepared cookie dough on a cookie sheet and fold them into your ice cream after they are set.
This recipe is meant to be a single serving edible cookie dough, not to be baked. Since it is eggless and contains no other leaveners, even if you tried to bake it, it wouldn’t amount to much. You can also try our Mug Brownie.
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I also can’t stand the term “edible” cookie dough and I won’t say it 😆(do most people really do the flour thing??). This was so good and I’m sure it would have been even better had I followed all the directions. However I am pregnant and wanted cookie dough now! So I melted the better and just put everything in the bowl at once before mixing. I like all the variation ideas! Def emailing this to myself so I have a small recipe instead of making my usual cookies.
And thank YOU for actually reading the post. Good luck with the pregnancy and of course, eat as much cookie dough as you need 🙂
Brown the butter first..game changer it’s soooo good
It was amazing! Quick to make and delicious. I love that you can increase the servings and the quantities adapt accordingly. Really great, and love that there are options to replace ingredients that you don’t have! Definitely recommend! 🫶
I love this recipe. It is very delicious.
Made this it was so god! It is easy, def will make again.
omg thank you so much this is by far the best no eggs cookie edible cookie dough recipe.
The best one I’ve made yet.
This is my favorite dresser any night. A tip is to not add vanilla because it is hard to add just a little bit and the vanilla is very strong. Also melt the butter then add everything in that bowl with the same tablespoon (you can rinse it) for minimal after cleanup
Perfect sized single portion. The only thing I did differently was add a tablespoon of powdered peanut butter to it and it took it from really good to great!
This recipe is amazing. A tip for people is that you should not use the vanilla extract since it is very strong and this is such a small amount that (to me at least) it gives it a weird flavor. Other than that, it’s perfect