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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I’ve tried countless recipes over the years and this is by far the best! Thank you for satisfying my cravings
WOW ???? delicious !!!
Thanks for letting us know!
Trying to get back towards keto diet after getting sick and having to go on the BRAT diet. I don’t eat many sweets anyway, but was craving something. This was perfect, no chocolate chips because I like it plain. I always love half baked cookies so I microwaved for 15-20 seconds. Yum!
Glad you loved it and “hit the spot”! I am also glad you are feeling better.
Highly recommend, “half baking” it. Pop it in for 15 sec and it’s MUCH better!
Good call!
How to get the most out of this recipe:
Cream Butter and Sugar First
Use Milk instead of Water (It has a richer taste and is a bit thicker)
Add chocolate chips last and then add a dash of flour
Refrigerate 10 minutes before eating
Really good recipe, highly recommend, the balance is perfect for a one person recipe.
Thanks for the feedback!
Fantastic recipe, I use this all the time when I need a little pick-me-up!
I couldn’t agree more… thanks for letting us know, Abby!
This is so good !!
Thanks! We love it too!
I was so disappointed when made this! 🙁 I didn’t even know it was possible to dislike cookie dough, but this cookie dough… I actually had to throw out the last few bites because I couldn’t eat it.
Hi Emily, I am so sorry to hear that! I’m not sure what went wrong, generally people love it.
Had to add about another tablespoon of flour, PROBABLY because our butter is super soft.
That does happen- especially if you melt it in the microwave 🙂
a’not have chocolate chips on hand”??? not in my universe! ;0
Good recipe, but I added the chocolate chips after I melted the butter so it ended up like chocolate cookie dough instead of chocolate chip cookie dough:-)
Chocolate cookie dough isn’t a bad thing. LOL.
I had the same problem, and mine also turned out very soupy (not at all doUghy texture). Any tips/ suggestions?
Hi Megan! Sorry to hear that! The number one issue people have is that they melt the butter instead of using softened butter or accidentally added a little too much water by not measuring. If you need to soften butter fast, check out some of these easy techniques, but whatever you do, don’t put it in the microwave! 🙂 https://www.savoryexperiments.com/how-to-soften-butter-quickly/
And if it is a little soupy, add just a pinch more flour to compensate.