Cookie dough you eat with a spoon! No egg, and the flour gets a hot bath first, so it's safe. Let's go! This easy recipe is for ages 8 to 14 (grades 3rd–8th), takes about 15 minutes (plus 15 minutes waiting) and serves 4. Crumb, our tiny chef, reads every step aloud with a picture, so a child can follow along, and every hot or sharp step is marked for a grown-up.
Edible cookie dough is cookie dough made to eat with a spoon, not to bake. It has no egg, and the flour is heat-treated first: a grown-up microwaves it until a food thermometer says it's hot enough, and it cools before it's mixed in. Children do the mashing, measuring and stirring.
Ingredients
1 cup flour1 cup (240 ml) flour
½ cup butter (or coconut oil)½ cup (120 ml) butter (or coconut oil)
½ cup brown sugar½ cup (120 ml) brown sugar
2 tablespoons milk (or oat milk)
1 teaspoon vanilla
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup chocolate chips (optional)½ cup (120 ml) chocolate chips (optional)
Tools
A mixing bowl, The microwave (grown-up), A food thermometer, Measuring cups, Measuring spoons, A fork, A big spoon.
Steps
Wash your hands with soap for twenty seconds.
Grown-up step: A grown-up microwaves 1 cup of flour in a bowl, 30 seconds at a time, stirring in between.A grown-up microwaves 1 cup (240 ml) of flour in a bowl, 30 seconds at a time, stirring in between.
Grown-up step: A grown-up checks it with a food thermometer: 165°F in the middle means it's safe.A grown-up checks it with a food thermometer: 74°C in the middle means it's safe.
Let the flour cool all the way, about 15 minutes.
Put ½ cup of butter and ½ cup of brown sugar in a big bowl.Put ½ cup (120 ml) of butter and ½ cup (120 ml) of brown sugar in a big bowl.
Mash them together with a fork until it's creamy.
Stir in 2 tablespoons of milk, 1 teaspoon of vanilla and ¼ teaspoon of salt.
Add the cooled flour and stir until it's a soft dough.
Stir in ½ cup of chocolate chips.Stir in ½ cup (120 ml) of chocolate chips.
Scoop it into little bowls and eat it with a spoon: cookie dough you can eat!
Safety notes
Hot! A grown-up does this part.
Contains milk, wheat, soy. Tap "Allergies?" on the Kitchen's front page and the swaps fill themselves in where there is one.
Read the label on packets for allergies.
A bit messy.
Sticky fingers.
Kitchen science
Flour is a raw food that can carry germs, so heating it until it's piping hot first makes dough you can eat without baking it.
Make it your own
Swap the chocolate chips for sprinkles, for birthday-cake dough.
Roll it into little balls and press in chips for spots: dough bugs!
Stir a spoonful of cocoa into the cooled flour for chocolate dough.
Questions about edible cookie dough
Why do you heat-treat the flour?
Flour is a raw food. It isn't treated to kill germs, and raw flour has made people sick with E. coli, so food-safety agencies say not to eat raw flour or raw dough. Heating it to 165°F, checked with a food thermometer, makes it safe to eat without baking.Flour is a raw food. It isn't treated to kill germs, and raw flour has made people sick with E. coli, so food-safety agencies say not to eat raw flour or raw dough. Heating it to 74°C, checked with a food thermometer, makes it safe to eat without baking.
How do you heat-treat flour in the microwave?
Put the flour in a microwave-safe bowl and heat it 30 seconds at a time, stirring in between, until a food thermometer reads 165°F in the middle. It usually takes about a minute and a half for a cup. Let it cool completely.Put the flour in a microwave-safe bowl and heat it 30 seconds at a time, stirring in between, until a food thermometer reads 74°C in the middle. It usually takes about a minute and a half for a cup. Let it cool completely.
Can you bake this cookie dough?
No. It has no egg and nothing to make it rise, so it melts flat in the oven. It's made for eating with a spoon.
Can you make it without butter or milk?
Yes. Solid coconut oil (refined, so it doesn't taste of coconut) takes the butter's place, and oat milk the milk's; leave out the chocolate chips or use dairy-free ones. Choose a milk allergy on the Kitchen's allergy button and the card swaps them for you.
How long does edible cookie dough keep?
Up to five days in a covered container in the fridge.