Cookie dough lovers' alert! -- Made with heat-treated flour and no eggs, this version of Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough is safe to eat raw. Simply follow these steps on how to make Edible Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough and enjoy gobs of delicious unbaked dough to your heart's content!
One of the best parts of making chocolate chip cookies is eating the dough. -- And I'll admit I've snitched on raw cookie dough for years. Unfortunately, raw cookie dough isn't truly safe to eat. Because of the uncooked eggs and raw flour in the dough, you do run the risk of experiencing food poisoning whenever you grab those gobs of delicious unbaked dough. It's sad, -- but true.
But for raw dough lovers like me, there's a solution. -- Make edible raw chocolate chip cookie dough! And let me just say, it's a pretty easy solution, at that.
Made with heat-treated flour and no eggs, this version of chocolate chip cookie dough is safe to enjoy raw. In fact, it's specifically made for just that.
Edible Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough's got all that fabulous cookie dough flavor we crave!
We all generally understand that it can be unsafe to consume raw eggs. But why do you have to heat treat the flour to make safely edible raw cookie dough?
Well, because though we often don't think of flour as a raw product, it is. As packaged, flour hasn't been treated to kill germs and bacteria that can cause food poisoning. -- Germs and bacteria can contaminate the grain used to make flour while it's still in the field, or while the flour's being made. Without heat-treating, flour is not truly safe for consumption in unbaked treats. Fortunately, heat treating flour is a very easy thing to do by simply baking flour in the oven for about 8 minutes.
Once the flour is heat treated, then you just whip up a basic chocolate chip cookie dough, substituting water as the dough's moisture instead of eggs, to create a safely edible raw version. And believe me, edible Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough's got all that fabulous cookie dough flavor we crave!
What's to Love About This Recipe?
- Safe to eat raw - Made with heat-treated flour and no eggs, this version of chocolate chip cookie dough is safe to enjoy raw. In fact, it's specifically made for just that.
- Fabulous cookie dough flavor - Complete with brown sugar, vanilla, and chocolate chips, of course, edible Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough's got all that fabulous cookie dough flavor we crave!
- Perfect solution for the raw-dough lover - For those (like me) who just can't resist raw cookie dough, making a version that's safe to enjoy raw is the perfect solution. -- No need to give up that raw cookie dough love!
- Easy to make - Simply beat the ingredients together to create this tasty treat. It's super easy to make!
- Keeps in the refrigerator - Store edible raw Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough in the refrigerator for up to two weeks, so you can enjoy it whenever that cookie dough craving hits.
Edible Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ingredients:
Basic chocolate chip cookie ingredients, minus the eggs, is all it takes to make edible chocolate chip cookie dough. To whip up a batch, you'll need:
- Butter - As with chocolate chip cookie dough for baking, butter serves as the creamy foundation of this edible raw version of cookie dough, as well. Choose unsalted butter, or omit the recipe's additional salt if using salted butter.
- Brown sugar - Helps create that signature chocolate chip cookie taste in this edible dough. As with regular chocolate chip cookies, use light brown sugar to recreate their characteristic flavor.
- Granulated sugar - Along with the recipe's brown sugar, further sweetens the dough.
- Water - Serves as the moisture element to bring the cookie dough together. Water replaces cookie dough's usual eggs, and thereby creates an eggless chocolate chip cookie dough version that's safe to eat raw.
- Vanilla extract - A traditional chocolate chip cookie flavoring. Choose 100% pure vanilla extract, rather than imitation, for the best flavor result.
- Flour - Just as in baked chocolate chip cookies, all-purpose flour creates the structure and bulk of the dough. To make it safe for eating in the raw cookie dough, heat-treat the flour by baking it in the oven before adding it to the dough mixture. Though we often don't think of flour as a raw food, it is. As packaged, flour hasn't been treated to kill germs and bacteria that can cause food poisoning. -- These germs and bacteria can contaminate the grain used to make flour while it's still in the field or while the flour's being made. Without heat-treating, flour is not safe for consumption in unbaked treats.
- Salt - Enhances the flavor of the dough, and nicely balances out its sweetness.
- Mini chocolate chips - We love the texture of this cookie dough made with mini chocolate chips. However, regular-sized semi-sweet chocolate chips can be used just fine, as well.
How to Make Edible Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough:
Edible Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough is super easy to make. You do just need to make sure to heat treat the flour to make it safe for consumption in the unbaked, raw dough. (And leave out the usual eggs in the dough, of course!)
To heat treat the flour, line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment or foil. Spread the flour in a thin layer in the lined baking sheet, and then bake it at 350℉ for 8 minutes. -- Watch the flour closely as it bakes, as you don't want the flour to brown. If it begins to brown in any areas, remove the flour from the oven.
Then, just set the flour aside to cool and proceed with the remainder of the recipe.
To mix up the edible Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, combine some butter, sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla in a large bowl and beat them together until the mixture is creamy. Then beat in some water, which replaces the eggs that are usually in cookie dough (making the dough safe to eat raw).
Combine the cooled heat-treated flour with some salt, stirring the mixture with a fork or whisk to break up any clumps of flour. Then beat the flour-salt mixture into the butter mixture until the dough is well combined.
To finish the cookie dough off, stir in some mini chocolate chips.
Then you're good to go with devouring your edible raw chocolate chip cookie dough, enjoying those delicious gobs of unbaked dough to your heart's content. It's the absolute perfect sweet treat for the raw cookie dough lover, for sure.
Recipe FAQs:
- Is raw cookie dough safe to eat? - Traditional cookie dough made with eggs and flour is not safe to eat raw, as you can run the risk of experiencing food poisoning from its raw eggs and uncooked flour. However, an edible version of chocolate chip cookie dough made without eggs and with heat-treated flour (which is the recipe shared in this post) is safe to enjoy raw.
- Do I have to heat-treat the flour to make edible raw chocolate chip cookie dough? - If you want the raw, unbaked cookie dough to be truly safe to eat, yes, you have to heat-treat the flour when making it. Though we often don't think of flour as a raw food, it is. As packaged, flour hasn't been treated to kill germs and bacteria that can cause food poisoning. -- Germs and bacteria can contaminate the grain used to make flour while it's still in the field, or while the flour's being made. Without heat-treating, flour is not safe for consumption in unbaked treats.
- How do you heat treat flour to make it safe to eat in raw cookie dough? - To heat treat the flour, line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment or foil. Spread the flour in a thin layer in the lined baking sheet, and then bake it at at 350℉ for 8 minutes. -- Watch the flour closely as it bakes, as you don't want the flour to brown. If it begins to brown in any areas, remove the flour from the oven. Then, just set the flour aside to cool and proceed with the rest of the recipe.
- How long does edible cookie dough keep? - Store edible chocolate chip cookie dough in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to two weeks.
- Can I bake this edible chocolate chip cookie dough to make cookies? - No, you really can't bake this edible chocolate chip cookie dough. Since it contains no eggs, baking powder, or baking soda, it won't bake up like regular cookie dough. -- You'd just have on big, thin, flat, tough cookie.
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Yield: about 4 cups
Edible Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
Cookie dough lovers' alert! -- Made with heat-treated flour and no eggs, this version of Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough is safe to eat raw. Simply follow these steps on how to make Edible Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough and enjoy gobs of delicious unbaked dough to your heart's content!
Prep time: 10 MinCook time: 8 MinTotal time: 18 Min
Ingredients
- 1 c. unsalted butter, softened
- 1 c. packed brown sugar
- 3/4 c. granulated sugar
- 1/4 c. water
- 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 c. all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 c. (about 6 oz.) mini chocolate chips
Instructions
Heat treat the flour:
- Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment or foil. Spread flour in a thin layer in baking sheet.
- Bake at 350℉ for 8 minutes. -- Watch closely, as you do not want the flour to brown. If it begins to brown in any areas, remove it from the oven.
- Set aside to cool.
Prepare the edible chocolate chip cookie dough:
- In a large bowl combine butter, sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla; beat until creamy. Beat in water.
- Combine cooled heat-treated flour and salt, stirring with a fork or whisk to break up any clumps of flour.
- Add flour mixture to butter/sugar mixture; mix well.
- Stir in chocolate chips, and enjoy!
TRACEY'S NOTES:
- Heat-treating the flour makes it safe to eat in the unbaked, raw cookie dough. Though we often don't think of flour as a raw food, it is. As packaged, flour hasn't been treated to kill germs and bacteria that can cause food poisoning. -- Germs and bacteria can contaminate the grain used to make flour while it's still in the field or while the flour is being made. Heat-treating makes it safe for consumption. -- the flour should be heated to 160℉ to be safe.
- We love the texture of this cookie dough made with mini chocolate chips. However, regular-sized semi-sweet chocolate chips can be used just fine, as well.
- Store edible chocolate chip cookie dough in a covered container in the refrigerator.
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