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Grab a Spoon! This Eggless Cookie Dough recipe is for all the cookie dough lovers out there! With NO eggs included in this recipe, you can use this edible cookie dough in shakes, fudge, brownies, or eat it all by itself!!
Whenever you make cookies, itโs basically a necessity to sample a bite of the dough, right?! (Especially when weโre talking about chocolate chip cookies, or m&m cookies!!) Well now you can eat it by the spoonful without worrying about eating raw eggs!
dough you can actually eat!
Who here loves to eat cookie dough while they’re making chocolate chip cookies?! I think we ALL do!
Having said that, we know it’s not great to be eating food with raw eggs so we decided to make a cookie dough you could eat without worrying too much!
I should mention that it’s not great to be eating too much raw flour, but fortunately, this recipe does not have too much and we usually divide this recipe into small jars so the consumption is lower (trust us – you may be tempted to eat the whole bowl!)
How to Make Eggless Cookie Dough
Edible cookie dough uses just about all the same ingredients as normal cookie dough with the exception of eggs (hence why it’s eggless cookie dough – this is what makes it edible), and baking powder/soda. You don’t need these last two, because this cookie dough isn’t for baking! Just for eating. ๐
- Cream butter and brown sugar in a bowl, until smooth.
- Add milk and vanilla and mix until well combined.
- Add flour and sugar, then fold in the chocolate chips and mix well. ENJOY!
Vanilla is Key: The type of vanilla you use can make or break this recipe. Go ahead and purchase a high quality vanilla.
Variations: We love to add different goodies to the dough to jar up and give as gifts. Here are some of our favorites:
- Different Chips – Add white chocolate chips, caramel chips or butterscotch chips to change it up!
- Heath – Add Toffee Bits and mini chocolate chips to the dough
- Andes – Add mint Andes pieces to the dough for a mint lover
- M&Ms – Add mini M&Ms to the mix and mini chocolate chips for candy lovers
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting: All the recipes that I post have been tested by Lil Luna. If I don’t like the end result of a new recipe I’m trying, then I start over. Because I only post successful recipes it can be hard to know exactly what the culprit is when a recipe doesn’t work for my readers. Here are a couple of things you can keep in mind when you’re making this recipe at home.
- Too Soft: This edible cookie dough is softer than a normal cookie dough, but shouldn’t be too runny. To help it set, chill it in the fridge for 20-30 minutes.
- You can try adding โ c milk in step 2 and then, after you have mixed in the flour, add the remaining โ c as needed.
- Another way to control the texture is to replace โ c milk with โ c melted butter. When the dough is chilled the melted butter should solidify and help the dough set.
- Grainy: Be sure that you are mixing the ingredients in step 2 until you get a silky smooth texture. The softened butter and milk should reduce, but not eliminate, the texture of the sugar granules.
- Sweetness: If you’re worried about this being too sweet, reduce the amount of white sugar you add by about ยผ c.
- Another way to balance the sweetness is to add salt. You can either use salted butter, or add ยผ-ยฝ tsp salt.
Recipe FAQ + Storing
Can raw flour make you sick? Though not common, raw flour can contain harmful bacteria. If you are worried about it, you can pre bake your flour before using it in the recipe. Spread flour on a baking sheet and bake at 350 degrees F for 8-10 minutes. Allow flour to cool before using it in the recipe.
Storing leftovers. Be sure to refrigerate any leftovers that you don’t immediately eat or use in another recipe! You can also store in an airtight freezer safe container for up to 3 months.
What to use this cookie dough in?
The options are endless, but here are some of our favorites…
- Cookie Dough Ice Cream Pie
- Cookie Dough Brownies
- White Chocolate Cookie Dough Fudge
- Vanilla Ice Cream
For more chocolate chip cookie recipes, try:
- Best Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Mini Chocolate Chippers
Eggless Cookie Dough Recipe
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup butter softened
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips mini or regular
Instructions
- Cream butter and brown sugar in a bowl, until smooth.
- Add milk and vanilla and mix until well combined.
- Add flour and sugar.
- Fold in chocolate chips. Mix well.
- Refrigerate any leftovers (if there are any!)
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I just made this and the end product was awful, I don’t know what exactly but I think the milk was separating from the butter or something but it did not mix well at all. Any advice on what could be happening? I’m so disappointed I was really looking forward to having this =(
I had the same experience! I think it’s just the wrong measurements for the ingredients. I tried adding more sugar but it didn’t help. Also real cookies don’t usually have milk in the recipe so maybe that’s where she went wrong?
Mine was a little off as well, i added some salt to mine, along with more milk and alot more flour. There was a strong unpleasant taste of vanilla extract.
Sorry that happened! Thanks for giving it a try!
I know! It was really liquidy and the butter just wasn’t stirring up.
I put in the liquid after mixing in the flour and it worked fine. ๐
We have started making all of our own ice cream and a favorite is chocolate chip cookie dough. I’ve been looking for a simple, eggless recipe for the ice cream, could this be used in that? Do you know if the dough would get too hard in the ice cream after going into the deep freeze? Thanks!!
We used it in our ice cream and it was perfect. ๐
I use this cookie dough as well to eat and to use in homemade vanilla ice cream! Everyone is so amazed that it’s dough they can eat, without worrying about getting sick..
I don’t understand, I’m 61 and all my life I have eaten raw cookie dough, and raw anything with eggs and never once have I, or anyone I know gotten sick from raw eggs!! Just sayin’ ๐
Thanks for this recipe, I will use it again!! <3
You’re right! I’ve never gotten sick either, and my hubby and I (and the kids) have had our fair share of raw cookie dough. I guess it’s better to be safe than sorry. ๐
If I could just inhale all the stuff in these pics/recipes, right now…..I’d be soooo happy! what is the purpose of eggs in our olde recipes?
Eating raw eggs is dangerous because they may contain E Coli.
Eggs don’t contain E-coli. The contents of an egg are sterile. E-coli can be in chicken poop that gets on the egg shells. Wash your eggs really well and eating raw eggs isn’t an issue.
On a side note, just made this and it’s delicious!
Salmonella is the issue. Raw eggs is a no no. As someone who worked in the egg industry I will tell you, please never eat raw eggs.
Salmonella can invade the ovaries of poultry and infect the inside of the egg before the chicken has laid it. It is not super common, estimates say one in 10,000 to 20,000 eggs may be infected. But trust me when I say you don’t want to be the unlucky one who eats that egg raw. And it doesn’t matter where the egg comes from, commercial farm or backyard chicken coop. No matter how well the chickens are taken care of, wild birds carry salmonella and can easily pass it to chickens. Please don’t think washing the shell will make your egg 100% safe to eat. Please don’t eat raw eggs unless they’ve been pasteurized. (I majored in microbiology and minored in ag.)
It’s the flour you need to worry about. There is no kill step for the bacteria when the flour is processed. https://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm508450.htm
So pinned it! So making this!!
Oh, yum! I think I’ll make this the next time I have a girls’ night. ๐
Love this recipe! Cookie dough is the best part of making cookies! Thanks and pinning!
Question: can you bake this and make actual cookies with it?
I don’t think so… at least, I’ve never tried. Our favorite chocolate chip cookie dough recipe is this one: https://lilluna.com/the-best-chocolate-chip-cookies-recipe/ We definitely make cookies with it ALL the time!! ๐
I don’t see why you couldn’t.it is almost like the recipe I call snoballs.It has almost the same ingreds in it.
Well, Rachel S., I will laugh so hard if you’re the Rachel S. I know. But anyways,
This is like the same thing as baking cookie dough, but without eggs. I suspect you can bake them, but they might be more gooey or more firm.
you should probibly add an egg or two it will come out better!
Looks amazing! Pinned!
Yummy! …pinning ๐
Yum! I love cookie dough too! And I recently tried a Cookie Dough dessert pizza at a restaurant and decided I needed to make it at home- I will totally use this for it. Thanks! ๐