Edible Cookie Dough | BEST Edible Cookie Dough Recipe! (2024)

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What does edible cookie dough contain? ›

Edible cookie dough

Cookie dough designed specifically for eating raw (such as that found in ice cream) is made either with pasteurized eggs or without eggs at all and heat-treated flour.

We do not recommend baking our Bite-Sized Edible Cookie Dough [flavor/products]. It does not contain eggs or leavening agents, which are key ingredients in developing texture and lift in baked cookies. (If needed) Exposure to high oven temperatures will cause the product to liquefy and possibly burn.

Our product was designed to be eaten baked. We suggest you consume our products fully baked.

Most cookie dough is made with eggs. Edible cookie dough, which is meant to be eaten raw, is either made without eggs or is made with pasteurized eggs. The lack of eggs (or pasteurization of the eggs) almost completely eliminates the risk of salmonella. Why is cookie dough so good?

Although the risks are generally low, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises to resist the temptation of eating raw cookie dough to prevent illness. This year, 26 people fell ill due to a salmonella outbreak that left four hospitalized.

When & Why Do You Need to Heat Treat Flour? Raw flour can contain bacteria like e. coli or salmonella so it's important to always heat your flour to a temperature of 160F before eating. (This is what makes eating edible cookie dough safe!)

Eating raw flour or batter made with raw flour is not a safe practice, as this raw flour has not been processed to eliminate pathogens, such as salmonella, e. coli and other pathogens.

Pillsbury™ Cookie Dough

It's the same cookie dough you've always loved, but now we've refined our process and ingredients so it's safe to eat the dough before baking. The dough will still bake up the same as our classic cookie dough, so now you can enjoy our cookie dough products before and after baking!

The simplest and most advisable way to thicken cookie dough is to add a couple tablespoons of cake flour to a runny cookie dough. Mix it gently to prevent overmixing, which will result in a tough cookie dough. For roll-out cookie dough, knead the extra flour in by hand.

Store your uneaten edible cookie dough in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to one week, or in the freezer for up to six months.

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If your dough is too sticky and it's impossible to work with you can add some extra flour, just a little at a time. Make sure you weigh the extra flour you add and then you'll be able to adjust the recipe correctly the next time you bake.

Simply spread a thin layer on a baking sheet and heat it in your oven at 300°F for about 10 minutes or until it reaches a temperature of 160°F. If that seems too intensive, you can also place the flour in a microwave safe bowl and microwave it in 30 second increments until the temperature reaches 160°F.

According to the FDA, the grains from which flour is ground are grown in fields that may be exposed to harmful bacteria like salmonella and E. coli. Heating flour to at least 160 degrees kills off any nasty bacteria that might be lurking in your flour bag.

To avoid this, try using as little flour as possible while preparing to roll your dough. Dry – “Dry” or “Crumbly” dough is a product of over-mixing or using too much of any ingredient during the mixing process. This can be reversed by adding one to two tablespoons of liquid (water, milk or softened butter) to your mix.

Pillsbury Cookie Dough products are now safe to eat raw! It's the same cookie dough you've always loved, but now we've refined our process and ingredients so it's safe to eat the dough before baking.

Edible cookie dough is made with pasteurized eggs (or none at all) and heat-treated the flour.

It's safe to eat raw, because the dough contains pasteurized eggs and heat-treated flour, per a press release.

Ingredients: As there is no high temperature kill step to knock out germs, we use pasteurized eggs and heat-treated flour. In layman terms this means the germ kill step has been completed. All of our other ingredients are sourced to be consumed without additional cooking.