Best Dairy Free Edible Cookie Dough Recipe

Looking for a good dairy free edible cookie dough recipe? How about two?! I know there are plenty of you out there who have sensitivities to lactose or are avoiding milk products for your own reasons. I totally get it! In this post, I’ve rounded up a couple of fantastic edible cookie dough recipes that don’t contain any dairy. So, be sure to stick around for details. We’re jumping into these deliciously dairy free recipes right now!

Table of Contents

• Making Dairy Free Edible Cookie Dough
• What Makes My Edible Cookie Dough Recipes Dairy Free?
• Edible Cookie Dough Recipe (Dairy-Free)
• Does Edible Cookie Dough Contain Dairy?
• Why Not Use Oil For Dairy Free Edible Cookie Dough?
• Dairy Free Edible Cookie Dough
• FAQs

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Making Dairy Free Edible Cookie Dough

Thankfully, there are a plethora of options available for making your cookie dough vegan and dairy free. This enables people with who can’t have dairy or observe vegan diets to eat cookie dough.

Typically, a dairy free cookie dough recipe will contain heat treated flour, your favorite vegan butter, almond milk (or another dairy free milk), and dairy free or vegan chocolate chips.

Of course, you can also make dairy free recipes into gluten free cookie dough. However, you’ll need to use a gluten free blend that can be utilized at a 1:1 ratio to achieve the desired results.

What Makes My Edible Cookie Dough Recipes Dairy Free?

The following cookie dough recipes can be considered vegan cookie dough as well as dairy free. The chosen ingredients make the edible cookie dough taste almost the exact same as traditional edible cookie dough, though trained taste buds may still be able to spot subtle differences.

I am confident that you’ll love the upcoming vegan edible cookie dough recipes. The recipes will contain the following deliciously dairy free ingredients:

Heat Treated Flour

Heat treating flour makes edible cookie dough safe. If you don’t heat treat raw flour, you run the risk of getting sick. That’s because raw flour contains harmful bacteria that can enter your system and cause a variety of unwanted symptoms. In some cases, it can even increase the risks of coming into contact with Salmonella or E.coli. This is why eating raw cookie dough without heat treating the flour first is a very bad idea!

Vegan Butter

Vegan (or plant-based) butter is a great alternative to normal butter and contains no dairy. Manufacturers produce these sorts of butter substitutes by the droves these days, so you can easily find this at any one of your major local grocery retailers. Note: Small markets and convenience stores may not always carry plant-based butter options.

Sugar

Sugar, though not good for you, is still vegan and dairy free. Thus, you can consume sugar without guilt. Just be sure to avoid the confectioner’s sugar glaze. This is often regular sugar mixed with milk and, thus, cannot be considered dairy free.

Salt

Salt is naturally vegan and dairy free.

Dairy Free Milk

Choose from a variety of milk types to substitute for traditional milk. You can even use water if you don’t have any plant-based milk on hand. Great choices for dairy free milk include oat milk, almond milk, coconut milk, macadamia nut milk, cashew milk, and more. You can also use milk that is labeled “lactose free” . Just know that lactose free milk usually still contains milk and isn’t always vegan.

Vanilla Extract

Even imitation vanilla extracts are typically vegan and dairy free, so you can feel safe to eat both pure or imitation versions.

Vegan Mix-Ins

Vegan sprinkles along with dairy free chocolate chips are best for those avoiding milk products. Traditional sprinkles sometimes contain confectioner’s glaze and other sneaky dairy ingredients, so be sure to check the label before adding any mix-ins to your cookies.

Edible Cookie Dough Recipe (Dairy-Free)

Ready to dive into the recipes? Thought so!

The following are my favorite edible cookie dough recipes that are delicious, and also, totally dairy free! Take your pick between the sugar cookie flavor and chocolate chip.

I hope you enjoy!

Dairy-Free Edible Sugar Cookie Dough Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 cup heat-treated flour
• 1/2 cup softened vegan butter
• 1/3 cup white sugar
• 1/3 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 2 tablespoons oat milk, almond milk, or another dairy free milk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 3 Tbsp vegan sprinkles

Directions

1. Heat treat your flour. It is important to heat treat flour before using it. To do so, pop the flour in the microwave at 30 second intervals until the flour hits 165 degrees Fahrenheit. Make sure to stir the flour at each interval.
2. Alternatively, you can heat treat flour in the oven. To do so, simply spread your flour thinly on a prepared baking sheet. Position the baking sheet in the oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 7-10 minutes. Remove the flour and allow it to cool before using. Do NOT allow your flour to burn.
3. Take your heat-treated flour and set it aside.
4. In a large mixing bowl, beat your softened vegan butter with your sugars until fully incorporated. Add to this your salt and vanilla extract.
5. Sift your flour into the mixture and stir until just combined. Add your dairy free milk slowly, using more milk if necessary to prevent dry cookie dough.
6. Gently fold in your vegan sprinkles.
7. Roll your cookie dough into bite-sized balls and place them on a lined baking sheet. Refrigerate the cookie dough balls for at least 30 minutes to an hour or until firm.
8. Freeze up to 2 months in a freezer-safe bag or container. Otherwise, feel free to enjoy these right away!

Edible Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Recipe (No Dairy)

Ingredients

• 1 cup heat-treated flour
• ½ cup softened vegan butter
• 8 tablespoons brown sugar
• 3 tablespoons white sugar
• 2 tablespoons oat milk, almond milk, or another dairy free milk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup dairy free chocolate chips

Directions

1. Heat treat your flour using the directions mentioned in the above recipe.
2. Make the cookie dough:
3. Take your heat-treated flour and set it aside.
4. In a large mixing bowl, beat your softened vegan butter with your sugars until fully incorporated. Add to this your salt and vanilla extract.
5. Sift your flour into the mixture and stir until just combined. Add your dairy free milk slowly, using more milk if necessary to prevent dry cookie dough.
6. Gently fold in your dairy free chocolate chips.
7. Roll your cookie dough into bite-sized balls and place them on a lined baking sheet. Refrigerate the cookie dough balls for at least 30 minutes to an hour or until firm.
8. Freeze up to 2 months in a freezer-safe bag or container. Otherwise, feel free to enjoy these right away!

Important notes

• Refrigerating your cookie dough is optional. However, it makes the dough firmer, which is often preferred.
• Know also that you can serve up your cookie dough using an ice cream scoop rather than rolling them into balls. Better yet, use a cookie scoop. This is your treat, so feel free to dish up your cookie dough how you see fit!

Does Edible Cookie Dough Contain Dairy?

If you think normal cookie dough is considered dairy free, think again. While traditional edible cookie dough bites are indeed safe to eat raw, you shouldn’t assume that cookie dough balls are automatically dairy free.

In fact, in most cases, you can expect both normal and edible cookie dough recipes to contain dairy in a variety of forms.

What Ingredients Contain Dairy in Cookie Dough?

Eating raw cookie dough is fun, but there are ingredients in it that are big no-no’s when you’re trying to avoid dairy. The following are some of the most common cookie dough ingredients that involve dairy:

• Butter: Most cookies involve a heaping hearty dose of butter. Butter consists of cream which is loaded with dairy. Thankfully, there are plenty of healthful substitutes to replace the butter often found in cookie dough. Don’t worry … we’ll reveal what those substitutes are soon!
• Milk: As you already know, milk contains a lot of lactose, but these days, there are tons of plant-based options you can use to swap out this common dairy-laden edible cookie dough ingredient.
• Chocolate chips: Did you know that chocolate chips often contain dairy? It’s true! Both milk chocolate, dark chocolate, and semi-sweet varieties often contain milk. Nevertheless, you should know that chocolate chips don’t always have dairy ingredients. To know for sure, it’s best to opt for vegan chocolate chips or ones that have “dairy free” printed on the label.
• Other mix-ins: There may be dairy lurking in ingredients that you choose to mix into your cookie dough. White chocolate chips, caramel chips, and other mix-ins may harbor a variety of milk-containing ingredients. As always, be sure to check the label before stirring your mix-ins into your edible cookie dough.

Why Not Use Oil For Dairy Free Edible Cookie Dough?

While oil might seem like a nifty choice for replacing butter in edible cookie dough, the truth is that it doesn’t usually turn out well.

Instead of being creamy and fluffy, your edible cookie dough will turn out soupy and oily.

For this reason, I recommend you steer clear of adding olive oils, vegetable oils, or other oil types to your edible dairy free cookie dough. Use softened plant-based butter instead.

Dairy Free Edible Cookie Dough

When you’re craving cookie dough and need something dairy free, I hope my dairy free cookie dough recipes come to mind. By using vegan butter, plant-based milk, and a variety of vegan mix-ins, you should be free to consume your edible cookie dough free of guilt. I hope you love these recipes as much as I do!

See you next time!

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