Having a few no bake cookie dough recipes on hand for when cravings strike is a great idea. Whether you’re tired after a hard day’s work or simply don’t feel like baking, making edible cookie dough is a simple and easy way to whip up something delicious using only a few ingredients. Ready to learn more about our no bake cookie dough recipes? If so, stick around. I’ve got four amazing recipes headed your direction. Stay tuned!
Table of Contents
- What Ingredients Do You Need to Make No Bake Cookie Dough
- No Egg Edible Cookie Dough Recipes
- Why Make No Bake Cookie Dough
- No Bake Cookie Dough Recipes: Simple, Easy, and Tasty!
- FAQs
What Ingredients Do You Need to Make No Bake Cookie Dough
To make no-bake cookie dough (or edible cookie dough balls) you only need a few simple ingredients. Know that the ingredients will vary depending on the type of cookie dough you’re making. However, most no-bake cookie doughs will contain a few basic ingredients.
These include:
Cooked flour
Remember that any all-purpose flour that you use in your no bake cookie dough recipe must first be “heat-treated”. Most flour does not come heat-treated which means this is something you’ll need to do on your own.
There are two ways to treat your flour. The first is to spread the flour in a thin layer across a lined baking sheet. Heat it at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for about 5-10 minutes or until it reaches 160 degrees Fahrenheit. Be careful not to burn!
The other method is to heat-treat your flour in the microwave. For this method you will nuke the flour for 30 seconds, stir, then nuke an additional 15 seconds until the flour reaches 160 degrees Fahrenheit.
Always make sure to use a food-grade thermometer to ensure your flour reaches the correct temperature before continuing.
Sugar
What’s a good cookie dough without sugar, right?
Adding the right blend of white and brown sugar can really amp up the flavor of the cookie, but the ratio and kind of sugar used often varies, depending on the dough.
Salt
It might sound weird to add salt to your cookie dough truffles, chocolate chip cookie dough bites, or even your cookie dough ice cream, but honestly, it’s not that strange.
Seasoned cooks know that adding a bit of salt to something sweet really amps up the complexity of the dish, and that’s no different here. In fact, adding salt to anything sweet, but especially cookie dough, can highlight the sweetness of the dessert and make it that much more enjoyable.
Butter
Butter is a must when making cookie dough as it is responsible for its consistency and flavor.
Be sure to follow butter recipes to a tee when making cookie dough. And whatever you do, don’t substitute oil for butter in the dough unless you’re told to in the recipe. Doing so will render your cookie dough an oily, unenjoyable mess!
You can, however, opt to use vegan butter instead of real butter and get virtually the same results.
Milk (or water)
It may come as a surprise, but milk and/or water is often a necessary component to making edible cookie dough. The lack of egg makes it so that adding extra liquid is necessary. The liquid then usually comes in the form of milk, water, and vanilla extract.
Remember that if you choose to leave vanilla extract out of the mix that you must replace it with an equal amount of liquid to achieve the same consistency.
Add ins
Now for the fun part! You can add whatever you’d like to your no bake cookie dough to spice it up a bit. Of course, if you’re going for chocolate chip cookie dough bites you’ll use chocolate chips.For sugar cookies, however, try using rainbow sprinkles (like in funfetti cookie dough) or white chocolate.
No matter what you choose, be careful to only add them at the end!
No Egg Edible Cookie Dough Recipes
Alright, enough of the chit-chat. Are you ready to learn all there is to know about how to know about making awesome edible cookie dough with minimal effort? Check out these four decadent edible cookie dough recipes that I’m certain will knock your socks off.
Let’s dig in!
No Bake Sugar Cookie Dough
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon milk
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- ⅛ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2-3 tablespoons of sprinkles
Directions
- Start by sifting your flour into a mixing bowl.
- Add to the flour your salt.
- In a separate bowl, stir together your butter and sugar until fully incorporated.
- Add milk along with the vanilla extract.
- Combine the dry ingredients with the wet and stir.
- Mix in your rainbow sprinkles.
- Chill for 15 to 30 minutes before dividing into bowls.
- Serve!
No Bake Cookie Dough Bites
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- ½ cup packed brown sugar
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons milk
- ⅛ teaspoon baking soda
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup mini chocolate chips
Directions
- Beat your brown sugar and granulated sugar with the butter until fluffy and pale.
- To this, add your vanilla extract and milk.
- Sift in your flour, baking soda, and salt. Stir.
- Gently fold in your mini chocolate chips.
- Chill for 15 to 30 minutes before dividing into bowls.
- Serve and enjoy.
Why You’ll Love These No Bake Cookie Dough Balls
Making these no bake cookie dough balls are the perfect treat for when you get a craving for something sweet! They can also be easily frozen for up to 3 months at best quality.
No Bake Cookie Dough Bites Made With 5 Ingredients
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup salted butter, softened
- 3 tablespoons milk
- ¼ cup rainbow sprinkles
Direction
- Start by sifting your flour into a mixing bowl.
- Add your salt to the flour.
- In a separate bowl, stir together your butter and sugar until fully incorporated.
- Add milk to the butter and sugar mixture and stir.
- Combine the dry ingredients with the wet and mix until combined.
- Mix in your rainbow sprinkles.
- Chill for 15 to 30 minutes before dividing into bowls.
- Serve!
Snickerdoodle No-Egg Edible Cookie Dough
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 3 tbsp milk
- 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cup flour
- ½ tsp salt
- cinnamon and sugar (combined)
Directions
- Beat your brown sugar and granulated sugar with the butter until fluffy and pale.
- Add your vanilla extract and milk.
- Sift in your flour, baking soda, and salt. Stir.
- Using a tablespoon, create bite-sized dough balls and roll them in your cinnamon sugar. Place the dough balls on a prepared baking sheet.
- Chill the cookie dough balls for 15 to 30 minutes.
- Serve and enjoy!
Why Make No Bake Cookie Dough
No bake cookie dough is a great way to enjoy cookie dough without the fear of getting sick. Unlike raw cookie dough, a no bake recipe for cookies will have no raw flour and no raw egg. This means that the cookie dough is safe to eat raw and can be enjoyed any time of the day to satisfy your ravenous cookie dough cravings!
Is No Bake Cookie Dough Safe to Eat?
As mentioned, a no bake cookie dough recipe is indeed safe to eat. Although it isn’t advisable to eat cookie dough that contains raw egg and flour, you can eat edible cookie dough bites (or other edible cookie dough types) provided that you take a few extra steps.
Interested in knowing what ingredients you’ll need to pull off a delicious edible dough recipe? We’ll get to that in just a sec! In the meantime, let’s dig a little deeper into why you shouldn’t eat raw cookie dough, and instead, should opt for a no bake recipe.
Why is Raw Cookie Dough Dangerous?
Raw dough can be dangerous to eat for two main reasons.
The first and most obvious reason is that it contains raw eggs. Even if you’re uncontrollably craving cookie dough at the moment, you should refrain from licking it off your spoon. By consuming raw egg in the dough, you are putting yourself at risk for contracting certain diseases. Eggs contain bacteria like salmonella and E.coli. Cooking the eggs kills this bacteria, which is why it is important that your edible cookie dough be eggless.
The second and less obvious reason you should avoid eating raw cookie dough is that it contains raw flour. Most flour bags have a warning printed on them that recommends you cook flour before consuming it. At first blush, this may seem odd, but after reading the information here, you’ll likely gain the full picture!
When eating raw flour, you expose yourself to a variety of bacteria. Much like raw eggs, raw flour contains bacteria that can cause food poisoning and make you very sick. To avoid this, you should always heat the flour to at least 160 degrees Fahrenheit.
No Bake Cookie Dough Recipes: Simple, Easy, and Tasty!
All in all, no bake cookie dough recipes are easy to whip up and undeniably enjoyable to eat. With only a few ingredients, you can be that much closer to making something delicious. Just be careful not to eat raw cookie dough that isn’t touted as being edible. Doing so can cause you to become sick. Instead, opt for recipes containing cooked flour and no egg like the recipes mentioned above.
I hope this helps! Catch you next time!
FAQs
How can I bake cookie dough without an oven?
Cookie dough can be baked in the microwave. They’ll come out a little different in terms of constituency and texture, but the flavor is still pretty awesome!
What can I do with dry, non-baked cookies?
Crumble dry baked cookies over ice cream or add them to pudding. You can also make them into ice cream sandwiches!
What makes a cookie soft and chewy or crispy?
An extra egg usually helps give an egg extra chew. Cookies can be made softer by adding a bit of cornstarch and by using shortening instead of butter. Use butter and bake cookies at a lower temperature for longer to create flatter and crispier cookies.
How long can you keep no bake cookie dough in the fridge?
Edible cookie dough is often good for up to 5 days.
