If you love deliciously creamy peanut butter as much as I do, then you’ll love peanut butter cookie dough. This edible cookie dough has loads of creamy (or crunchy) peanut butter, yet has all the dreamy aspects of raw cookie dough without the ick. This peanut butter mixture can be sprinkled with a variety of mix-ins and then can be refrigerated or frozen to enjoy again and again! Ready to learn how to whip up this classic creation? If so, sit tight. I’m unveiling all you need to know about how you can make the best edible peanut butter cookie dough balls right now. So, stick around!
Table of Contents
- What Is Edible Peanut Butter Cookie Dough?
- Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Ingredients
- How to Make This Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Recipe
- Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Recipe
- How Should I Store My Peanut Butter Cookie Dough?
- Peanut Butter Cookie Dough: Love Cookie Dough? Make This!
- FAQs
Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Recipe
Peanut butter cookie dough is ridiculously easy to make and you only need a handful of ingredients to get started.
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1/3 cup of granulated sugar
- 2/3 cup heat treated all-purpose flour
- 6 tablespoons peanut butter (can be creamy, crunchy, or natural)
- 2 tablespoons butter, softened
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream (can substitute with milk or plant-based options)
- 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup peanut butter chips, optional (or chocolate chips)
Instructions
- Begin by preheating your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Spread your all-purpose flour in an even layer on a lined baking sheet.
- Place your flour in the preheated oven and bake for about 7-10 minutes, taking care not to burn.
- Once cooked, allow the flour to cool.
- Set aside.
- In a separate bowl, cream together your granulated and white sugar along with the butter and peanut butter. Use a hand mixer to mix until it is nice and smooth.
- To this, sift in your heat treated flour, along with your salt and vanilla extract.
- Stir.
- Add in your 2 tablespoons of heavy cream or milk, adjusting as needed depending on the consistency of the cookie dough.
- Once combined, gently fold in your peanut butter chips or chocolate chips (if using).
- Use a cookie scoop or tablespoons to portion balls of cookie dough that are about 1 1/2 tablespoons each. Roll each ball between your two hands before placing on a lined baking sheet.
- Refrigerate the cookie dough balls until firm.
- Eat the cookie dough balls chilled or place them in an airtight container of freezer bags to be placed in the freezer.
- Enjoy!
Notes
- You can chill peanut butter cookie dough before eating it, but you don’t have to. The chilling helps the dough to solidify.
- If your edible cookie dough takes on a crumbly appearance, this often is easily remedied by an additional splash of milk or heavy cream. You can even add water if you’re in a pinch. Just be careful not to add too much liquid,
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What Is Edible Peanut Butter Cookie Dough?
Edible peanut butter cookie dough is a type of cookie dough that peanut butter fans will naturally swoon for. It contains loads of peanut butter flavor, but unlike raw cookie dough, it won’t make you sick. With just a few adjustments, this edible cookie dough recipe is made safe to eat raw, meaning you won’t have to worry about feeling guilty for eating spoonful after spoonful.
Cool, right?
Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Ingredients
In addition to being just plain delicious, peanut butter cookie dough has a lot of other things going for it. Peanut butter cookie dough is ridiculously easy to make and you only need a handful of ingredients to get started. But before whipping out your apron and mixing bowl, make sure you’ve got the following items on hand to get you started.
- Brown sugar
- Heat treated all-purpose flour
- Creamy, crunchy, or natural peanut butter
- Butter
- Heavy cream (or milk, if preferred)
- Vanilla extract
- Salt
- Peanut butter chips (or chocolate chips)
Notice that the ingredients here do not contain leaveners like baking powder or baking soda. This is because edible cookie dough, though it can usually be baked, isn’t intended to be cooked. The baking soda and baking powder you typically see in recipes help cookies to rise when baked and are responsible for their light, fluffy, and aerated texture.
Because edible cookie dough is meant to be eaten “raw”, you won’t need to add these baking ingredients to the mix.
How to Make This Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Recipe
Now for the nitty gritty, and that’s how to pull off this simple peanut butter cookie dough recipe.
As mentioned, you’ll only need a handful of ingredients, most of which you probably already have on hand. Don’t forget your peanut butter chips or chocolate chips as this adds texture to your cookie dough that you probably won’t want to miss out on.
Alright, enough of the chatter. Let’s get into the deets about how to whip up this yummily decadent peanut butter cookie dough you won’t stop eating.
Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Recipe
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1/3 cup of granulated sugar
- 2/3 cup heat treated all-purpose flour
- 6 tablespoons peanut butter (can be creamy, crunchy, or natural)
- 2 tablespoons butter, softened
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream (can substitute with milk or plant-based options)
- 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup peanut butter chips, optional (or chocolate chips)
Instructions
- Begin by preheating your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Spread your all-purpose flour in an even layer on a lined baking sheet.
- Place your flour in the preheated oven and bake for about 7-10 minutes, taking care not to burn.
- Once cooked, allow the flour to cool.
- Set aside.
- In a separate bowl, cream together your granulated and white sugar along with the butter and peanut butter. Use a hand mixer to mix until it is nice and smooth.
- To this, sift in your heat treated flour, along with your salt and vanilla extract.
- Stir.
- Add in your 2 tablespoons of heavy cream or milk, adjusting as needed depending on the consistency of the cookie dough.
- Once combined, gently fold in your peanut butter chips or chocolate chips (if using).
- Use a cookie scoop or tablespoons to portion balls of cookie dough that are about 1 1/2 tablespoons each. Roll each ball between your two hands before placing on a lined baking sheet.
- Refrigerate the cookie dough balls until firm.
- Eat the cookie dough balls chilled or place them in an airtight container of freezer bags to be placed in the freezer.
- Enjoy!
Should I Chill Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Before Baking?
You can chill peanut butter cookie dough before eating it, but you don’t have to. The chilling helps the dough to solidify.
If you’re making a batch of bakeable cookie dough that will result in rich and decadent peanut butter cookies, then refrigerating the dough may help for the same reasons. When you refrigerate dough of any sort, the chilling process tends to make the dough more firm. For the purposes of edible dough, this may make the dough balls easier to handle and tastier to eat.
In the case of bakeable dough, however, the firming process helps with the texture and spread of the cookies. If you don’t chill the dough first, your cookies could spread too much, resulting in flat cookies that can potentially take on the size and shape of your baking sheet!
Is My Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Supposed to Be Crumbly?
If your edible cookie dough takes on a crumbly appearance, this often is easily remedied by an additional splash of milk or heavy cream. You can even add water if you’re in a pinch. Just be careful not to add too much liquid, as this may make your creamy peanut butter dough too runny, and thus, not as enjoyable to eat.
How Should I Store My Peanut Butter Cookie Dough?
Peanut butter cookie dough can be stored in an airtight container or freezer bag in your refrigerator for 3 days. Beyond this point, you’ll want to freeze edible cookie dough using the same airtight container or freezer bag for 2-3 months at best quality. This will allow you the ability to eat cookie dough whenever you feel like without having to whip up another batch. Sweet!
Peanut Butter Cookie Dough: Love Cookie Dough? Make This!
Remember that if you love peanut butter cups, peanut butter buckeyes, or peanut butter on its own, you’ll likely love making peanut butter cookie dough. This tasty creation is easily whipped up with items you have on hand at home, and can be made unique by the type of mix-ins you choose to throw in.
Use natural, creamy, or crunchy peanut butter in this recipe, but be sure to cook your flour before using it. Store the cookie dough in an airtight container or freezer bag either in the fridge (3 days) or freezer (2-3 months).
I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as I do! Take care.
FAQs
Who makes peanut butter cookie dough?
Pillsbury makes a peanut butter cookie dough that is also safe to eat raw (if marked as such on the package). However, there are many people that aren’t in love with the flavor of this particular brand of peanut butter cookie dough. It may be safer to make a batch of your own at home, especially if you don’t like the flavor of store bought edible cookie dough.
Can I add peanut butter to store bought cookie dough?
You may be able to add a little bit of peanut butter to store bought cookie dough, but know that doing so may alter the texture more than you’d like. Instead, I recommend you simply take to making your own peanut butter cookie dough as the peanut butter flavor is likely to be stronger and you won’t have to compromise the overall texture of the dough and/or cookie in the process.
How do you make peanut butter cookies?
Did you know that combining peanut butter with sugar and an egg can actually yield delicious cookies? It’s true! The best part is that there are no fancy ingredients needed. Just be sure that you avoid eating this type of cookie dough. Though it doesn’t contain raw flour, it does contain raw egg, which can be dangerous to your health.
Can Eating Raw Cookie Dough Make You Sick?
Yes! In case you aren’t aware, raw peanut butter cookie dough contains harmful raw ingredient components, including raw flour and raw eggs. Both of these pose a risk to your health as they mainly contain bacteria like Salmonella or E.coli that have been shown to cause a wide variety of issues for those coming in contact with them.
So, how is edible peanut butter cookie dough safe? Because raw flour and egg are the main reasons it isn’t safe to eat regular cookie dough, we’ll need to nix the two ingredients in order to give peanut butter cookie dough the green light. To do this, simply omit the egg and heat treat the flour to make it edible.
