Edible Peanut Butter Cookie Dough is love at first bite. You’ll be eating this edible cookie dough by the spoonful! Plus, its completely safe to eat.
Raw edible cookie dough meets creamy peanut butter is a dream come true if you’re some you who loves to eat the dough when you are making peanut butter cookie mix. I can promise you, this recipe for peanut butter cookie dough will be quickly enjoyed by your family.
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What We Love About This Edible Cookie Dough Recipe
- 30 Minute Treat: Make this Edible Peanut Butter Cookie Dough in less than a half of an hour.
- Family Friendly: Your kids will chow down on peanut butter cookie dough full of peanut butter flavor.
- Adaptable: You can add in mini chocolate chips or chopped peanut butter cups for different flavors for this edible peanut butter cookie dough recipe.
Cookie Dough Ingredients
- All Purpose Flour: You can use a flour alternative such as almond flour if you wish.
- Peanut Butter: Creamy or chunky, natural or whatever is on sale. Pick your texture.
- Brown Sugar: Light or dark brown sugar are both wonderful.
- White Sugar: Make with a sugar alternative to make it lower in calorie.
- Milk: Whole milk, heavy cream, skim milk, or even almond milk will work.
- Vanilla: Pure vanilla extract.
- Salt
- Peanut Butter Chips: Or use chocolate chips for more goodness.
Equipment Needed for Peanut Butter Edible Cookie Dough
How to Make Peanut Butter Edible Cookie Dough
These are the basic steps for making Edible Peanut Butter Cookie Dough. Please refer to the recipe card below for more detailed instructions.
STEP 1: HEAT TREAT FLOUR
You will first want to heat treat the flour on a parchment paper lined baking pan at 350 degrees for 8 minutes. Make sure to stir flour halfway in between to prevent the flour from burning. Remove from oven, set aside and allow to cool.
STEP 2: WET INGREDIENTS
In a medium sized bowl, beat together both sugars and peanut butter for about 2 minutes until fluffy. Then beat in milk and vanilla until fully combined.
STEP 3: DRY INGREDIENTS
In a small bowl, whisk together the salt and flour, then add flour mixture to the wet ingredients. Mix the peanut butter cookie dough until no dry streaks of flour remain, the consistency should be thick. You can optionally fold in peanut butter chips with a rubber spatula and serve immediately at room temperature or keep in the fridge for later. Use scoops to make uniform balls.
Prep and Storage Tips for Peanut Butter Cookie Dough
HOW TO MAKE THIS RECIPE AHEAD OF TIME
To make this recipe ahead of time, follow the instructions per usual and just store the edible peanut butter cookie dough in the fridge or freezer.
HOW TO STORE THIS RECIPE
Store peanut butter cookie dough in an airtight container for in the refrigerator for 4-5 days.
HOW TO FREEZE THIS RECIPE
You can easily freeze this recipe, store in an airtight container or freezer bag, in the freezer for up to 9 months.
Frequently Asked Questions for Cookie Dough Peanut Butter
To make this recipe gluten free, just use a gluten free alternative such as bob’s red mill 1:1 ratio.
Edible raw cookie dough does not contain raw eggs and uses heat treated flour, making it completely safe to eat raw by the spoonful.
This recipe can easily be doubled or halved, just increase or decrease ingredients proportionally.
To heat treat flour, all you need to do is bake flour on a baking sheet for 8 minutes. The point of this is kill any harmful bacteria in the raw flour that could get you sick, such as salmonella.
Expert Tips for Making This Cookie Dough Peanut Butter Recipe
- This Recipe Can be Doubled: This is a great recipe for a crowd. Simply increase the ingredients proportionately and enjoy!
- Cookie Dough Balls: Roll cookie dough into 1-2 tablespoon sized balls and dip into chocolate.
- Chocolate: If you love the combo of chocolate and peanut butter, add chocolate chips, chopped peanut butter cups, reese’s pieces, or white chocolate chips.
What to Serve with Edible Cookie Dough Peanut Butter
- Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream
- Toffee Cookies
- Best Banana Bread Ever
- Pretzels
- Fresh Fruit
- Graham Crackers
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Edible Peanut Butter Cookie Dough
Ingredients
- ½ cup All-Purpose Flour
- ¼ cup Peanut Butter
- 2 Tablespoons Brown Sugar
- 2 Tablespoons White Sugar
- 2 Tablespoons Milk, or more as needed
- ½ teaspoons Vanilla Extract
- ¼ teaspoon Salt
- Peanut Butter Chips, optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Spread the all-purpose flour on a baking sheet and bake for 8 minutes, stirring once halfway through.
- Allow heat-treated flour to cool completely before proceeding with the rest of the recipe.
- In a medium-sized bowl, beat together the peanut butter and sugars until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
- Beat in the milk and vanilla extract until well-combined.
- Whisk together the flour and salt and then add to the batter and beat until completely incorporated and no dry streaks remain.
- Add peanut butter chips, as desired, and then refrigerate until ready to serve.
Expert Tips
- This Recipe Can be Doubled: This is a great recipe for a crowd. Simply increase the ingredients proportionately and enjoy!
- Cookie Dough Balls: Roll cookie dough into 1-2 tablespoon sized balls and dip into chocolate.
- Chocolate: If you love the combo of chocolate and peanut butter, add chocolate chips, chopped peanut butter cups, reese’s pieces, or white chocolate chips.
Finally cookie dough that you can eat!!!