Edible Sugar Cookie Dough

This Edible Sugar Cookie Dough recipe is an eggless cookie dough packed with rainbow sprinkle and your favorite sugar cookie flavor! Prepped in less than 10 minutes and cookie dough you can eat straight from the bowl–now that is a treat!

Growing up, my mom would tell us not to eat the cookie dough. Did we listen? I am not gonna rat myself out here in case she reads this, but…

The cookie dough can be even better than the actual cookie sometimes! And these cookie dough bites are no exception. While I love this Chickpea Protein Cookie Dough, this recipe is for when I want the real deal.

This edible sugar cookie dough is a safer, eggless cookie dough you can enjoy–Mom can’t yell at you for this one!

I don’t recommend baking this cookie dough, but if you need an eggless sugar cookie recipe, try this one!

Why You Will Love This Edible Sugar Cookie Dough:

• It is ready in less than 10 minutes. Grab the ingredients and then you are literally barely ten minutes from buttery sugary cookie dough goodness. It’s easy to get the kids focused long enough to help out even!
• A safe way to enjoy EVERYONE’S favorite! Bacteria in uncooked foods is a real thing. We often risked it, but eating uncooked flour and eggs can be dangerous. I like the feeling of snacking on this edible cookie dough knowing I have taken all the precautions and have made it extra safe for the whole family.
• The recipe is so easy to vary. You can make these cookie dough bites your own very easily. Use gluten free flour, add in some other fun flavors, maybe even toss in some chocolate chips! You never have to make them the same twice.
• Freezer friendly! I pop some in the freezer for when I really want some cookie dough–which is regularly, and it’s great knowing I can just thaw and eat. I actually enjoy them straight from the freezer.

Edible Sugar Cookie Dough Ingredients:

• flour: You can use all purpose or a gluten free 1:1 flour. Both work great! For your safety, it is recommended that you microwave your flour in a microwave safe dish for about 1 to 2 minutes to a temperature of 165°F to kill off any bacteria. You can do this in the oven as well.
• butter: unsalted is my preference for this edible sugar cookie dough, softened to room temperature. Salted butter will work, just omit the salt from the recipe.
• sugar: classic sugar for the sugar cookie flavor, but you can add a couple tablespoons of brown sugar as well for a richer flavor.
• vanilla: a good vanilla is what makes a sugar cookie recipe. Use a real vanilla extract versus imitation flavor if possible.
• almond extract: this is an optional ingredient, but a slight touch of almond extract rounds out sugar cookies in the best way.
• salt: sea salt, just a hint
• milk: I use whole milk but you can use whatever is on hand.
• sprinkles: rainbow sprinkles or whatever colors you would like to use–red and green make them perfect for Christmas, orange and black for Halloween, and more!

Step-By-Step Instructions:

• Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. The nice thing about making this just as cookie dough is that if you don’t cream the butter and sugar long enough, you won’t ruin the recipe. Just get the mixture nice and light and you are fine.
• Add in the vanilla, almond extract (optional) salt and milk and mix to incorporate. Slowly add in the flour and mix. I add about 1/3 cup at a time. Mix just enough to incorporate the flour.

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• If the mixture seems a bit too dry, you can add another tablespoon of milk. Then stir in the sprinkles. You can roll into balls or eat it straight from the bowl–both are fine. No need to chill, but you can before eating if desired.

Recipe Tips:

• You can add more milk if the dough seems too dry. After adding the flour, if your dough seems super dry, add in more milk 1 tablespoon at a time so as not to over do it.
• You can use a vegan butter and dairy free milk to make it dairy free. While the dairy free and vegan butter sticks will alter the flavor, the recipe will still work if you opt to use one of them. There are quite a few options out there anymore so pick the one you love most.
• The butter will solidify in the refrigerator in the dough. When the sugar cookie dough are chilled, they will naturally harden due to the cooled butter. Allow them to sit out for 5-10 minutes before eating to allow them to come to room temperature.
• Roll the dough into small balls and make homemade cookie dough ice cream! Stir these bites into vanilla ice cream and you have a fun new frozen treat. Use this ice cream recipe as a base but omit the strawberries for homemade!

Storing Tips:

When storing this edible cookie dough, you can refrigerate or freeze:

• If you are refrigerating, store them in a sealed container for about 5 days. I like to roll mine into balls and then set them on a plate or dish to set for about 30 minutes and then transfer them to a bag. It’s not necessary but it keeps them from clumping together.
• To freeze, place the cookie dough balls in a freezer safe container and seal. Store for up to 3 months.

Edible Sugar Cookie Dough Variations:

While this sugar cookie dough recipe is amazing with sprinkles, there are some fun ways to vary the flavors. Try any of the following:

• Lemon sugar cookie dough: add about 1 tablespoon of lemon zest. You can also add a bit of lemon extract but I prefer just the zest.
• Add chocolate chips: to make these more of a chocolate chip cookie dough, add 2 tablespoons brown sugar and about 1/2 – 3/4 cup chocolate chips–regular, white chocolate, dark chocolate etc. any kind. You could completely swap the white sugar for brown sugar in this variation for a richer flavor.
• Cookies and Cream: add your favorite crushed Oreos into the mix instead of sprinkles (or in addition to)–I LOVE adding golden Oreos. About 1/2 cup is great.
• M&M cookie dough: toss in your favorite M&Ms to the cookie dough. The mini M&Ms are great as well.

Other Recipes To Try:

• PEANUT BUTTER REESES COOKIE DOUGH BITES
• KEY LIME COOKIES
• EGGLESS SUGAR COOKIES
• VEGAN CHICKPEA COOKIE DOUGH
• ONE BOWL SMALL BATCH CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES
• CARAMEL STUFFED SNICKERDOODLES

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Disclaimer: The FDA warns that eating uncooked flour can cause illness. Please eat cookie dough at your own risk.

This post was originally published April 2018. Post was updated April 2020 to include new copy and more helpful information.

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