Edible Monster Cookie Dough is made with heat-treated flour, no eggs, and all the peanut butter cookie dough flavor you love. Monster cookie dough that is completely safe to eat!
I make a lot of cookies. And the cookies are delicious, but I am usually a bigger fan of the dough than the actual cookies. This Edible Monster Cookie Dough can be eaten with a spoon, or you can serve it as a dip for apple slices, cookies, or graham crackers.
Is Monster Cookie Dough safe to eat?
This Edible Monster Cookie Dough is completely safe to eat, but tastes just like the real deal! It only takes a few minutes to “cook” the flour to reduce any chance of harmful bacteria, and since you aren’t baking the dough, no eggs are required.
EDIBLE MONSTER COOKIE DOUGH
Monster Cookies are delicious. Classic monster cookies are made with oats, peanut butter, and M&Ms…all of which are included in this edible cookie dough recipe. This recipe does call for all-purpose flour, but you can swap it out with oat flour if you want it to be gluten-free. Mix everything together and eat the cookie dough with a spoon or use it as a dip for pretzels, graham crackers, cookies, and apple slices.
Ingredients in Edible Monster Cookie Dough
Butter – I usually use salted butter and it works great. For best results, use real butter (not margarine) and make sure it is softened to room temperature before adding to the other ingredients.
Sugars – You’ll need brown sugar and granulated sugar. It’s especially important to make sure your brown sugar is soft and fresh.
Peanut butter – The recipe calls for creamy peanut butter, but you could use crunchy peanut butter if you prefer. Sometimes natural peanut butters don’t work very well in peanut butter cookies when they are baked, but since you aren’t baking this dough, you can use pretty much any type of peanut butter that you want!
Milk – You can use any type of milk, even non-dairy alternatives.
Vanilla – The higher the quality of vanilla, the better.
Flour – All-purpose flour works best. Make sure to heat treat before adding to the recipe to make sure any potential bacteria is killed.
Oats – I usually use quick oats, but old-fashioned oats work just fine too! If you want the dough to be completely smooth, you can grind up the oats into flour before adding.
Mini M&Ms – A classic ingredient in monster cookies. Using certain colors is a perfect way to make this dough fit any holiday or season.
Mini semi-sweet chocolate chips – Can’t go wrong by adding more chocolate, right?
How to make Edible Monster Cookie Dough
Heat treat the flour. You can do this in the microwave or the oven. (If you want to avoid this step, you can grind up oats and use oat flour in place of the all-purpose flour. This also makes the cookie dough gluten-free!)
Cream the butter with the sugars for 2-3 minutes. Add the peanut butter, milk, and vanilla and mix until well combined.
Add the flour and oats and mix well. Fold in the mini M&Ms and chocolate chips. Eat immediately or store the dough in the refrigerator until ready to eat.
HOW TO HEAT TREAT FLOUR
Raw flour has the potential to contain harmful bacteria, so it is important to heat treat it to make sure all the bacteria is killed before consuming.
IN THE OVEN
Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and spread the flour in a thin layer on the parchment paper. Bake at 300° for about 5-6 minutes. The flour needs to be at a temperature of 160° to be safe. Use a meat thermometer to check and if the temperature isn’t high enough, cook for another 1-2 minutes before checking again.
IN THE MICROWAVE
You can easily heat-treat flour in the microwave as well. This works great as long as you don’t need to treat more than 2-3 cups at a time. Place the flour in a large, microwaveable bowl and microwave in 30-second intervals until the temperature reaches 160°. Stir between intervals to make sure the flour heats evenly. You will probably need to heat the flour for about 2-3 minutes in total.
Once the flour is ready, let it cool. Use immediately in a recipe or store in an airtight container until ready to use.
CAN YOU FREEZE EDIBLE MONSTER COOKIE DOUGH?
Edible cookie dough will stay good in the refrigerator for at least 2-3 weeks, but you can also store it in the freezer. It will easily last 2-3 months in an airtight container in the freezer. I prefer to roll the dough into balls before freezing since it’s a little bit tricky to scoop out spoonfuls of frozen dough.
The monster cookie dough will harden in the fridge. To soften, simply cover and leave on the counter for 15-20 minutes.
CAN YOU BAKE EDIBLE COOKIE DOUGH?
You cannot bake this cookie dough. There aren’t any leavening agents or eggs in the dough, so if you bake the dough, you’ll likely have a hard, flat mess on your pan!
What to serve with Edible Monster Cookie Dough?
Personally, I like to just eat cookie dough plain, all by itself. But if you’d like to get creative, you can definitely use it as more of a dip. Use less flour in the recipe if you want the consistency to be a bit thinner. Then you can serve it with graham crackers, pretzels, cookies, or apple slices. This cookie dough is also delicious spread on top of pancakes or waffles. Or pretty much anything!
MORE COOKIE DOUGH RECIPES TO TRY:
- This Edible Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough is perfection. Grab a spoon and dig in!
- Most edible cookie dough is sticky and needs to be eaten with a spoon. These Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bites are safe to eat raw, but the dough is smooth enough to roll into perfectly portioned balls of dough. Keep it in the fridge or the freezer any time you need a quick treat!
Edible Monster Cookie Dough is made with heat-treated flour, no eggs, and all the peanut butter cookie dough flavor you love. Monster cookie dough that is completely safe to eat!
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