Healthy Edible Cookie Dough (Small-Batch, Egg-Free) – Ready in Minutes
Craving cookie dough – but want to keep in healthy? This small-batch, healthy edible cookie dough is ready in minutes, safe to eat raw and can feed one to two cookie lovers. Made with a handful of pantry staples – it’s a speedy to put together, will be sure to satisfies your sweet tooth while giving you some healthy using nutritious ingredients.
Ingredients
- Quick-cooking oats (not to be confused with instant or rolled oats)
- Honey
- Cashew Butter
- Vanilla Extract
- Dark Chocolate Chips
Nutrition Highlights – How Is This Edible Cookie Dough Healthy?
As a dietitian I strive to make all my recipes better for you! Here’s why each of the ingredients are actually good for you:
- Oats: Oats are a fantastic source of dietary fiber, which helps keep you full for longer and supports a healthy digestive tract – aka keep things regular – and yes we mean your poops! Ever heard oats are heart-healthy? That’s true – research consistently links oat consumption to improved cholesterol levels thanks to fiber content. As a whole-grain (one you should be consuming more of in the diet) – they provide slow-to-digest complex carbs which supports steadier blood sugar levels.
- Honey: Honey is still an added sweetener, but does contain trace amounts of minerals and antioxidants making it better for you than plain granulated sugar. Don’t have honey? You can use maple syrup too.
- Cashew butter: Cashew butter is rich in monounsaturated fats and contains a few grams of protein to keep these cookie dough bites blood-sugar friendly and satisfying. Cashew butter has less of a ‘taste’ than peanut butter or almond butter so works better in this recipe over the other two. But if all you have is a PB or AB those could work out great too. I used Whole Foods 365 cashew butter, but any unsweetened variety works.
- Vanilla extract: Vanilla extract gives your cookie dough bites its classic flavor. Contradictory to popular brief – it’s also safe to consume raw. Vanilla extract adds a delicious flavor and aroma to your cookie dough so don’t skip it.
- Dark chocolate: Dark chocolate contains several health benefits – but be sure to choose a dark chocolate that contains at least 70% or more cocoa to reap it’s benefits. Dark chocolate is rich in antioxidant flavonoids, contains a decent amount of dietary fiber, and is lower in sugar than milk or semi-sweet chocolate. I love using Guittard Extra Dark Chocolate Chips.
Equipment
- A Food Processor to grind your oats
How to Make It (Step-by-Step)
- Measure and blend the oats: Measure ¼ to ½ cup of oats and add them to a food processor or blender. Blend for 2–3 minutes until they reach a flour-like consistency.
- Reserve some oats: Measure out 2 tablespoons of oat flour for this recipe and save the rest for your next batch.
- Mix the base: Pour the oat flour into a medium-sized bowl. Add cashew butter, honey, and vanilla extract and stir until smooth and combined.
- Add chocolate chips: Fold in your dark chocolate chips.
- Enjoy: Grab a spoon and enjoy this quick, nutritious, and safe-to-eat raw cookie dough!
Ingredient Variations
- Oats: Quick-cooking oats are used in this recipe – not be confused with instant oats or rolled oats. Instant oats are too fine so won’t work well in this recipe, but rolled oats could work, they may just be little difficult to grind down into a flour.
- Cashew Butter: You can use almond butter, peanut butter, sunflower seed butter, or soy butter in place of cashew butter – but it may have more a nutty flavor when using one of these alternative nut or seed butters.
- Honey: Replace honey with maple syrup instead.
- Chocolate options: If you don’t have chocolate chips? Chop up a dark chocolate bar instead.
F.A.Q.
How long does the healthy cookie dough last?
Keep the cookie dough in a sealed container or baggie in the fridge. Store up to 2 weeks.
Can I use flour instead of oats?
Only use heat-treated flour, keep in mind you can get sick if you eat raw all-purpose flour or whole-wheat flour as it has not been heat-treated. Oats are a safer option you can eat eat raw.
Can I use peanut butter instead?
Yes, you can use peanut butter or almond butter instead of cashew butter – but it will change the taste to make it more peanut butter or almond butter tasting.
Healthy Edible Cookie Dough For Two!
This healthy edible small batch chocolate chip cookie dough recipe is loaded with nutritious ingredients and can be made in minutes.
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp cashew butter
- 2 tbsp oats, Quick-cooking
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp chocolate chips, dark
- 1 pinch salt
Equipment
- 1 Food processor
Instructions
- Measure and blend the oats: Measure ¼ to ½ cup of oats and add them to a food processor or blender. Blend for 2–3 minutes until they reach a flour-like consistency.
- Reserve some oats: Measure out 2 tablespoons of oat flour for this recipe and save the rest for your next batch.
- Mix the base: Pour the oat flour into a medium-sized bowl. Add cashew butter, honey, and vanilla extract and stir until smooth and combined.
- Add chocolate chips: Fold in your dark chocolate chips.
- Enjoy: Grab a spoon and enjoy this quick, nutritious, and safe-to-eat raw cookie dough!
Serving: 2g, Calories: 163kcal, Carbohydrates: 18g, Protein: 3g, Fat: 9g, Saturated Fat: 2g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 5g, Cholesterol: 1mg, Sodium: 24mg, Potassium: 109mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 11g, Vitamin C: 0.1mg, Calcium: 9mg, Iron: 1mg
