Gluten-Free Edible Cookie Dough

Name: Gluten-Free Edible Cookie Dough Recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: 1 cup vegan butter; 1 cup brown sugar; ½ cup granulated sugar; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; ¾ teaspoon fine salt; 1¼ cups gluten-free oat flour; 1¼ cups almond flour; 1-2 tablespoon Nature's Charm evaporated coconut milk; 1½ cups chocolate chips

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If you’re looking to feed your inner child, give my easy Gluten-Free Edible Cookie Dough recipe a try! Made with just 9 simple ingredients and only 5 minutes of active time with zero cooking, this super versatile gluten-free cookie dough is the sweet treat you need in your life.

Hand taking a spoonful of gluten-free edible cookie dough from the bowl.

This post is sponsored by Nature's Charm. All text and opinions are my own.

This recipe was originally published on March 14, 2023. It was updated with new photos and information on February 23, 2024.

As much as I love cookies in their truest form — see my lemon thumbprints, brown butter oatmeal raisin cookies, and double chocolate chip cookies as just a few examples of my devotion — there are times when all I want is to eat a bowl of raw cookie dough.

It’s sweet, a little salty, deliciously buttery, melt-in-your-mouth MAGIC. It tastes like the best days of childhood when Mom would give you the beaters.

Ingredients & Substitutions

You only need a handful of easy-to-find ingredients, most of which are pantry staples. Here’s your list:

Ingredients needed to make gluten-free edible sugar cookie dough measured out on a white table.

Vegan butter - You can use regular or vegan butter. I like using salted butter, but feel free to swap in unsalted and bump up the added salt at the end.
Brown sugar & granulated sugar - I like using both types of sweetener to add the right amount of molasses-caramel undertone (from the brown) and slightly crunchy granules (from the white). Feel free to use extra of one or the other, or swap in less refined sugars like organic cane sugar, coconut sugar, or muscovado sugar.
Vanilla extract - Feel free to use an equal amount of vanilla paste. You can also play with different flavors of extracts like almond or maple depending on the flavor of cookie dough you’re going for!
Fine salt - A little salt somehow makes the cookie dough seem sweeter. If you’re using a different style of salt (e.g. kosher), refer to a conversion chart for proper measurement.
Gluten-free oat flour - For gluten-free binding, cozy, nutty flavor, and a hit of whole grains. If you can’t find any, simply blitz rolled oats in a food processor or blender until they’re superfine powder!
Almond flour - The combination of oat flour and almond flour make for the most delicious gluten free edible cookie dough! You can substitute equal amounts of oat flour to make it nut-free.
Nature's Charm evaporated coconut milk - To act as a dairy-free egg substitute to hold the dough together.
Chocolate chips - You can use mini chocolate chips, regular size chips, or a chopped chocolate bar. You can also swap it out for sprinkles to make it colorful!

Can of Nature's Charm evaporated coconut milk in the center of an array of bowls filled with vegan edible cookie dough.

This gf cookie dough comes together in just a few minutes. Here’s how:

Step 1: Melt the butter in the microwave for 30 to 40 seconds. Add the sugars and stir until combined. Add the salt and vanilla extract and stir again.

Butter and sugar after whisking together with a danish dough whisk.

Step 2: Thicken the dough. Add the flours and stir until a smooth mixture forms. Add 1 tablespoon of the evaporated coconut milk and stir again. If you like a looser cookie dough, add another tablespoon of evaporated coconut milk. The mixture will seem quite loose at this point, but it will firm up in the fridge.

Step 2 for making vegan edible cookie dough -- almond and oat flours added to sugar-butter mixture.

Vegan edible cookie dough batter after mixing in the flours — it still looks quite thin.

Step 3: Fold in the chocolate chips, then cover the bowl and let the dough chill in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes. The longer you let it chill, the firmer the cookie dough will be.

Step 3 for making gluten-free edible cookie dough — whisking in mini chocolate chips.

Expert Tips

Make sure your brown sugar and almond flour aren’t lumpy — give them a run through the food processor if needs be!
Don’t have any brown sugar? Don’t fret! Use regular granulated sugar and add a teaspoon or two of molasses to replicate the flavor.
While you don’t have to heat treat the almond or oat flour, you are welcome to toast them in a dry pan or on a parchment-lined sheet pan until they’re fragrant for a little extra flavor. YUM.

Overhead hero shot of 3 bowls of gluten-free cookie dough with silver spoon in the middle bowl and a small bowl of mini chocolate chips to the side.

FAQs

Does flour need to be heat-treated to make edible cookie dough?

Since my recipe calls for almond flour and oat flour, you don’t need to heat treat anything — oats and almonds are 100% safe to eat raw! That said, if you decide to swap in gluten-free measure-for-measure flour or regular all-purpose flour, you will need to heat it to 165F to make sure it’s safe for consumption.

What makes edible cookie dough edible?

While most typical cookie doughs include either raw eggs or raw flour, my gluten-free cookie dough recipe omits them to make the dough perfectly safe to eat. Here we swap in oat and almond flour for regular AP flour and use evaporated coconut milk in place of the eggs as a binder.

Can I bake edible cookie dough into cookies?

Unfortunately, this recipe was NOT developed to be baked into cookies. There’s no leavener in the mix, so they’d get hard-cooked on the outside without ever spreading or rising. To make delicious baked cookies, check out my gluten-free chocolate chip cookie recipe or my gluten-free sugar cookie recipe!

Is cookie dough gluten-free?

Traditional cookie dough is made with regular all-purpose flour, so it's sadly not gluten-free. My flourless cookie dough is made with gluten-free oat flour and almond flour, so it's gluten-free!

45 degree angle shot of a half-eaten bowl of dairy-free gluten-free edible cookie dough.

More Sweet Snack Recipes

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This gluten-free coffee cake is so fluffy and moist, and the crisp cinnamony crumb topping is so delicious!
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Square hero of vegan dairy-free edible cookie dough in a bowl with a hand taking a spoonful.

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