Five simple ingredients and five minutes are all you need for this luscious Single Serving Edible Peanut Butter Cookie Dough! This edible cookie dough is made with wholesome ingredients, naturally sweetened, and full of protein!
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You could say I'm really into cookie dough.
I've been sneaking bites out of the bowl since I was a kid. A few bites here, a few bites there, and then spread some on a finished cookie because that combo is better than the sunrise itself.
My Vegan Cookie Dough for One is the single most popular recipe on the blog, and with good reason. It tastes just like the real thing while still being free of eggs and processed sugar.
I wanted to come up with an even healthier cookie dough option, and this Vegan Peanut Butter Single Serving Cookie Dough hit the mark. It uses creamy natural peanut butter in place of oil and has that perfect cookie dough texture.
Ingredients
- Peanut butter
- Pure maple syrup
- Vanilla extract
- All-purpose flour
- Sea salt
How to make edible peanut butter cookie dough
- Mix peanut butter, maple syrup, and vanilla in a small bowl
- Add flour and salt and stir to combine
- Enjoy!
Top tips
Use natural creamy peanut butter
Try to use unsalted peanut butter that contains one ingredient: peanuts.
If you are using salted peanut butter, you might want to skip the added salt in this recipe.
Heat treat the flour
Recently there have been concerns about eating raw flour. It is generally considered unsafe to eat raw flour.
To make your flour safe to eat, toast the flour on a parchment lined baking sheet in a 350ºF oven for 5 minutes before using.
How to store edible cookie dough
Store edible peanut butter cookie dough in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks or in the freezer for up to 3 months.
Tips for customizing single serving cookie dough
- Use crunchy instead of creamy peanut butter
- Substitute any nut butter, such as almond or cashew (yum!) for the peanut butter
- Stir into banana ice cream for a frozen vegan treat
- Spread on toast
- Spread on top of pancakes
- Cover with sprinkles or mini chocolate chips
FAQ
Yes! By skipping the eggs and heat treating the flour, this cookie dough is safe to eat.
No. It lacks the necessary ingredients for a good cookie. I have tried baking the dough into an actual cookie and it just isn't as good as the raw dough itself.
More single serving dessert recipes
- Vegan Cookie Dough for One
- Double Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
- Edible Brownie Batter
- Vegan Brownie for One
- Lemon Mug Cake
- Healthy Banana Mug Cake
- Chocolate Mug Cake
- Vegan Mug Brownie
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Recipe
Single Serving Edible Peanut Butter Cookie Dough
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon natural creamy peanut butter
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- ¼ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- Dash of Greek sea salt or other cooking salt
- 2 tablespoons unbleached all-purpose flour
Instructions
- In a small bowl, stir together peanut butter, maple syrup, vanilla, and salt.
- Add the flour and stir until combined. Enjoy immediately or refrigerate until ready to eat.
Rachel @ Baked by Rachel says
Such a fun treat! Enjoy some extra for me!! 🙂
Shashi at Savory Spin says
My daughter loves to sneak bites of cookie dough too and I am skeptical about the egg-ful cookie dough she likes to sneak bites from - so am so glad to see this!
Katie says
It's not the egg that makes it unsafe to eat.. it's the flour not being heat-treated. You risk getting e. Coli or salmonella from raw flour.
Cynthia | What A Girl Eats says
Who doesn't love cookie dough? I'm in for a peanut butter version any day!
monika says
I don't think most people are aware, but it's not always (or typically even) raw eggs people should fear when eating raw cookie dough. Uncooked flour can give you e. coli.
I would recommend against putting flour into this!
Lindsay Moe says
As mentioned in the post, spread the flour on a baking sheet and bake 5 minutes at 350º to put your mind at ease!
Megan says
love easy single-serve recipes. perfect to satisfy a craving!
Krissy Allori says
Love any tasty vegan recipes I can find. Thanks!
Diane says
Instead of flour I use rolled oats.
Sabrina Kroesen says
Just made - delish!! I cooked the flour for about 4 min on low-med heat in a skillet (as I got everything else put together and fed the ever hungry cats...), let it cool a minute then added. It’s cookie dough “fresh from the oven” - because it’s warm! Plus, lower bacteria risk, yada yada...
Thank you for sharing this recipe!
Lindsay Moe says
So smart! Thanks for sharing, glad you enjoyed it!
little vegan says
Made this last night and it was soooo yummy! Fixed my sweet tooth perfectly and without making me feel too guilty! Love!
Lindsay Moe says
I'm so glad you enjoyed it, thanks for sharing!
Lynn says
Hi! This is so yummy. How do think coconut flour would be in this?
Lindsay Moe says
I'm not super familiar with coconut flour, but since we're not actually baking the dough I think it would be ok. Try adding it a little at a time since it might not need the same amount as all-purpose.
Indigo says
Literally THE BEST recipe ever! I add some chocolate chips for a delicious treat!
Corinne says
I used almond flour and added a few chocolate chips. DELISH! Thank you!
Mattelynne says
Amazing! Made this when I was bored and hungry and needed to get groceries. The only reason I didn't give it five stars was i need to add extra sweetener and less flour. But over all love it
Vanessa says
This was so gross and the texture was terrible. Do not make this recipe
Lindsay Moe says
I'm sorry you felt this way. With a recipe this small, the quality and measurement of ingredients is very important. I would recommend readers focus on these aspects since it is usually a very simple, well loved recipe.