Lately I have been seeing all these wonderful cookie dough recipes going around…. Oh how I LOVE cookie dough! The only problem is that they all call for raw flour and there have been recent outbreaks of E Coli that were found to be in the flour of raw cookie dough (not the eggs)! If I could actually hunt down some heat treated or pasteurized flour- that would be nice, but since that is not going to happen anytime soon I made my own solution…
I microwaved my flour! Not only that, but I also checked the temperature to make sure that it got hot enough to kill the germs. I read somewhere that most bugs will be killed at temps above 160 so I made sure to reach that and then some! Don’t just take my word for it though- do your own research. I microwaved my flour on high for 1 minute and 15 seconds. I also stirred the flour after each 15 second interval. The stirring is important to make sure that it all heats evenly.
Since I had no intentions of actually cooking my cookie dough this recipe was made strictly for eating while it is still dough. I cannot attest to how it will actually bake since there are no eggs in it! This is SO good and addicting, but it is very rich… we just nibbled on it for the last few days! I also have some yummy recipes made with this cookie dough that I will share later on… I know… dangerous! ;P
Ingredients
- 1 cup of microwaved flour (making sure that the temp gets to at least 160)
- 1 stick butter
- 1/4 tsp salt mixed with 2 Tbsp. milk
- 1/2 cup white sugar (or 1/2 cup powdered sugar for less graininess)
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup mini semi sweet chocolate chips
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Cream butter and sugars. Slowly add flour, salt/ milk mixture, and vanilla until thoroughly mixed then add chocolate chips. Refrigerate for a couple of hours or eat right away!
Disclaimer: I am not a scientist and I have no proof that microwaving will kill all bacteria in the flour… so please use this method with caution. I personally trust that it will, but eat at your own risk!
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I never heard about the flour thing…that is really gross! But the recipe looks delicious!!
Thanks! I know It’s crazy.. It was the Nestle Tollhouse premade cookie dough and they had several people get really sick from eating it raw. They traced it back to the flour!!!
Very good, Just made it because I wanted cookie dough to eat, but not bake, and again didn’t wanna use raw eggs (I only eat small amounts of prepackaged cookie dough occasionally, but I love it and would eat it all). It is very rich, but not super rich like some cookies or chocolate is. It’s not a Large amount either, which is perfect for personal snacking. I will say I used water instead of milk (Was out of Milk), and it still turned out really good.
Mine tasted too brown sugary.
You can try adjusting the ratio of brown sugar to granulated sugar to alter the taste.
Microwaving things only works when there is moisture. So unless your flour is damp, I don’t think your doing anything. Just thought I’d pass on my wisdom from my microbiology class.