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Edible Gluten-Free Cookie Dough (Dairy Free Option)

Last Updated May 18, 2023. Published August 20, 2019 Good For You Gluten Free

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If you love raw cookie dough, you’ll love this recipe for gluten-free edible cookie dough. This recipe is meant to be enjoyed raw (uncooked), and there’s no gritty aftertaste. This post contains affiliate links. Please see my disclosures.

I love cookie dough, but I haven’t had it in so long because I have celiac disease. People with celiac disease are forbidden from eating gluten, a protein found in wheat, rye, barley, and sometimes oats.

I’ve tried many gluten-free cookie dough recipes over the years, but I’ve never settled on one that I liked enough to share with you… until today.

Admittingly, I’m a bit of a cookie dough snob, so my cookie dough recipe needed to have the right taste and texture to pass the test. No one wants to eat grainy and gritty cookie dough!

My cookie dough recipe offers up a smooth dough with the perfect taste and texture.

And remember, this recipe requires no baking. In fact, you shouldn’t bake these “cookies.”

These cookie dough balls are meant to be enjoyed raw. They don’t include eggs, baking soda, or any leavening agents. If you bake them, they will literally fall flat!

Making Gluten-Free Cookie Dough

The star ingredient of this recipe is smooth gluten-free oat flour, which is a fantastic flour to use in gluten-free recipes because of its smooth and silky texture and mild taste. Bob’s Red Mill gluten-free oat flour is my preferred brand.

bob's red mill gluten-free oat flour

To make these gluten-free chocolate chip cookie dough balls, you’ll need the following ingredients:

  • 1 & 1/2ย cupsย gluten-free oat flour
  • 1/3 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/3ย cupย light brown sugar,ย packed
  • 1/4ย tspย kosher salt
  • 6ย Tbspย unsalted dairy-free butter, softened and at room temperature
  • 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
  • 1/3 cup mini chocolate chips, about 3 ounces
  • 2 Tbsp dairy-free milk (more if needed)
gluten-free cookie dough ingredients

First, combine the gluten-free oat flour, granulated sugar, brown sugar, and salt in a large bowl.

a bowl with oat flour, sugar and salt ready to be made in to gluten-free chocolate chip cookie dough balls

Then add the softened (not melted) dairy-free butter, vanilla extract, and 2 tablespoons of dairy-free milk of choice. Mix all the ingredients together using your hands, a wooden spoon, or a hand mixer. I personally find using my hands helps the dough come together better.

Add another tablespoon of dairy-free milk to help the dough hold together if needed. Once the dough is a good consistency, add the chocolate chips and continue to work the dough until well combined.

gluten-free chocolate chip cookie dough in a big mound ready to be rolled into balls

I used mini-chocolate chips by Enjoy Life and think they work perfectly in this recipe. They’re vegan, dairy-free, and gluten-free. You could also use regular-sized chocolate chips.

Once the mixture is combined, roll the dough into 1.5-inch balls and place each ball on a serving dish or baking sheet. You’ll have enough dough for about 14-16 balls, depending on how large or small you roll them.

tray of gluten-free cookie dough balls

Refrigerate the dough balls for 30 minutes or until firm, then store them in a resealable container in the fridge until they’re gone.

Pace yourself. These delicious dough balls go fast – but remember, just because they’re gluten-free doesn’t mean they’re calorie-free or sugar-free.

The Taste Test

These gluten-free chocolate chip cookie dough balls are the real deal. They’re smooth in texture, sweet in taste, and have no grainy aftertaste either.

Oh, cookie dough, I have missed you so much. Thank goodness you’re back in my life!

gluten-free cookie dough ball with bite taken out of middle

FAQs

Here are a few tips for making successful gluten-free cookie dough:

Butter: You can use regular butter or a vegan butter substitute, like Earth Balance, if you want to make this recipe dairy-free.

Chocolate chips: I recommend using mini-chocolate chips from Enjoy Life.

Milk: You can use regular cow’s milk or keep it dairy-free by using almond milk, soy milk, or cashew milk.

Can’t find gluten-free oat flour? Gluten-free oat flour is hard to find at local grocery stores. Order it online or make your own. Here’s my oat flour recipe.

Store-Bought Cookie Dough

Love cookie dough but don’t want to make your own? Try these brands of edible cookie dough:

(1) Better Bites makes gluten-free cookie dough covered in chocolate. Find them in the frozen foods section or on Amazon via Whole Foods.

Better bites gluten-free cookie dough bites

(2) Sweet Loren’s makes edible cookie dough using gluten-free oat flour, palm oil, and molasses. You can find Sweet Loren’s on Amazon via Whole Foods.

I tested several brands of gluten-free cookie dough and share my results in my article, Which Gluten-Free Cookie Dough Brand Is the Best?

More Recipes

You might also enjoy these recipes:

  • Chickpea Cookie Dough โ€“ Healthy and Low Calorie
  • Classic Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies
  • Easy Almond Flour Chocolate Chip Muffins
  • Easy Paleo Chocolate Mug Cake
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Gluten-Free Cookie Dough

This recipe results in a silky smooth gluten-free cookie dough that you can eat raw with a spoon! This recipe is gluten-free and dairy-free as written.
5 from 7 votes
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: chocolate chip cookie dough, Cookie dough, gluten-free cookie dough
Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
Servings: 16 balls
Calories: 129kcal
Author: Jenny Levine Finke

Ingredients

  • 1 1/5 cups gluten-free oat flour
  • 1/3 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/3 cup light brown sugar packed
  • 1/4 tsp kosher salt
  • 6 Tbsp dairy-free unsalted butter softened to room temperature
  • 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
  • 1/3 cup mini chocolate chips
  • 2 Tbsp dairy-free milk more if needed

Instructions

  • Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set it aside.
  • Combine the oat flour, brown sugar, granulated sugar, and salt in a large bowl. Whisk together.
  • Add the softened butter, vanilla, and 2 tbsp of milk to the flour mixture and mix well until the butter is evenly distributed. If the dough isn't holding together well, add up to 1 tbsp more milk. (Tip: Using my hands to mix the dough helps it come together better. Alternatively, you can use a spatula or hand-held mixter).
  • Add the chocolate chips and mix the dough until the chips are evenly distributed throughout.
  • Roll dough into 1.5-inch balls and place them on a baking sheet. Depending on the size, you'll have enough dough to make 14-16 dough balls. Refrigerate the dough balls for 30 minutes before enjoying them.
  • Store leftover dough balls in a sealed container in your fridge.

Notes

Allow your butter to come to room temperature for 1-2 hours before making this recipe. You want the butter to be soft, so it blends into the dough evenly. To soften butter more quickly, cut it into small pieces or grate it with a cheese grater and let it sit on your counter for 15-30 minutes. The larger surface area will enable it to soften more quickly.
To make the cookie dough dairy-free, use dairy-free butter, dairy-free milk (soy, almond, or cashew milk), and dairy-free chocolate chips.
You can use regular-sized chocolate chips, but I prefer mini-chocolate chips for a better mouth feel (and the balls hold together better).

Nutrition

Calories: 129kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 12mg | Sodium: 44mg | Potassium: 45mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 147IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 17mg | Iron: 0.5mg
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  1. Good For You Gluten Free says

    May 19, 2023 at 5:11 pm

    You can try my healthy chickpea cookie dough. Iโ€™m not sure how it would taste with other flours.

  2. Lynn Moody says

    May 19, 2023 at 3:00 pm

    Can you use another flour besides oat flour? I am very sensitive to oats.

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