UPDATE: There is now a part 2 with two more eggless cookie dough flavors (pumpkin spice and double chocolate chip). Hop on over and check it out!
If you’re like me, one of the hardest parts of being pregnant is remembering not to eat the cookie dough. Who thought that would be so hard? There’s something about unbaked dough that the baked cookie just cannot deliver, and I miss it horribly.
After 5 months of dough deprivation (it’s a girl!!!) I decided to figure out how to make my favorite cookie recipes eggless. It’s really not that hard – want to know the secret? I just delete anything directly related to baking (i.e. baking soda/powder, that sort of thing), get rid of the eggs, and add either milk or water to make the dough stick together. With those modifications, you can create eggless dough from just about any cookie recipe. I’m working right now to make my double chocolate chip cookie eggless, and then everything will be right with the world 🙂
For now, I’m content with sugar cookie dough (find the recipe for baking here), chocolate chip cookie dough (baking recipe here), and oatmeal cookie dough. For all my pregnant ladies (and allergy folks, and anyone who doesn’t want to risk salmonella), each recipe is below.
Eggless Sugar Cookie Dough
Ingredients
- ¼ cup butter or margarine softened
- 6 Tbsp sugar
- 1 ½ tsp vanilla
- ¾ cups baked flour
- 1-3 Tbsp water or milk
Instructions
- Mix together butter, sugar, vanilla, flour, and 1 Tbsp water or milk.
- Add more Tbsps of water or milk until dough holds together.
- Enjoy!
Notes
Eggless Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup butter or margarine softened
- 2 tbsp granulated sugar
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- ½ cup baked flour
- ½ cup chocolate chips
- 1-3 Tbsp water or milk
Instructions
- Mix together butter, sugars, vanilla, flour, and 1 Tbsp water or milk
- Add water or milk by Tbsp until dough sticks together. Mix in chocolate chips.
- Enjoy!
Notes
Eggless Oatmeal Cookie Dough
Ingredients
- ¼ cup butter or margarine softened
- 2 Tbsp brown sugar
- 2 Tbsp granulated sugar
- ½ tsp vanilla
- ½ cup baked flour
- ¼ tsp cinnamon
- pinch of cloves
- ¾ cup oatmeal
- 1-3 Tbsp milk or water
- raisins optional
Instructions
- Mix together butter, sugars, vanilla, flour, cinnamon, cloves, and 1 Tbsp milk or water.
- Add milk or water until dough sticks together.
- Add oatmeal 1/4 cup at a time until dough reaches desired consistency.
- Enjoy!
Notes
Are there any cookie doughs you’d like to see made eggless? Leave a comment and let us know!
grace
what a favor you’ve done for all the pregnant ladies out there! i, for one, would be happy to eat ALL of the dough even though i’m not pregnant 🙂
Diane Homan
I’m a dough eater too. There’s just something about it…
Heather Montgomery
The chocolate chip looks delish! Thanks for sharing!
Diane Homan
Thanks for stopping by!
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Sara
Do you know if any of these could work for baking still? My little one is allergic to eggs!
Diane Homan
I’ve never tried these ones baked as is. I would think they’d be too flat without the egg. If you’re looking for some good recipes, you might try this list: http://www.egglesscooking.com/eggless-baking-recipes/eggless-cookies/. This lady has tested all of them and says they turn out great!
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Mary Ann
Peanut butter!!!!! The other look amazing too!!!
Diane Homan
How could I forget peanut butter?! Already working on it 🙂
Mandy
Does the cookie dough need to be refrigerated? Or is it better left at room temp?
Diane Homan
It should be refrigerated if you don’t plan to eat it right away 🙂
Marianne
I just made the oatmeal one and it’s amazing! I didn’t have any raisins at home so threw in some mini chocolate chips and it worked great.
Diane Homan
I bet chocolate chips would be so good! I’m glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Madison
For the chocolate chip cookie dough, the recipe calls for 2 tsp granulated sugar and 1 tsp brown sugar. Did you mean tbsp? Mine tasted like flour and I’m not sure why.
Diane Homan
Yes! Thank you for pointing that out!!!!!!
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Jordan
I really wanted to make cookie dough but didn’t have any eggs so I was excited to find your post! So excited that I tried all 3 doughs! 😶 The oatmeal is my favorite! I’m going to try with mini chocolate chips next time, since I love oatmeal choc chip cookie dough. Thank you for sharing! They are so easy and the serving size is great for just me.
Diane Homan
You tried all three! That makes me so happy 🙂 I’m glad you liked the recipes – I’m an oatmeal lover too!
Amy Morrow
Ginger bread would be great.
I can hardly wait to try the yummy oatmeal.
Thank you so very much for these YUMMY IN MY TUMMY COOKIES
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Diane Homan
Gingerbread is a great idea, especially this time of year! Merry Christmas to you too!!!!!
Cindy
How about ginger snap cookie dough!
Diane Homan
Ooooo! That sounds like a great idea!
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