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Ice Cream Party Faux Ice Cream: Edible Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough

Ingredients & Directions

Microwave flour 1 min. (twice if doubling the batch, stirring between), & set aside to cool while mixing wet ingredients.

Mix wet batter & set aside (cream butter & sugars together 1st, then mix in others):

• 1/2 C. (4 oz. – 1 Stick) Butter – softened, not melted.
• 6 T. (3 oz.) Light Brown Sugar
• 6 T. (3oz.) White Sugar (can adjust this to sub more brown sugar to your tastes)
• 1 T. Mexican Vanilla (or Vanilla of choice – please use a good tasting vanilla, some are gross!)
• 1 T. Heavy Cream (can sub 1/2 T. Milk in a pinch, add more if needed)

In a separate bowl mix well:

• 5 oz. (About 1C.) All Purpose Flour – Heat treated to 165° (Many say microwave 1 min. – I do 2 min. to be safe & call it good)
• 1 t. Baking Powder (optional, I like it for the real dough taste)
• 1/2 t. Salt (+ 1/8 t. & a pinch if using unsalted butter above – for reference, there are 4 pinches in 1/8 t.)

Mix wet & dry ingredients together, stop just before fully mixed & add (then finish mixing):

• 3/4 C. – 1 C. Mini Chocolate Chips or other small or chopped mix-ins*

Chill dough before eating if still warm from heat treating flour. Cool is so much better!

Store well covered in air tight container in fridge or freezer. I prefer to use a tiny scooper to make little balls for storage.

Notes

*I prefer 1/2 Mini Semi-Sweet & 1/2 chopped Milk Chocolate. Or, 1/2 Semi-Sweet & 1/4 Chopped White or Milk Chocolate with 1/4 Sprinkles. More than 1 C. total will run the risk of preventing dough from sticking together.

Gluten-Free Adjustments – Sub out gluten-free flour. I always add 2 T. Cornstarch to GF flour, which is likely not necessary if not baking. Use a rice based GF flour for best taste. I use Bob’s Red Mill GF 1 to 1. I do heat treat GF flour too, to be safe.