Cookie Thursday is a Thing 8/10/23-edible cookie dough

The theme for the month continues to be no heat. As in, I don’t turn on my oven.

I always do an edible cookie dough week.

I usually bake the flour, because flour as is from the store is not cooked! There have been several incidences of e coli outbreaks from flours.

But…

I bake the flour. It is obnoxious and turns a light yellow and changes the consistency, making it cakey and kinda weird. Frankly, it takes forever. You have to bake the flour at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 5 minutes or until it reaches 160 degrees. I always manage to spill it when transferring it back to a container.

Then I read a recipe about microwaving it.

I decided to try it.

I microwaved the flour in the bowl I was going to be mixing the cookie dough in for 30 seconds. It reached a temperature of 130 degrees Fahrenheit. Another 10 seconds and the dough was at 175 degrees.

It still made the flour rather stiff and it stuck to the bottom of the bowl in places. I just stirred it really well, paying close attention to the sticking places. After a good stir, it began to look and act more like regular flour. I added the butter, milk, vanilla and salt.