Eggless Cookie Dough

Let's be honest with ourselves: when we decide to make cookies, a big motivator is getting to eat the cookie dough. Come now, you know it's true.

My dilemma: I try to be sneaky when... er... sneaking some doughy goodness, but sometimes my two-year-old catches me red handed. I don't want to give her any because of the raw eggs, but I feel horrible depriving her of such tasty goodness while I chow down (sneakily, of course).

The compromise: eggless cookie dough. Now mind you, this dough is NOT to be baked. The result of baking this concoction will be the furthest thing from cookies. Let me repeat: this recipe will not yield actual cookies!

What this recipe does produce is cookie dough that is good (and safe) enough to eat! It's great plain, frozen in balls, frozen and mixed into ice cream... and best of all I don't have to feel guilty about sharing with my toddler!


Ingredients:
1 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 Tbsp water
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (mini chips are my favorite, but regular sized chips work, too)

Directions:
1. Cream butter, vanilla, sugar, and water together until uniform in texture.
2. Mix flour and salt together in a small, separate bowl.
3. Using a hand or stand mixer, gradually add flour mixture to butter and sugar mixture.
4. Fold in chocolate chips.
5. Eat right away or use a small scoop to make little balls of dough to freeze and eat later. Yum!