Cookie dough
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Cookie dough refers to a blend of cookie ingredients which has been mixed into a malleable form which has not yet been hardened by heat. The dough is often then separated and the portions baked to individual cookies, or eaten as is.
Cookie dough can be homemade or bought pre-made in packs (frozen logs, buckets, crates, 6-packs, truckloads, laundry baskets etc.). Desserts containing cookie dough, such as ice cream, candy, and milkshake are also frequently marketed.
Cookie dough was first popularized by Ben & Jerry's retail ice cream, Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, using cookie dough from food distributor Rhino Foods.
[edit] Health concerns
Because of the presence of raw egg, the consumption of uncooked cookie dough increases the possibility of contracting the food borne illness salmonella. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) strongly discourages the consumption of all food products containing raw egg because of this threat.[1] Cookie dough designed specifically for eating raw (such as that found in ice cream) is made either without raw egg or with pasteurized eggs and is safe to eat.[2] In June 2009, the FDA issued a recall for Nestlé Cookie Dough for E. coli. There have been 69 cases of E. coli linked to this cookie dough, but no one has died.[3]
[edit] Cookie Dough Bites
Cookie Dough Bites are a bite-sized confectionery produced by Taste of Nature, Inc. and made from flour, sugar, butter, vanilla and milk chocolate, i.e. egg-free cookie dough dipped in chocolate. They cannot be baked. They are sold in chocolate chip, fudge brownie, peanut butter,[4] dark chocolate and mint chocolate chip flavors. First sold in 1997, they were initially only available in movie theaters[5] before being carried by other retailers.
[edit] References
- ^ Mary Ann Anderson (2008-03-22). "Deceptively delicious egg cocktails". McClatchy-Tribune News Service. http://www.nj.com/homegarden/entertaining/index.ssf/2008/03/deceptively_delicious_egg_cock.html. Retrieved 2008-07-08.
- ^ http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~pregnant/safedai.html
- ^ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/29/AR2009062903813.html
- ^ "Sweet commotion". Hollywood Reporter. 6 February 2004. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2085725. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
- ^ "Theaters like sweet bottom line". Eugene Register-Guard. 22 March 1998. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zXgVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=k-sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6197,5774103. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
