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    Home » Vegan Product Reviews

    Microwave Cookie Dough Experiment with Just Cookie Dough

    Sep 20, 2021 by Becky Striepe
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    Looking to make cookies in the microwave? I test a popular store-bought brand to find out if it's microwave cookie dough material.

    close-up of a jar of Just Cookie Dough

    Y'all, I finally got a jar of chocolate chip Just Cookie Dough and put it through its paces. I ate it with a spoon, baked it in the oven, and tried making microwave cookies. Here's how it went!

    Table of Contents

    • Chocolate Chip Just Cookie Dough Review
    • Just Cookie Dough Ingredients
    • Microwave Cookie Dough Experiment
    • Microwave Just Cookies

    Want another way to make a cookie in a hurry? Try my GIANT Air Fryer Chocolate Chip Cookie!

    But first, I have to brag on my husband, Dave, a little bit.

    Last weekend was our year-end tax appointment. I headed to the accountant, and Dave stayed home with Darrol Henry. That's not the bragging part.

    Since we have business and personal taxes and since I'm the savvy client who booked a tax appointment for 12:30pm the week before business taxes were due, I was at the accountant's office for six. hours. Almost five of those were in the waiting room. It sucked. I got home at 7:15 with no plan for supper and 30 minutes until Darrol's bed time.

    When I walked in the door, I discovered that not only had Dave fixed supper for our child, but he'd prepped everything for a grilled feast that night. Scalloped potatoes and broccoli florets were wrapped in foil, and he'd picked me up a Tofurkey sausage. He cooked.

    But the biggest surprise was something else that he and our son grabbed on their "adventure for mommy" that afternoon: a jar of Just Cookie Dough. David Striepe knows what to do, y'all.

    open jar of Just Cookie Dough with a spoon in the jar

    Chocolate Chip Just Cookie Dough Review

    Right, so you probably aren't here to hear about my day. You want to know about Just Cookie Dough.

    Let's start with that spoonful of dough right out of the jar. Y'all. It's been a long time since I've eaten store-bought cookie dough with a spoon, and it was like a spoonful of nostalgia.

    Remember eating a slice of cookie from the roll as a kid? It was like that. As a long-time vegan, it's been a while, y'all. And that was good!

    But I didn't eat the whole jar with a spoon. The sacrifices I make for you!

    The next evening, Dave and I scooped a few spoonfuls of Just Cookie Dough onto a baking sheet to see how they baked up.

    We baked them for the full 11 minutes (the jar says nine to 11), and I even let them sit for the five minutes that the directions recommend.

    It was not easy to wait, because they smelled so, so good.

    plate of baked Just Cookies
    These are the baked cookies. Don't they look like the ones you'd make from the tube as a kid?

    When they were ready, I was super impressed. The cookies were chewy in the center and a little bit crunchy around the edges with just enough chocolate chips.

    If you've been missing pre-mixed cookie dough, I'd definitely give Hampton Creek Just Cookie Dough the thumbs up in the deliciousness department.

    Below, get a little breakdown of the ingredients plus my adventures in microwave cookie-making.

    Just Cookie Dough Ingredients

    Call it a habit. I'm a label-reader from way back. Here's what's in a jar of Just Cooke Dough:

    wheat flour, evaporated cane juice, sugar, semi-sweet chocolate chips (sugar, unsweetened chocolate, cocoa butter, dextrose, soy lecithin, natural vanilla extract), palm oil, water, molasses, canola oil, whole sorghum flour, invert sugar, natural flavors, salt, baking soda, oat bran, soy lecithin, oat fiber, xanthan gum, algin

    (ingredients list transcribed from the back of the jar)

    There are a couple of ingredients on here that I'm not super crazy about:

    1. palm oil - Conventional palm oil production causes deforestation and habitat loss. This is kind of a big deal.
    2. natural flavor - Companies can use natural flavor to refer to any of hundreds of flavoring additives, some of them not so natural.

    Of all the things on this list, palm oil is the one that troubles me the most. I try to avoid palm oil whenever I can, so chances are Just Cookies are going to be a sometimes food around here.

    I contacted Hampton Creek about the palm oil in their product but haven't heard back.

    Microwave Cookie Dough Experiment

    This was a bit of an experiment, and I'll be honest: the microwave cookies just turned out okay.

    If you want cookies NOW, this is a fine option, but know that the cooling time is longer than the cooking time!

    The resulting cookie is crispy and - let's be honest - a little bit burnt-tasting, which I sometimes like in a cookie.

    Here's how the dough performed in my microwave on high:

    image collage of microwave cookie dough at 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, and 50 seconds

    If you can wait 10 extra minutes while they bake in the oven as the cooking directions recommend, you will absolutely turn out better cookies. My microwave is on the weak side, so you may not need to cook for quite as long as I did. That's why there's a pretty wide time range here.

    Microwave Just Cookies

    Yield: 1 cookie

    Ingredients

    • 1 tablespoon Chocolate Chip Just Cookie Dough

    Method

    1. Scoop out a tablespoon of cookie dough, and use your palms to form it into a ball. This is important, because it will help your cookie "bake" more evenly. Place the ball on the center of a small microwave safe plate.
    2. Microwave on high for 15-50 seconds, until the cookie flattens out an is covered in little craters, like the one in the done photo above. Start with 15 seconds, then do 5 seconds at a time until the dough looks all cratered up.
    3. Let your cookie cool for 5 minutes before serving.

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    About Becky Striepe

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    Hi there! I'm Becky Striepe (rhymes with sleepy), and I love using gadgets and shortcuts to create easy vegan comfort food recipes for busy people. Whether you love your Instant Pot, your air fryer, or just love delicious plant-based meals, stick around. You'll like it here.

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    1. Zachary James Carr

      June 30, 2019 at 1:52 pm

      Sadly apparently I had a bad batch as the dough was pretty solid unlike what most people are saying. Tastes good though.

      Reply
      • Becky Striepe

        July 01, 2019 at 9:18 am

        Oh what a bummer!

        Reply
    2. Brandie

      June 25, 2016 at 5:53 pm

      I can't wait until they make their debut in Canada! I love trying new products so this is exciting even though everyone else has tried it lol Thanks for the microwave tip, I likely won't be cooking them that way.

      Reply
      • Becky Striepe

        June 25, 2016 at 6:00 pm

        They're really good and convenient. I'd def eat the dough raw rather than microwave in a time crunch. It medium worked, I guess?

        Reply
    3. Kate

      November 24, 2015 at 11:11 am

      I found their supplier's FAQ about their palm oil. I'm sure it's biased, but their sourcing does sound *better*. I hope it really is, because I love this stuff! https://earthbalancenatural.com/responsibility/palm-oil/

      Reply
      • Becky Striepe

        November 24, 2015 at 12:13 pm

        I hope so! I talked to one of Earth Balance's team members who visited some of their palm oil operations, and what she had to say was heartening. That they visit at all is a good sign!

        Reply
    4. Jes

      March 19, 2015 at 1:18 pm

      Eunnnngghhhhhh that dough, I want to try it! No luck finding it in the Winston Salem Whole Foods. I'm going to keep trying though when I travel. That company is seriously the bestest! As is Dave--what an awesome guy to have dinner all ready to go when you got home after that long day!

      Reply
      • Becky Striepe

        March 19, 2015 at 1:22 pm

        Oh man. A noble quest! Does Vegan Essentials sell it, maybe? And I agree about Dave. A real keeper! :D

        Reply
      • David B

        July 20, 2016 at 2:27 pm

        Hey Jes,

        No way!! Winston-Salem NC?!?! I'm in Pinnacle and just came here from another blog review on Just Cookie Dough, and just wanted to let you know (you may know by now, as it's been a year) that Just Cookie Dough is at both the University Target and the Hanes Mall target! Also, most walmart super centers are carrying their baking mixes!!! (muffin: just bby, just choc chunk, cake: cinn coffe cake, white, yellow, devils food) Mount airy has all, kester mill, peters creek, and hanes mill have most if not all)

        Reply
    5. Hannah

      March 17, 2015 at 1:52 pm

      Whoa, what a bunch of awesome things to come home to after a stressful day! I've had my eye on this cookie dough, but with Eat Pastry, Celeste's Best, and homemade it's hard to switch over to an unknown! I know I'll try it eventually though. My curiosity can only hold out for so long :)

      Reply
      • Becky Striepe

        March 17, 2015 at 1:54 pm

        It's a good time to be vegan, isn't it? Remember when we had basically zero choices?

        Reply
        • Hannah

          March 20, 2015 at 10:27 pm

          Totally! Like, remember when Vegan Rella was our only cheese?

          Reply
          • Becky Striepe

            March 20, 2015 at 10:30 pm

            Dark, dark days.

            Reply

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