Edible Peanut Butter Playdough (Only 3 Ingredients!)

This easy 3-ingredient Edible Peanut Butter Playdough is safe to eat or cook to make cookies! What’s better than playdough that can turn into peanut butter cookies or ornaments to decorate the Christmas tree or house?

I love to bake, and making edible playdough is one of my favorite activities. Earlier this year, I shared my edible cookie and cream slime recipe and my marshmallow slime recipe. Now, time for a peanut butter playdough recipe that you can also cook to make delicious healthy cookies.

Edible playdough is a homemade playdough recipe safe to eat by kids. It’s usually made of ingredients like powdered sugar, powdered milk, or dried milk. Here our peanut butter playdough is made of healthy ingredients safe from 1 year of age.

Ingredients and Substitutions

All you need to make this peanut butter playdough for the kids are 3 ingredients:

• Natural peanut butter – I used peanut butter with no added oil, no added sugar for the best results.
• Maple syrup or any liquid sweetener you like including golden syrup, agave syrup, or honey – watch out; honey is not safe for kids under 1 year of age.
• Oat flour – that’s basically rolled oats that you blend into a thin flour in your blender. Oat flour is natural, cheap to make, and healthy!

How to Make Peanut Butter Playdough

This peanut butter playdough is super easy to make and smells divine! Plus, it doesn’t use any unhealthy ingredients. It’s made with a refined sugar-free sweetener, healthy flour, and natural peanut butter.

1. First, in a mixing bowl, add 1 cup of peanut butter and maple syrup together. You can microwave the ingredients into a microwave-safe bowl for 30 seconds if your peanut butter is a bit dry.
2. Now, add the dry ingredients gradually, stirring after each addition of oat flour. The best is to start by adding 1/2 cup and stir, then add the remaining 1/4 cup while kneading the dough by hand to gather the ingredients together. Since oat flour is high in fiber, it absorbs the moisture in the playdough with time. If the dough is too wet, wait for a few minutes before adding more flour because the flour will absorb the moisture gradually. If too dry, add 1 teaspoon or 2 of vegetable oil.

Playing Pretend-to-Cook

This is the best playdough to play pretend to be a baker. My kids shaped cookies with the dough, using plastic forks to shape crosses on top of the dough or cookie cutters. Provide any baking tools to the kids to have fun with this edible peanut butter playdough recipe like:

• Rolling pin
• Cookie cutters
• Edible sprinkles
• Paper plates

The best is to play with the dough on a clean surface, using only edible add-ons, like:

• Chocolate Chips
• Shredded Coconut
• Chopped Peanuts

Then, when the kids have finished playing, you cook the dough into peanut butter cookie shapes.

To do so, line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and cook the cookies at 350°F (180°C) for 10-12 minutes. If the kids didn’t mix unsafe ingredients into the dough, this makes great cookies.

If the kids add plastic, sequins, or any non-consumable ingredients, don’t cook and eat the dough. Instead, make ornaments with it! You can make beautiful kids’ handprints that you cook and save as handprint ornaments for your Christmas tree.

Storage Instructions

This edible playdough recipe stores for up to 1 day in the fridge but tends to harden.

More Playdough Recipes

I am a big fan of kid playdough, not store-bought but homemade playdough recipes. Below are my favorite ones for you to try next time.

Christmas Playdough

Gingerbread Playdough

Playdough Recipe Without Salt

Playdough Recipe with Cream of Tartar

Peanut Butter Playdough

An easy 3-Ingredients Peanut Butter Playdough that you can safely eat, and also cook to make cookies or peanut butter ornaments!

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Prep Time10 minutes mins

Total Time10 minutes mins

Yield: 1 batch

Author: Carine

Materials

• 1 cup Natural Peanut Butter creamy, no added sugar, no added oil
• 5 tablespoons Maple Syrup or honey or agave syrup or golden syrup
• ¾ cup Oat flour Note 1

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Instructions

• In a microwave-safe bowl, add peanut butter and maple syrup.
• Microwave for 30 seconds to soften, stir until evenly combined, and a peanut butter paste forms.
• Stir in oat flour – start with 1/2 cup, then gradually add the remaining 1/4 cup to ensure the dough is not getting too dry.
• Use your hand to knead and form a soft dough. You can also add a bit of vegetable oil if too dry.
• Store in the fridge in an airtight container or bake into cookies or ornaments.

Notes

Note 1: Oat flour is basically rolled oats that you put in a blender at high speed until it forms a fine flour. It’s natural, cheap, and safe to be eaten raw. Alternatively, there are other safe flours to be eaten raw: almond flour or sesame flour. All-purpose flour is not safe to be eaten raw.