There are two reasons raw cookie dough can make you sick, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Even egg-free dough can be risky if it contains raw flour. IE 11 is not ...

For years, raw chocolate chip cookie dough was a forbidden treat. Everyone said -- rightly or wrongly -- that you shouldn't consume it because the uncooked eggs could make you sick. Then came ...

But in cookie dough, where the chocolate chips were completely whole (and often still very cold), I found that a regular-size ...

Uncooked flour can be contaminated with E. coli. Flour can be contaminated with E. coli bacteria.As wheat grows in fields, it ...

Raw cookie dough from Papa Murphy’s has been linked to a salmonella outbreak. The products are linked to at least 18 illnesses in six states.

Flour-Associated Outbreaks. Outbreaks have occurred because consumers often taste mixes and batters before cooking. In 2009, ready-to-bake cookie dough was identified as the culprit in the first ...

Nine of those 12 said they ate raw chocolate chip cookie dough or raw S'mores bars dough, the CDC said, and one person ate baked cookies made with the chocolate chip dough.

Of course, for many who enjoy the raw dough — for me, it's supremely preferable to an actual cooked cookie — there's often a a flippant, "Oh well, an infinitesimal amount of raw egg can't hurt!" ...