Olive Oil Cookies
I think my favorite type of cookie is a nice big chewy cookie. You get all the surface area to enjoy, some crispy bits around the edge, and a soft chewy center. And you can flavor them in pretty much any way you can imagine. So today I thought to try something very different. I’ve had an olive oil cake once in my life and I thought it was quite good but never thought of using olive oil again in a dessert. But today we break that streak with the most beautiful and delicious Olive Oil Cookies.
Serves: 6
Time: 30 minutes
Ingredients
½cup or 100g olive oil
¾cup or 170g brown sugar
¼cup or 55g granulated sugar
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 large egg
160g or 1 ¼ cups all purpose flour
1 tablespoon cornstarch
½ tsp baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
¾ tsp fine sea salt
zest of 1 orange
For the Glaze:
1.25 cup Powdered Sugar
2 tbsp Whole Milk
1 tbsp Orange Blossom Water
Instructions
In a bowl whisk together the olive oil, granulated sugar, brown sugar, vanilla extract, and egg.
Add the baking powder, cornstarch, baking soda, salt, and AP flour and fold together with a silicon spatula until well combined.
Scoop 2-3 tbsp of the dough per cookie and place on a baking tray lined with parchment paper. Leave a couple inches between each cookie as they will expand as they bake. Bake at 350F for 10 minutes. Check to make sure they have are puffy and have some wrinkles in them. Then remove and leave to cool for at least 20 minutes.
For the glaze, mix the powdered sugar, milk, orange blossom water, and vanilla extract together until thick and creamy.
Once the cookies have cooled, drizzle the glaze on top and zest some orange if you like and enjoy.
