Thanks to Kat for sending this recipe to Not Your Momma's Test Kitchen. She bookmarked it from Crepes of Wrath, who saw it on Slice of Feist, who got it from the Chicago Sun-Times. Whew, this recipe is a traveller! These cookies are delicious! They're chewy and packed with flavor, but they're not greasy at all. My favorite thing about these is the ratio of chocolate chips and nuts to cookie dough. I don't like chocolate chip cookies that are so packed full of chips it feels like you're eating nothing but a handful of chocolate chips. I like to taste the actual COOKIE part of the cookie!Oh, btw pals, I made a video to go along with this recipe! I got a haircut yesterday, and everyone I knew was at work. I had to show SOMEONE! Why not the entire world?
I was gonna go back in and add captions on the clips that I had to fast forward in order to make YouTube's rediculously strict 10 minute limit. Who can make chocolate chip cookies in 10 minutes??? Tell me! Who!? Anyway, all you missed during those sped up bits can be found in the recipe. I followed it exactly. I also ate a metric ton of chocolate chips, and I talked about what I was having for lunch and other non-important things that were still witty enough that I wish I didn't have to cut them out. Oh well. I don't donate to YouTube, so I guess I shouldn't complain about their time limit. It's free!
I plugged the recipe and yield (24 cookies) into a calorie counter thingy, and here's what I got:Calories 186.3, Total Fat 8.3 g, Saturated Fat 2.0 g, Polyunsaturated Fat 2.9 g, Monounsaturated Fat 3.0 g
I'm not claiming those amounts are actually right. Lol, I have no idea what the website does with the info when I type it in, but let's hope it's somewhere in the vicinity!
Olive Oil Chocolate Chip CookiesMAKES 4 TO 5 DOZEN (Hahaha! I got 2 dozen)
2 1/4 cup flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 eggs
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup chocolate chips
1 cup chopped nuts (optional)Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
In a medium bowl, mix flour, salt and baking soda.
In a larger mixing bowl, beat eggs. Add olive oil and beat until completely mixed with eggs.
Add sugars, vanilla and mix until combined.
Beat in dry ingredients slowly. (As you can see in the video, the dough is very stiff.) Fold in chocolate chips and nuts, if using.
Drop by rounded teaspoon onto ungreased baking sheets. (I used a 2 tablespoon cookie scoop and got exactly 24 cookies.)
Bake for 9 to 11 minutes until bottom of cookies are golden brown (tops will be a pale blonde color). Let stand for 2 minutes, then place on wire racks to cool.
23 comments:
Thanks so much for making my submission! I also made them, but I was curious about your opinion. I omitted the nuts and added the splash of milk at the end. I liked them a lot, too; the chewiness was quite satisfying. I don't think they'll replace a "traditional" choco chip cookie recipe for me, but they'll definitely stay in my repertoire (especially if I'm out of butter).
I love your haircut! you look awesome :)
And the video is adorable, I think I will try these cookies soon!
yummmmmmmmmmmm those look awesome
These look ao awesome Cassie. and I am really digging the video for this one. We need more of them. you're a natural. Oh - and cute hair cut :)
These sound delicious and the use of olive oil is very interesting. I have a vegan cc cookie recipe using oil on my site that has really great texture. Maybe I'll try olive instead of canola oil next time I make them.
I love it when you do videos!!! Can you give us the link for the "calorie counter thingy"? I'm dying to try it out!
Cute hair! I'm also a fan of short hair - less fuss :)
Love the haircut! Love the cookies!
I'm intrigued, can they really be chewy without any butter? 1/4 cup of olive oil is next to nothing in my books! Awesome, totally bookmarking this. THANK YOU (:
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Love the haircut and the video!
I've never used olive oil in chocolate chip cookies but it sounds delicious. Do they stay chewy for longer?
i love olive oil, never tried it in cookies, well done, cheers from london
I've been wanting to try some recipes using olive oil. I've never seen a cookie recipe that does..cool!
~ingrid
Like the hair!
Your videos crack me up! Love the haircut.
Ooh wow these sound different, I've never heard of olive oil in a cookie before but these sound really good :).
Yummy!
Baking with olive oil is so on my to do list.
Hi! Here's a greeting all the way from Sweden! I have followed your blog for a while and now I just had to leave a comment. Those cookies look scary delicious. Probably would've eaten all of them myself before anyone else had gotten a chance.And the olive oil sounds interesting! I'll just have to find a way to convert your measuringsystem into ours and then I'll turn my kitchen into a chocolate-chip-cookie-battlefield!
Hugs/Sofia
wow! never knew we could make cookies with olive oil! oh yeah and nice hair cut!
You are too cute in this video! You just seem so happy to be tasting farmer's market chips, getting pans out of the cabinet, and enjoying your new hair-do! (Which looks fabulous, by the way, and much easier than long hair.) Thanks for this intriguing recipe. Olive oil in cookies is definitely not something I've tried before, and I'll have to give these a whirl.
LOVE the new hair!!! oh, and the cookies look great too :)
Your haircut AND the cookies both look divine!!!!
Your haircut AND the cookies both look divine!!!!
i got nothing to say but MMMMM
Hi,
Is it possible to make this with regualar oil?
10x
Awesome video of cookie creation! It's nice to see a "real" person baking, cookie dough munching an all because it gives a better representation of the process. As to the cookies, they looked great. How much do you think cooking time and temperature is affected when using oil over butter? I'd be curious about your opinion.
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