Nic's Olive Oil & Orange Crinkle Cookies
This recipe makes 24 large cookies, but can easily be halved for a more reasonable batch of medium sized ones. They are absolutely delicious and so easy to make! They taste prominently of olive oil so use a good quality. We used Tropicual Extra Virgin Olive Oil - De Vega.
Ingredients
200g of olive oil
340g brown sugar
110g granulated sugar
2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 large eggs
320g plain flour
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1.5 teaspoon fine salt
Zest of 1 orange
Method
- Preheat the oven to 350F / 180C. Line a creased cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- In a bowl, whisk together the olive oil, sugars, vanilla and egg very well. Add the cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda, orange zest, salt and flour and, using a rubber spatula, mix until well combined.
- Using a tablespoon, )2 for large cookies or 1 for medium sized cookies), spoon onto the baking sheet leaving approximately 5cm between them as they will spread.
- Bake the cookies for about 10 minutes before checking them. A fan assisted oven will cook quicker. If they have large crinkles they are done. If not or just beginning to, leave them in for another 2-4 minutes. Take them out when they are puffy, have crinkles all over and are dark one the edges. They will flatten as they cool.
- Repeat the cooking process in batches, depending on the size of your baking sheet. If you have 2 baking sheets, even better.
Enjoy!