Best Olive Oil Cookies Recipes

OLIVE OIL COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat sugar and oil until blended. Beat in the egg, then honey and lemon extract. Combine the flours, rosemary, lemon peel, baking soda and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Gradually add to sugar mixture; mix just until combined., Drop by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto parchment-lined baking sheets. Sprinkle tops with remaining sea salt. Bake at 350° for 9-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks. Store in an airtight container.

LEMON THYME OLIVE OIL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking sheets.
• Put the flour, sugar, baking soda, pepper, and thyme into a bowl and whisk together to combine. In a small bowl, whisk together the olive oil, milk, lemon juice, and zest. Add the liquid ingredients to the dry ingredients, stirring with a wooden spoon until you form a nice smooth dough.
• Roll heaping teaspoonfuls of the dough into balls. Place them about 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets. Bake the cookies about 12 to 15 minutes, or until they are browned around the edges. Let the cookies cool for a few minutes and then transfer them to wire racks to cool completely.

MELOMAKARONA (GREEK OLIVE OIL-HONEY COOKIES)

Steps:

• Make the syrup: In a medium saucepan over high heat, combine sugar, cinnamon sticks and clove with 1 1/3 cups water. Cut orange in half and place in saucepan, flesh down. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally, until the sugar completely dissolves, about 4 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in honey. Set aside to cool completely, leaving the cinnamon, clove and orange in the syrup until ready to use.
• Heat the oven to 375 degrees and line 4 baking sheets with parchment paper or nonstick liners, or lightly grease the pans with olive oil.
• Finely grate the zest of 1 orange into a large mixing bowl. Cut the orange in half and squeeze the juice into a measuring cup. If it doesn't measure 1 cup (240 milliliters), squeeze in enough juice from the other orange. Add juice to the bowl with the zest, then mix in olive oil, sugar, brandy, cinnamon, nutmeg, clove and salt.
• In a separate mixing bowl, whisk together flour, semolina and baking soda. Gradually, fold in the flour mixture into the olive oil mixture. With a wooden spoon, mix until flour is just evenly incorporated.
• Using your hands, roll dough into 1 1/2-inch ovals or egg-shapes, and place 1 inch apart on prepared baking sheets. Using the palm of your hand, lightly flatten dough. Bake until cookies are golden, 20 to 25 minutes, rotating baking sheets halfway through for even baking.
• Right before the cookies are done, remove the orange, cinnamon sticks and clove from the syrup. As soon as the cookies are out of the oven, and working in batches, dunk the hot cookies in the cool syrup, gently flipping them for about 10 seconds so they can absorb the syrup. Remove cookies from the syrup using a slotted spoon and arrange them on a tray or plate. Sprinkle the center of each cookie with a generous pinch of nuts, patting them lightly so they stick to cookies.
• Once cool, store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days. To prevent the cookies from sticking together, place sheets of wax or parchment paper between cookie layers.

LEMON AND POPPY SEED OLIVE OIL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375°F.
• In a large bowl, combine the dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, poppy seeds, salt, and 1/3 cup sugar) and whisk together.
• In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs (or egg substitute) with the olive oil, lemon juice, and lemon rind.
• Use a rubber spatula to stir the liquid mixture into the dry one, just until well combined; if the mixture is a little dry, add a little more lemon juice.
• Put a few tablespoons of sugar in a flat dish.
• Pinch off pieces of dough (about the size of a rounded teaspoon) and roll gently into balls. Put balls into sugar and press down slightly to make a thick disk.
• Place sugared cookie disk onto a lightly oiled cookie sheet and bake 12 to 15 minutes, or until lightly browned.
• Cool a couple of minutes on the cookie sheet, then remove the cookies to a rack to cool further.
• Note: Instead of eggs, use 2 tablespoons of ground flax seeds (i.e., flax meal) simmered in 6 tablespoons of water for a few minutes until thick and the consistency of raw eggs.

OLIVE OIL COOKIES WITH RED WINE AND ROSEMARY

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375°F. Combine the dry ingredients. Beat the eggs with the olive oil and wine. Use a rubber spatula to stir the liquid mix into the dry one, just until well combined; if the mixture is stiff, add a little more wine.
• Drop by rounded teaspoons onto a lightly oiled cookie sheet and bake for 12 to 15 minutes, or until lightly browned. Cool for a couple of minutes, then transfer the cookies to a rack to cool further. Store in a covered tin for up to 3 days.

HEALTHY GLUTEN-FREE OATMEAL RAISIN COOKIES USING OLIVE OIL!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Beat together olive oil and sugars.
• Add eggs and vanilla; beat well.
• combine flour, soda, cinnamon and salt. Add to liquid and mix well.
• Stir in oats and raisins and mix well again.
• Drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet.
• Bake 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.
• Cool 1 minute on cookie sheet and then remove to wire rack.
• Makes 4 dozen.
• for bar cookies: bake 20-30 minutes in ungreased 13x9 inch baking pan (reduce heat to 325 degrees for a glass pan).

OLIVE OIL COOKIES WITH RED WINE AND ROSEMARY

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
• Combine the dry ingredients.
• Beat the eggs with the olive oil and wine.
• Use a rubber spatula to stir the liquid mix into the dry one, just until well combined; if the mixture is stiff, add a little more wine.
• Drop by rounded teaspoons onto a lightly-oiled cookie sheet and bake for 12-15 minutes, or until lightly browned.
• Cool for a couple minutes, then transfer the cookies to a rack to cool further.
• Store in covered tin for up to three days.

OLYMPIC OLIVE OIL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• In a saucepan, heat oil, aniseed and sesame seeds over medium-low heat for 5 minutes.
• Cool.
• Add sugar, lemon juice, lemon and orange zest.
• Combine flour and cinnamon.
• Stir flour, 1 cup at a time, into oil mixture.
• Work dough with hands until smooth.
• Cover and let stand for 30 minutes.
• Roll dough out on lightly floured board to a thickness of 1/4 inch.
• Cut with a 2-inch round cookie cutter and place on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Decorate with almond slices, pressing so they adhere.
• Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, or until light brown.
• Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar and cool on racks.

OLIVE OIL COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl and set aside.
• 2. Combine sugars, vanilla, and olive oil. Beat in the eggs one a time. Gradually beat in the flour mixture, then add in a tablespoon of milk to make the dough a bit firmer, maybe another tablespoon if you need it/if you feel the dough is too sticky/dry (I used about 1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon).
• 3. Roll the dough into balls with your hands and place on a greased and/or lined baking sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes, until lightly golden and set. Mine took about 10 and a half minutes. These overbake quickly, so it's better to take them out a bit early if you're unsure. Allow to cool for a bit on the baking sheet, then move to another surface to finish cooling.

OLIVE OIL CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• In a large bowl whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
• In another bowl whisk together the olive oil, sugar, honey, egg and vanilla extract. Add the dry ingredients into the wet in 3 stages. Stir in the chocolate.
• Scoop 1/4 cup of batter onto a non-stick sheet tray per cookie. Sprinkle with flakey sea salt and bake 8-10 minutes or until the cookie is set and beginning to brown around the edges. Remove from oven and cool 5 minutes before serving. Once completely cooled you can store the cookies in an airtight container.
• Nutrition Info Per Cookie.
• Calories: 213.
• Total Fat: 12.5 grams.
• Saturated Fat: 3 grams.
• Total Carbohydrate: 26 grams.
• Sugars: 17.5 grams.
• Protein: 2 grams.
• Sodium: 77.5 milligrams.
• Cholesterol: 8 milligrams.
• Fiber: 1 grams.