Olive Oil Chocolate Chip Cookies - You won’t miss the butter in these olive oil chocolate chip cookies!! They’re soft and chewy, loaded with chocolate, and have a unique flavor from the olive oil but it's not overpowering! If you're looking for a twist on classic chocolate chip cookies, try these!
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time9 minutesmins
Additional Time3 hourshrs
Total Time3 hourshrs24 minutesmins
Course: All Recipes
Cuisine: Cookies
Servings: 21
Calories: 238kcal
Author: Averie Sunshine
Ingredients
¾cupolive oil
¾cuplight brown sugarpacked
¼cupgranulated sugar
1large egg
1teaspoonvanilla extract
2 ¼cupsall-purpose flour
one 3.5-ounce packet instant vanilla pudding mixnot sugar-free and not ‘cook & serve’, no substitutions
1teaspoonbaking soda
½teaspoonsaltor to taste
1 ½cupssemi-sweet chocolate chipsplus more for adding to the tops if desired
Instructions
To the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment (or large mixing bowl and electric mixer) combine the oil, sugars, egg, vanilla, and beat on medium-high speed until well combined, about 2 minutes.
Stop, scrape down the sides of the bowl, and add the flour, pudding mix, baking soda, salt, and beat on low speed until just combined, about 1 minute.
Stop, scrape down the sides of the bowl, add the chocolate chips, and beat on low speed until just combined, about 30 seconds. Mixture will look shaggy and be both oily yet dry and crumbly; this is okay.
Using a medium cookie scoop, form approximately 21 equal-sized mounds of dough by compressing, compacting, and squeezing until the dough comes together; don’t be afraid to really squeeze it. (See Notes 1 and 2 below)
Place mounds on a large plate or tray, flatten slightly (when properly chilled, cookies don’t flatten much while baking so flatten them now), cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 3 hours, up to 5 days. Alternatively, chill in the freezer for about 1 hour. Do not bake with unchilled dough because cookies will bake thinner, flatter, and be more prone to spreading. Make sure the cookies are in the exact shape you want them before chilling, because it’s exceedingly difficult to re-shape them after chilling - they will just fall apart. Before chilling, if desired, add a few additional chips to the top of each mound of dough.
Preheat oven to 350F, line a baking sheet with a Silpat or spray with cooking spray. Place dough mounds on baking sheet, spaced at least 2 inches apart (I bake 8 cookies per sheet) and bake for about 9 minutes, or until edges have set and tops are just set, even if slightly undercooked, pale, and glossy in the center; don’t overbake. Cookies firm up as they cool. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for about 10 minutes before serving. I let them cool on the baking sheet and don’t use a rack.
Cookies will keep airtight at room temperature for up to 1 week or in the freezer for up to 6 months. Alternatively, unbaked cookie dough can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days, or in the freezer for up to 4 months, so consider baking only as many cookies as desired and save the remaining dough to be baked in the future when desired.
1. If your dough is absolutely not coming together, and is fluffy, crumbly, or seemingly too dry, drizzle in one tablespoon of oil at a time until it comes together. Do this as a last resort because it can make the dough oily in a hurry. 2. The chips are prone to falling out, but just keep pushing them back in.