Olive Oil Sugar Cookies

• servings: 16 servings
• active time: 10 minutes
• total time: 21 minutes

Ingredients

1 cup extra virgin olive oil

1 cup granulated sugar

2 tsp vanilla extract

1/2 tsp molasses (dark or blackstrap)

1 large egg (room temperature)

1 egg yolk (room temperature)

2 3/4 cup all purpose flour

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

Directions

Preheat

Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper and preheat the oven to 350°F/180C.

Mix

Whisk the olive oil and sugar together in a large mixing bowl, creaming together until well combined. Then mix in the vanilla, molasses, egg, and egg yolk until well combined.

Whisk

In a separate mixing bowl, whisk the all purpose flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together.

Fold

Add half of the flour mixture to the bowl of wet ingredients and gently fold with a rubber spatula until only a few streaks of flour are left. Pour in the rest of the dry ingredients and fold until no streaks of flour remain.

Bake

Scoop 6 cookie dough balls on each prepared baking tray, leaving 2-3 inches between. Bake for 11-14 minutes or until the edges are slightly golden brown. Let the trays cool before transferring the cookies to a wire cooling rack and enjoy!

Nutrition

• Serving Size: 1 cookie
• Calories: 257 kcal
• Total Fat: 14.8 g
• Saturated Fat: 2.2 g
• Unsaturated Fat: 12 g
• Cholesterol: 23.2 mg
• Sodium: 157.2 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 29.3 g
• Dietary Fiber: 0.6 g
• Total Sugars: 12.8 g
• Protein: 2.8 g