I know what you are thinking. “What?! Joann is not fattening us up with butter in her cookies like always?” No worries. I made these more out of curiosity rather than trying to be more health conscious. And actually, these were not bad at all. They turned out sweet, savory and moist all in one.
INGREDIENTS:
- 1 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup flour
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 4 cups rolled oats
- 1 cup dried cranberries (or dried cherries or raisins)
DIRECTIONS:
- Preheat your oven to 350 F degrees. Meanwhile line baking sheets with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
- Mix together olive oil, brown sugar, vanilla and eggs in a large mixing bowl until blended.
- In a separate bowl, mix together flour, cinnamon, salt, baking soda, cloves and nutmeg.
- Add flour mixture, rolled oats and dried cranberries to olive oil mixture.
- Drop in tablespoon balls on prepared baking sheets.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes.
- Let cool at least 3 minutes before transferring to baking rack to completely cool.
- This recipe yielded 32 cookies. Store in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
I love using olive oil in baking. These look so tasty! 🙂
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This was my first time using olive oil in a cookie recipe. Wasn’t sure how it would turn out. Thanks for stopping by! 🙂
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These look amazing!! I’ll have to try this sometime.
❤️ Leani
https://lightbeautysite.wordpress.com/
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Thanks Leani! Hope you like them! 🙂
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You’re welcome!
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🙂
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I like cooking by olive oil.
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I usually always cook with olive oil too. But this was the first time I used it to bake cookies. I wasn’t sure how it was going to turn out. 🙂
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Ohhh these look good Joann and not I my that sound a little healthy. Gorgeous.
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Thank you Sue! 🙂
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I never realised cookies could be made with olive oil! This was a real eye-opener, wow. Who knew that a combination of olive oil and cranberries could actually work XD
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While substituting olive oil for butter works for oatmeal cookies, I wouldn’t substitute it with cookies that rely on the butter for the taste or flakiness.
If you don’t like cranberries, dried cherries would work great too.But I didn’t have any on hand.
Thanks for stopping by! 🙂
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All your pictures looks Yum!!. Nice Blog!
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Thank you so much! 🙂
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Hallo there, I am so happy to have chanced upon your delicious looking blog 🙂 I am a glutton so your posts are eye candy. Also, thanks for reading my post on Dave’s blog.
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Thanks for stopping by my blog! I live vicariously through travel blogs so I am always glad to find new ones. 🙂
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I am re-discovering the joy of it too. I used to blog years before but as an anonymous person. The blogosphere is a lovely place, ain’t it? I mean you meet all sorts of people whose thought processes, likes and dislikes (to an extent) you get to know through their blogs and feel kindred spirits out there.
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I totally agree with you!
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Love your version of preparing cookies, Joann. The dried cranberries would give such a nice flavour to the cookies!
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Thank you for stopping by my blog! 🙂
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any advice for how not to eat whole recipe? LOL
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Well…I usually gift all the sweets and baked goods I make so I won’t eat them all myself. But be sure to save a few for yourself. 🙂
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Ah – great idea!
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Sweet and savory in a cookie? Count me in
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These are one of my family’s favorites. 🙂
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I will definitely try this! Thanks…^_^
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Great! Hope you like them. 🙂
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Wow! Could we use raisins in place of cranberries? 🤔
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Most definitely you can use raisins. 🙂
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Wow, gonna try them very soon. Thanks a lot! 😊
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Hope you enjoy these! Thanks for stopping by! 🙂
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Damn I know ya cookies must taste goood……. With milk to😎👍
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