Olive oil cookies

Recipe by Mandarina

These are maybe my all-time favorite cookies, where the olive oil taste matches perfectly the orange and cinnamon flavor. My mom used to make them all the time and I expressed my support by eating …

Ingredients

• ¾ olive oil ((divided))
• 1¼ cups brown sugar
• 1½ orange (zest and juice)
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1½ cups all purpose flour
• 1 cups whole wheat flour
• ½ teaspoon clove
 powder
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• of salt
• brown sugar, seeds, or, dried fruits to sprinkle

Method

1. Preheat oven to 375 F degrees and line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper; set aside.
2. In a big bowl mix floor, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, clove and orange zest and mix well.
3. In another bowl mix the olive oil with sugar and orange juice.
4. Pour the dry ingredients’ mixture to the wet ingredients mixture and mix well.
5. Shape the cookies using an ice-cream scooper
6. Sprinkle with brown sugar, seeds or chopped dried fruits.
7. Bake in the preheated oven at 180 degrees Celsius for 10-12 min.

View the recipe instructions at Mandarina