Olive Oil Cookies with Dark Chocolate

Dark chocolate and olive oil cookies

Name: Dark chocolate and olive oil cookies
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Makes 12
Ingredients: 150g 70% dark chocolate chopped into chunks; 100ml olive oil; 50g light muscovado sugar; 85g golden caster sugar; 1 egg beaten; 200g plain flour; 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda; sea salt flakes

Janine Ratcliffe

Published: August 18, 2018 at 10:01 AM

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Makes 12

Easy

Total time: 40 mins

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Olive oil gives a crisp, crunchy texture to these dark chocolate cookies, while a sprinkle of sea salt adds a sophisticated savoury edge

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Ingredients

Nutrition

150g 70% dark chocolate

chopped into chunks
100ml olive oil
50g light muscovado sugar
85g golden caster sugar
1 egg

beaten
200g plain flour
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
sea salt flakes

Nutrition: per serving

kcal195
fat10.7g
saturates3.3g
carbs21.3g
sugars10.7g
fibre1.5g
protein2.4g
salt0.5g

Method

step 1

Put 100g of the chocolate in a bowl and melt either over a pan of simmering water or in short blasts in the microwave.
step 2

Beat the oil, sugars and egg until smooth, then stir in the melted chocolate. Stir in the remaining chocolate chunks, then the flour and bicarbonate of soda. Roll into 16 equal-sized balls.
step 3

Put on 2 non-stick baking sheets, well spaced apart, and press down to flatten a little. Bake for 18-20 minutes at 180C/fan 160C/gas 4 or until firm and cracked on the surface. Sprinkle with a little sea salt as soon as they come out of the oven.

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