Zoë Olive Oil Molasses Cookies

With the holidays right around the corner, there’s one cookie that I’ve been missing lately. These are my olive oil molasses cookies. Made with just a handful of ingredients you probably already have in your pantry.

Prep: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Ingredients: 13
Serves: 36

Ingredients

2 cups All Purpose Flour
1/2 tsp Cloves, Ground
1/2 tsp Ginger, Ground
2 tsp Cinnamon, Ground
1/2 tsp Kosher Salt
3/4 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil,
1 cup Granulated White Sugar
1/4 cup Molasses
1 whole Egg
1/2 cup Turbinado Sugar, (to roll the cookies, optional)

Process

Whisk the dry ingredients together; all-purpose flour, ground cloves, ground ginger, cinnamon, and salt, set aside
Mix the wet ingredients with an electric mixer in another bowl; vegetable oil and granulated sugar until combined
Add in the molasses and egg, mix again
Combine the dry to the wet ingredients by an electric mixer at first in a few batches and fold the rest of the flour with a spatula, do not over mix
Chill the dough for 2 hours, and cover the mixing bowl with plastic wrap
Preheat oven to 375F
Once chill time is up, roll the molasses cookie dough into 1-inch balls, then roll in a small bowl of turbinado sugar
Place cookies on a parchment paper lined baking sheet
Bakes in the oven for about 8 to 10 minutes (until cookies begin to crack)
Cookies should cool for at least 5 minutes on the baking sheet
You can then transfer them to an airtight container once cooled