Big chewy brown sugar cookies made with olive oil.
Rating
4.95 stars (57 reviews)
Ingredients
½cup or 100g olive oil (use one you like, you'll taste it! )
¾cup or 170g brown sugar
¼cup or 55g granulated sugar
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 large egg
160g or 1 ¼ cups all purpose flour
1 tablespoon cornstarch
½ tsp baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
¾ tsp fine sea salt
zest of 1 orange (optional)
Steps
Preheat the oven to 350 F. Line two greased cookie sheets with parchment paper.
In a bowl whisk together the olive oil, sugars, vanilla and egg very well. Add the cornstarch, baking powder, soda, salt and flour and, using a rubber spatula, mix until well combined.
Use a cookie scoop to portion the dough, I use a 2 tablespoon scoop, leaving about two inches between each dough mound as these will spread.
Bake the cookies for about 10 minutes, at ten check on them - if they have the large crinkles they are done. If not or just beginning to, leave them in for another 2-4 minutes. Take them out when they are puffy, have wrinkles all over, and are dark on the edges. They will flatten as they cool.
Reviews
Jo on 2026-03-23 (5 stars): this is going to sound like the weirdest variation, but I had so little in the cupboard and an intense craving for cookies. used all the same ratios, but for flour I used a blend of plain brown rice protien powder, potato starch and buckwheat flour. (was meant to be rice flour but realised I didn't have any when I'd already started baking). didn't have orange so added a touch of cinnamon and cardamom.
honestly made an absolute amazing cookie and the bonus of added protien so I won't get such bad sugar crashes.
Tina on 2026-02-03 (5 stars): I made these and wasn't quite sold on the first batch as i could really taste the olive oil (i used extra virgin as its what i had!) and wasn't 100% sure on the flavour.
They seemed like they'd work better almost completely savoury for me, so i rolled the second batch in Everything Bagel seasoning and baked and omg were these so good!! Delicious, chewy, savoury with a hint of sweet, really nice with cream cheese. They defo work best for me as a savoury biscuit with a hit of sweet rather than the other way around. The saltiness of the bagel seasoning paired perfectly with the olive oil flavour. Fab recipe!
Kay on 2026-01-04 (5 stars): The comments that use alternative ingredients or methods and then complain about the outcome.. lol! So infuriating. Sorry Sam, your recipe was perfect and my husband and I LOVE IT! We agreed that this might be the best cookies we have ever made. We followed every step and ingredient in your recipe and were presented with beautiful crinkle chewy delicious cookies. We used Graza olive oil (the cooking one, had it on hand) which was great. The cookies are very olive oily. Yum!!! Thank you 😊
elen on 2025-12-31 (5 stars): lemme put you onto this guys.. the best tasting cookies i’ve ever tried!!! nothing is quite like it, it just tastes so different from regular cookies and i won’t ever make them w anything else but olive oil
Wolfheart on 2025-11-30 (5 stars): I just came across these today, as I wanted cookies but I didn't have butter in the house. I substituted the vanilla for orange flavoring and added chopped candied ginger, and a teaspoon of ginger powder. These are going into my collection of recipes for the family. They are delicious!
sara on 2025-11-28 (5 stars): rolled them in cinnamon sugar and they were so good and caramelly and also fast and easy. they also looked BEAUTIFUL. i made them because i didn't have butter but i'm definitely saving for the future even if i do have butter.
Ashley on 2025-10-30 (5 stars): These were surprisingly delicious. We have an egg allergy in the family so I used a flax egg and they still came out crispy on the edges and chewy on the inside. My kids loved them (they are very picky eaters and I was worried they would not like the olive oil taste). Thanks for a great recipe!
Natalie on 2025-10-05 (5 stars): These cookies are great! I had a tiny bottle of pistachio oil I needed to use up and was able to substitute it in. I reduced the salt to 1/2tsp and added a little more vanilla for taste. Also skipped the glaze, they didn't really need it. Tastes very similar to peanut butter cookies because of the pistachio oil's flavor.
Duygu Can on 2025-09-06 (5 stars): that's awesome cookie recipe, I loved it <3
Courtney on 2025-08-27 (5 stars): These cookies were divine! I was initally a bit worried as I didn't have any oranges on hand to zest for that classic olive oil + citrus combo, but these turned out fantastic without it. Loved the texture as well as the gorgeous crinkle tops! Pretty and delicious. Will definitely make these again and again.
Bailey on 2025-05-11 (5 stars): These are some of the best cookies I've ever made and have become a staple in our household! We use the fancy Olive Oil for this and it's so incredibly flavorful without feeling artificial. It really doesn't need any glaze or additional sweetener if you use the good stuff!
Jen on 2025-04-30 (5 stars): For some reason mine didn't get the pretty look of the cracks, but they are very delicious.
