Double Chocolate Chip Cookies

[Mrs Nesbit]

I found a recipe online for Texas Chocolate Chip Pecan Cookies. I took the pecans out because I make them for lunchboxes, and I made them tonight... and they are fantastic. Almost like Choc Ripple Biscuits.

Ingredients:

170g plain flour
30g cocoa
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
100g Light Brown Sugar
100g Sugar
100g Light Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 Egg
1/2 tsp Vanilla
250g Chocolate Chips

Preheat Oven to 180^oC.
Using the butterfly add oil, sugars, vanilla and beat on speed 4 for 1 minute.
Add Egg, beat for 30 seconds on speed 4.
Remove butterfly. Add Remaining ingredients and mix on knead for 30 seconds to a minute or until combined.
Spoon onto a baking sheet lined with paper and bake for about 10-12 minutes or until the tops are slightly crunchy (you'll know my oven they take about 10 minutes). I use my truffle ice cream scoop for perfect cookies and get about 12 to a cookie sheet. The dough is supposed to make a dozen, but I suspect that's for large cookies.

This is a great "OMG someone is coming over and I have nothing to offer them!" recipe as it's so quick and you don't need to cream butter and sugar. Or it's a great last minute, "OMG what am I going to put in their lunchboxes" recipe

And you cannot taste the Olive Oil at all!

members' comments

Kulsha - these were quick and easy. They are nice and crunchy too, The recipe made about 50 standard sized biscuits (like choc ripple size). I didn't have any light olive oils so used rice bran oil.

Tam - These choc-chip cookies are possibly the best I've ever made.  They are really simple and tasty incredible.  We cook them for about 14 mins and they are SUPER crunchy although they are nice taken out a little earlier for a fudge chewy centre.  A few tweaks.......
I use about 170gms of rapadura sugar and will try less next time.
I use rice-bran oil - about 80gms.
AND......I hate to say this but I reduce the chocolate chips as mine a more like buttons and it just overwhelms the mix - in saying that though, I have just given them a good mix (not on reverse) so that you get a mix of chunks and smaller bits.
Keep a close eye on them as there's it doesn't take long for them to go from cooked to burnt!!!!!
Thanks sooooooo much for this recipe - I don't think I'll try another as you could easily adapt this one and add macadamia's etc.........
These are SUPER YUMMY!!!!

Uni - I agree with Tam, don't over cook them. I only made 1/2 of the recipe and didn't use the butterfly and on speed 2 I worked my way up to speed 4 scraping down the side a few times. I used  buttons, not a good idea - will chop them next time.

Tam - I forgot to mention that I didn't use the butterfly either - worked fine.

[fundj&e]

wow they do look good Mrs Nesbit how many cookies does it make ? and does it really need to be Light Extra Virgin Olive Oil

[Mrs Nesbit]

I guess it can be any olive oil. It's what I had. The amount of cookies varies depending on the size you make. The original recipe said two dozen but I get way more.

[fundj&e]

thanks Mrs N 

[cookie1]

Perhaps the reason for the 'light' oil was the taste. I think 'light' refers to the taste and not the calories. I could be wrong though.

[judydawn]

You are right as far as I know too Cookie.  I imagine light olive oil would be better in cookies than EVOO. I keep a bottle of each in the pantry and don't waste EVOO on anything and everything.

[Mrs Nesbit]

Actually the original recipe called for "Olive Oil" I only use Light EVOO for the reasons you mentioned, but it wasn't specified by the original recipe

[Slice of Health]

Thanks for this recipe, we were craving choc biscuits and these were quick and easy. They are nice and crunchy too, The recipe made about 50 standard sized biscuits (like choc ripple size). I didnt have any light olive oils so used rice bran oil.   

[Tam]

These choc-chip cookies are possibly the best I've ever made.  They are really simple and tasty incredible.  We cook them for about 14mins and they are SUPER crunchy although they are nice taken out a little earlier for a fudge chewy centre.  A few tweaks.......
I use about 170gms of rapadura sugar and will try less next time.
I use rice-bran oil - about 80gms.
AND......I hate to say this but I reduce the chocolate chips as mine a more like buttons and it just overwhelms the mix - in saying that though, I have just given them a good mix (not on reverse) so that you get a mix of chunks and smaller bits.
Keep a close eye on them as there's it doesn't take long for them to go from cooked to burnt!!!!!
Thanks sooooooo much for this recipe - I don't think I'll try another as you could easily adapt this one and add macadamia's etc.........
These are SUPER YUMMY!!!!

[obbie]

I have just printed.. My DD loves choc chip cookies..

[fundj&e]

i agree with Tam dont over cook them 

i only made 1/2 of the recipe and didnt use the butterfly and on speed 2 and worked my way up to speed 4 scarping down the side a few times

i used  buttons ,not a good idea will chop them next time

[Tam]

I forgot to mention that i didn't use the butterfly either - worked fine.
My biscuits looked NOTHING like yours Fundj........  

[fundj&e]

really tam  do u take a pic ?

[judydawn]

Your biscuits look nothing like Mrs Nesbits either Uni - mind you they do look delicious though 

[fundj&e]

i wonder what i did wrong, they very hard and  crunchy, poor frank nearly lost a tooth