olive oil for cutout sugar cookies?
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Anonymous
Has anyone ever used olive oil for cutout sugar cookies? I found some recipes where you can replace half the butter with olive oil. Will these hold their shape adequately? Sugar cookies have always been my weakness  Thanks!
http://www.best-ever-cookie-collection.com/olive-oil-cookies.html http://www.jennycancook.com/recipes/christmas-sugar-cookies/ http://www.thetastefulolive.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=98&catid=9&Itemid=23 |
Anonymous
| Make sure the olive oil doesn't have a strong taste. |
Anonymous
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Ick.
I love olive oil and that sounds disgusting. Olive oil has a distinct taste, even in small quantities. Sugar cookies have a distinct and subtle taste. Olive oil would destroy that flavor. Sugar cookies should only be made with real butter. Not oil, not margarine or fake butter, and certainly not olive oil. |
Anonymous
| the texture would be all wrong. the solid butter is the key to sugar cookies. |
Anonymous
| Barf |
Anonymous
| EW. It's for savory foods. |
Anonymous
| OP, I also love sugar cookies!!! If you try a recipe with olive oil, would you please report back?! |
Anonymous
| Coconut oil |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
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Yuck.
Olive Oil isn't for sugar cookies. |
Anonymous
OP here. I made this recipe, which replaced half the butter with with canola oil, and they are delicious. The recipe says extra light olive oil would work too, but EVOO is probably not a good idea. I used canola, because I already had it. I think it's a great way of making the cookies somewhat healthier -- the saturated fat is cut in half, and they're just as good. I'm going to keep trying recipes and will report back. |
Anonymous
| your cookies will taste vaguely like olives. |
Anonymous
| I thought my sister-in-law was crazy when I saw her make brownies with olive oil. This is even worse. |
Anonymous
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Yuck. Try coconut oil
Also, did you know that heating olive oil to high temperatures can cause it to lose its healthful benefits? |