NYMTK: Olive Oil Chocolate Chip Cookies (w/ video)

Thanks to Kat for sending this recipe to Not Your Momma's Test Kitchen. She bookmarked it from Crepes of Wrath, who saw it on Slice of Feist, who got it from the Chicago Sun-Times. Whew, this recipe is a traveller! These cookies are delicious! They're chewy and packed with flavor, but they're not greasy at all. My favorite thing about these is the ratio of chocolate chips and nuts to cookie dough. I don't like chocolate chip cookies that are so packed full of chips it feels like you're eating nothing but a handful of chocolate chips. I like to taste the actual COOKIE part of the cookie!

Oh, btw pals, I made a video to go along with this recipe! I got a haircut yesterday, and everyone I knew was at work. I had to show SOMEONE! Why not the entire world?

I was gonna go back in and add captions on the clips that I had to fast forward in order to make YouTube's rediculously strict 10 minute limit. Who can make chocolate chip cookies in 10 minutes??? Tell me! Who!? Anyway, all you missed during those sped up bits can be found in the recipe. I followed it exactly. I also ate a metric ton of chocolate chips, and I talked about what I was having for lunch and other non-important things that were still witty enough that I wish I didn't have to cut them out. Oh well. I don't donate to YouTube, so I guess I shouldn't complain about their time limit. It's free!

I plugged the recipe and yield (24 cookies) into a calorie counter thingy, and here's what I got:
Calories 186.3, Total Fat 8.3 g, Saturated Fat 2.0 g, Polyunsaturated Fat 2.9 g, Monounsaturated Fat 3.0 g
I'm not claiming those amounts are actually right. Lol, I have no idea what the website does with the info when I type it in, but let's hope it's somewhere in the vicinity!

Olive Oil Chocolate Chip Cookies
MAKES 4 TO 5 DOZEN (Hahaha! I got 2 dozen)

2 1/4 cup flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 eggs
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup chocolate chips
1 cup chopped nuts (optional)Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
In a medium bowl, mix flour, salt and baking soda.
In a larger mixing bowl, beat eggs. Add olive oil and beat until completely mixed with eggs.
Add sugars, vanilla and mix until combined.
Beat in dry ingredients slowly. (As you can see in the video, the dough is very stiff.) Fold in chocolate chips and nuts, if using.
Drop by rounded teaspoon onto ungreased baking sheets. (I used a 2 tablespoon cookie scoop and got exactly 24 cookies.)
Bake for 9 to 11 minutes until bottom of cookies are golden brown (tops will be a pale blonde color). Let stand for 2 minutes, then place on wire racks to cool.