This is a recipe for Autumn olive white chocolate chip cookies. Fall is the season for autumn olives also known as autumn berries (so not to be confused with actual olives). The tart berries are finally sweet enough to eat and ready to be picked off the trees around September-November. The invasive species is common in the U.S. and can often be found in your backyard. One way to stop the invasive species is to kill the seed by heating it, and what better way than to bake it and eat it! In addition, it is one of the world’s best plant-based source of antioxidants, it is high in vitamins, and don’t toss the seed, it is high in omega-3 fatty acids.
Unfortunately, not many recipes are out there for this delicious berry, so I am here to share a few. These autumn olive white chocolate chip cookies are incredibly soft and have a cakey texture. Another delicious recipe for these berries is this Autumn Olives Cinnamon Loaf.
Autumn Olive White Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- ⅓ cup light brown sugar
- ¼ cup white granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 tbsp 2% milk (could use whole milk)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- 1 cup autumns olive berries
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Cream together butter and sugar.
- Add the egg and vanilla extract and mix.
- Whisk together the dry ingredients (flour, cinnamon, salt, baking powder, and baking soda).
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients in 2 or 3 parts.
- Once all ingredients are thoroughly mixed fold in the white chocolate chips and the autumns olives.
- Use a tablespoon to spoon the cookies onto the baking tray spacing the cookies 1 inch apart on the parchment paper.
- Bake for ~15 minutes turning the cookies halfway through. They should be golden around the edges. Test with a toothpick to make sure the center of the cookies is baked through.
- Slide the parchment paper off the baking tray and let cookies cool.
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