Chewy Olive Oil, Anise, and Orange Sugar Cookies

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated January/February 2021

Our recipe for Chewy Sugar Cookies come together quickly and uses a combination of butter and vegetable oil to produce a chewy texture that lasts for days. We already have a few flavor variations for the cookie, but we couldn't resist adding another.

SERVESMakes 24 cookies

TIME1 hour, plus 20 minutes cooling

Chewy Olive Oil, Anise, and Orange Sugar Cookies

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For optimal chewiness, we adjusted the fat in our sugar cookie recipe until it hit a ratio of approximately 1 part saturated fat (butter) to 3 parts unsaturated fat (olive oil). Instead of creaming the fat and sugar, we whisked them togethe...

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