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Hannukah Chocolate Cookie || Galletas de chocolate de Jánuca

December 19, 2014 by Yael 1 Comment

Hannukah Chocolate Cookie made with olive oil

B”H

Happy third day of Hannukah! Today, I want to share with you such a fun and tasty Hannukah treat. It’s a Hannukah Chocolate Chip Cookie! What makes it a special Hannukah cookie? It’s made with olive oil! How perfect, right!?

¡Féliz Jánuca! Hoy quiero compartir con ustedes una receta para Jánuca super divertida y deliciosa. Es una galleta de chips de chocolate para Jánuca. ¿Y qué la hace una galleta especial para Jánuca? Pues que está hecha con nada mas ni nada menos que…¡aceite de oliva! close-up-2

I read about these cookies a while back in my friend Albertina’s blog. They are called Olive Oil, Chocolate, Chocolate Chip Cookies. Quite intrigued by the idea of an olive oil cookie that seemed to be delicious, I stored the idea in my memory files. A few weeks ago as I was mentally getting ready for Chanukah, I remembered the olive oil cookies. We are specifically celebrating the miracle of the flask of olive oil- enough to keep the menorah lit for one day; yet miraculously kept it lit for eight days (the amount of time it would take to get new supply of tahor or pure olive oil). Plus, what’s a holiday without chocolate anyways, so I decided to bake them. And I’m glad I did!

Descubrí la receta de estas galletas en el blog de mi amiga, Albertina, hace un tiempo. Se llaman Galletas de Aceite de Oliva, Chocolate y Chips de Chocolate. La idea de una galleta de aceite de oliva que también parecía ser deliciosa, me intrigó bastante y la guarde en mi celebro. Hace unas semanas cuando me estaba preparando mentalmente para Jánuca, me acordé de las galletas de aceite de oliva. En Jánuca celebramos específicamente el milagro de el frasco de aceite de oliva – el cual si bien era suficiente para mantener la menorá encendida por un sólo día, siguió iluminando por ocho días (el tiempo exacto que tomaba conseguir nuevo aceite tahor o puro). Además, ¿que es una celebración sin chocolate? Empece a preparar galletas y que bien que lo hice…on-green2 

I discovered the chunkiest, yummiest chocolate chip cookies ever and they are healthy too! So, I decided to expand this yummy discovery into a perfect little homemade Chanukah gift for my children’s wonderful teachers.

Descubrí las galletas mas ricas y suaves y además ¡saludables! Así que decidí expandir este rico descubrimiento y crear un lindo regalo de Jánuca hecho en casa para las maravillosas maestras de mis hijos.

I started thinking how to package this and kept wondering if there could be a way I could find an affordable little flask in which I could put olive oil and package it together with the cookies. Well, Hobby Lobby came to the rescue. As I was walking through the aisles I found the little flasks! Cute, little flasks, with a cork… and 50% off!

Empecé a pensar cómo empacar estas galletas tan divinas y tenía la idea de tratar de encontrar un frasquito en el cual pudiera poner aceite de oliva para empacarlo junto con las galletas, alrededor de todo el tema de Jánuca. Hobby Lobby al rescate, pues caminando por los pasillos de la tienda me tropecé con estos frasquitos perfectos para ilustrar el milagro del aceite y ademas con 50% de descuento.jugs-of-oil

sale-oil-jug

After, the what now would be the perfect little jugs of oil, for .99 cents, I kept moving along and found the brown boxes, perfect to fit cookies and said jugs. I had found burlap ribbon and the cute chalk gift tags at the Dollar Store, and had some left over tissue paper from this project.

Ya que tenía los frasquitos perfectos por tan sólo .99 centavos, seguí buscando hasta que encontré allí mismo las cajas perfectas para empacar las galletas con dicho frasquito. Tenía cinta de tela de saco en casa, que había conseguido en la tienda del dólar, junto con las etiquetas para tiza y el papel de ceda que me había sobrado de éste proyecto. project1

I love how this turned out. I think you could go many directions with it. I initially wanted to make a little poem that would connect/explain the idea of the cookies and the flask of oil, but my poetry skills left much to be desired and I was running short on time, so I didn’t include a poem. I just used the gold colored tags to write the name of the cookie recipe and the silver one to write Happy Chanukah. I think including the recipe inside the box is also a nice idea (or better yet, put a note that says: “Find recipe at www.jewishlatinprincess.com” ;-)).

Me encanta como quedó este proyecto. Creo que se puede hacer de muchas otras maneras. Inicialmente yo quería hacer un poema corto conectando/explicando la idea del frasquito de aceite y las galletitas, pero mis habilidades como poeta dejan mucho que desear y no tenía mucho tiempo para seguir pensando en la rima, así que se fue sin el poema ;-). Sólamente usé la etiqueta con el borde dorado para escribir el nombre de las galletas y la otra con el borde plateado para escribir Feliz Jánuca. Creo que incluir un papelito con la receta adentro de la caja también es buena idea. O aún mejor, una notita que diga “Visitar www.jewishlatinprincess.com para la receta” ;-). closeupSo here you go: Olive Oi,l Chocolate, Chocolate Chip Cookies a.ka. The Chanukah Chocolate Cookie 
(from Mimosa Lane Blog)

Ingredients:

1/2 cup olive oil
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
3/4 cup flour
3/4 cup natural cocoa powder
1/2 tsp salt (plus more for sprinkling. I used Kosher Salt but you can use coarse sea salt or black salt)
1 tsp baking soda
1 tbsp hot water
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper. With a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment mix the olive oil and sugar. Mix well until combined. Add the eggs, one at a time. Mix well. Add the cocoa powder, flour and salt. Mix until a dough forms that looks like thick brownie batter.

In a separate small bowl, dissolve the baking soda in the hot water. Add this dissolved baking soda into the bowl with the dough. Then add the vanilla extract as well. Mix everything until well combined.

Stir in the chocolate chips with a spatula. Refrigerate the batter for at least 30 minutes or even overnight.

Scoop out the dough with a table spoon and place in the parchment lined baking sheets. Sprinkle with Kosher salt before putting in the oven. Bake for 10-20  minutes, or until the edges are set. Let cool completely on the baking sheets and then transfer to a wire rack to cool.

Así que: Galleta de Aceite de Oliva, Chocolate y Chispas de Chocolate o alias, Galletas de Chocolate de Jánuca
(de Mimosa Lane Blog)Ingredientes:1/2 taza de aceite de oliva
1 taza de azúcar
2 huevos
3/4 taza de harina
3/4 taza de cocoa en polvo
1/2 cucharadita de sal (y mas para rócear; yo use sal Kosher, pero pueden usar “sea salt” o “black salt”)
1 cucharadita bicarbonato de soda
1 cucharada de agua caliente
1 cucharadita de extracto de vainilla
1 y 1/2 tazas de chips de chocolate
Direcciones:Pre-calentar horno a 350 F. Poner papel de cera en una bandeja de hornear galletas.  Batir el aceite y el azúcar con la batidora eléctrica hasta que estén bien mezclados. Añadir un huevo a la vez. Batir bien. Añadir el cocoa, la harina y la sal y batir bien hasta que se forme una masa espesa como de un brownie.
En un recipiente separado diluir el bicarbonato de soda en el agua. Hechar en la mezcla anterior y añadir la vainilla. Batir todo hasta que esté bien combinado.
Añadir los chips de chocolate y refrigerar al menos media hora o hasta toda la noche.
Hechar por cucharadas en la bandeja preparada y hornear de 10-20 minutos o hasta que las orillas estén hechas. Dejar enfríar completamente en la bandeja.
 

Let me know if you make them! Do you have any other fun olive oil recipes?

¡Avísenme si las hacen! ¿Tienen alguna otra receta divertida con aceite de oliva?

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    Albertina || Mimosa Lane says

    December 21, 2014 at 9:03 pm

    me encanta que te hayan gustado!! A que son inceiblemente deliciosas! Que buen regalo! besos!

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