Tuesdays with Dorie BWD: Olive-Oil Brownies

May 12, 2026 at 2:31 pm | Posted in tuesdays with dorie, groups, sweet things, cookies & bars, BWD | 5 Comments
Tags: baking, cookies, brownies

Doesn’t matter how many batches of brownies we’ve made before, they are always a fun bake. It helps that there seems to be an infinite number of twists on the classic. These Olive-Oil Brownies (what’s with that hyphen?) swap out the melted butter for EVOO and add in black pepper and some dried fruit.

You can tell these are a bit different. For starters, they taste less sweet than typical brownies, maybe even slightly savory, likely due to a peppery oil plus actual pepper. Along with the dried fruit bits (I used cherries), this makes for a brownie that I think could hold up to a wine pairing, instead of just a glass of milk. They seemed a little dry on the top, but the inside kept a bit of fudginess. These were nice to try, although I’ll probably go back to a more standard recipe next time.

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Three out of three so far these have not been highly rated – just ok. I will make them next time, but am forewarned not to get my hopes too high.

Comment by Cakelaw— May 12, 2026 #

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Hmm, this seems to be an interesting recipe. Yours looks nice and fudgy though.

Comment by Diane Zwang— May 12, 2026 #

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Love the idea of cherries here!

Comment by Mardi (eat. live. travel. write.)— May 12, 2026 #

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I’m always willing to try a new brownie recipe. However, I don’t like raisins in most of my baked goods, so I substituted dried cherries. (Still not a fan of dried fruit.) I also substituted Aleppo pepper for the black pepper, because chile & chocolate. It was a good addition to a very moist brownie.

Comment by Judy— May 12, 2026 #

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Yours seemed to hold on to the fudginess…mine were more cake like. I think the cherries were a good call but somehow brownies and fruit just didn’t quite go for me.

Comment by isthisakeeper— May 12, 2026 #

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