These.
Cookies.
Are.
WONDERFUL!
Salted Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 c unsalted butter, softened
- 2 Tbsp granulated sugar
- 2 Tbsp turbinado sugar (Sugar in the Raw)
- 3/4 c plus 2 Tbsp packed light brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp plus 1/8 tsp fine sea or table salt
- 1 3/4 c all-purpose flour
- 8 oz semi- or bittersweet chocolate, cut into 1/2 inch chunks
- Flaky sea salt (I used Kosher, which worked pretty well)
Directions
Heat oven to 360 degrees (yes, 360. NOT 350), and line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicon baking mat.In a large bowl, cream the butter and all sugars together until very light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla, beating until incorporated. Beat in baking soda and sea / table salt until combined. Add flour slowly, and at a slow speed until just combined (the dough will look crumbly). Fold in the chocolate chunks.
Scoop cookies into 1 1/2 Tbsp mounds (or use a scoop), spacing them about 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheet. Sprinkle each with a few flakes of sea salt. Bake for 11 to 12 minutes, until golden on the outside, but gooey in the middle. Let rest on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack.
Seriously. Make these right now.
I got the recipe off of Pinterest, really, and the ingredient list scared me a bit. I don’t have Turbinado sugar, as a rule, but once I got past that step out of the comfort zone, boy was I happy!
I’d never used two types of salt in a cookie recipe before, either, but I know that in the past, I’ve gone over the moon when putting salty potato chips with a brownie, so I thought, “Hey. People like mixing salty and sweet. Think of cheddar popcorn mixed with caramel popcorn!”
If you haven’t tried that mixture, do it. Do it now. I’ll wait.
Are you back? Wasn’t I right? That stuff is AWESOME.
Okay, back to the task at hand.
I highly suggest using really good quality chocolate, too. Ghiradelli works really well, especially because you’re going to be leaving huge chunks of chocolate in tact.
See? This isn’t your mother’s chocolate chip cookie recipe (no offense to your mother).
Go. Go now, people. Make the best chocolate chunk cookie. And then tell me how it went! Did you share them with people? Or did you keep all of them for yourself? Either way, you’re a rockstar!
Enjoy!