Salted Chocolate Chunk Cookies
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Recipe type: Cookies and Bars
Cuisine: Dessert
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Serves: 18 cookies
 
These salty and sweet cookies will quickly become your go to cookie for all eternity.
Ingredients
  • ½ cup butter, softened
  • 3 tbsp sugar
  • ¾ cup plus 2 tbsp dark brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1¾ cup flour
  • ½ pound bittersweet chocolate, cut into chunks, or packaged bittersweet chunks
  • Coarse Sea salt, for sprinkling
Instructions
  1. Heat oven to 350°F
  2. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper
  3. In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugars together with an electric mixer until fluffy
  4. Add egg and vanilla, beating until incorporated
  5. Beat in baking soda until combined, then the flour on a low speed until just mixed
  6. The dough will be slightly crumbly and that is okay
  7. Fold in the chocolate chunks
  8. Scoop cookies into approximately 2 tablespoon mound
  9. Make sure you space them apart on the prepared baking sheet
  10. Sprinkle each with a few flakes of coarse sea salt
  11. Bake for 12 to 13 minutes, until golden on the outside but still very gooey and soft inside
  12. Let sit for 5 minutes before transferring a cooling rack
  13. Cool completely, or eat while hot and gooey at your own risk!
Recipe by Girl and Her Kitchen at http://www.girlandherkitchen.com/2016/03/salted-chocolate-chunk-cookies.html