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    Home » Cookies » Salted Chocolate Chip Cookies

    Salted Chocolate Chip Cookies

    Published: Dec 27, 2012 · Modified: Mar 23, 2021 by Kate · This post may contain affiliate links.

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    Salted chocolate chip cookies! This recipe makes chocolate chip cookies topped with sea salt for the ultimate sweet and salty cookie!
    Stack of Salted Chocolate Chip Cookies

    Originally published 12/27/12. Updated with new photos 7/6/18.

    Don't let the name of these cookies scare you.  A little salt enhances the flavor in cookies - it lets you taste the sugar, butter, and all of the other good stuff better.

    In other words, the salt makes for a more intense chocolate chip cookie.

    Salted chocolate chip cookie dough

    Why salted chocolate chip cookies?

    If you've ever made cookies and forgotten the salt, they just taste sort of flat and funny. The salt adds a delicious balance that evens out the sweetness of the cookie.

    What type of salt is best?

    It's important to use a flaky sea salt, like a fleur de sel on these; table salt just wouldn't work. Table salt will make the cookies overly salty rather than just adding a little bite.

    Pile of salted chocolate chip cookies in a wooden box

    I used a combination of chocolate melting disks and chocolate chips, but you could just use chocolate chunks, too.

    More chocolate chip cookie recipes!

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    Stack of Salted Chocolate Chip Cookies

    Salted Chocolate Chip Cookies

    Chocolate chip cookies topped with a generous dusting of salt
    5 from 5 votes
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    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 15 minutes
    Cook Time: 8 minutes
    Total Time: 23 minutes
    Servings: 24 cookies
    Calories: 173kcal
    Author: Kate @ I Heart Eating

    Ingredients

    • 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
    • 1 teaspoon baking powder
    • ½ teaspoon kosher salt
    • ¼ teaspoon baking soda
    • ½ cup unsalted butter room temperature
    • ¾ cup brown sugar packed
    • ½ cup granulated sugar
    • ¼ cup powdered sugar
    • 2 large egg yolks
    • 1 large egg
    • 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
    • 8 ounces semisweet or bittersweet chocolate coarsely chopped
    • Finishing or flaky sea salt (like fleur de sel)

    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 375° F. Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper; set aside.
    • In a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, kosher salt, and baking soda; set aside.
    • In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, stir together butter, brown sugar, sugar, and powdered sugar on low for 30 seconds.
    • Turn mixer up to medium and beat until light and fluffy, 3-4 minutes.
    • Add egg yolks, egg, and vanilla. Beat, occasionally scraping down the sides of the bowl, until mixture is pale and fluffy, 4-5 minutes.
    • Reduce mixer speed to low; slowly add dry ingredients, mixing just to blend.
    • Stir in chocolate by hand.
    • Spoon a small cookie scoop or tablespoon, drop scoops of cookie dough onto prepared baking sheets, spacing 1-inch apart.
    • Sprinkle cookies lightly with sea salt.
    • Bake cookies, rotating sheets halfway through, until just golden brown around the edges, 8-10 minutes (the cookies will firm up as they cool).
    • Let cool slightly on baking sheets, then transfer to wire racks; let cool completely.

    Notes

    *Cookie dough can be made 1 day ahead and stored, covered, in the fridge.
    **Nutrition values are estimates. 

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 173kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 33mg | Sodium: 101mg | Potassium: 96mg | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 155IU | Calcium: 26mg | Iron: 1.1mg
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    Adapted from Bon Apetit January 2013

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    About Kate

    Kate got her first cookbook when she was five years old, and she hasn't stopped cooking since then! Her delicious recipes have been featured on Food Network, MSN, Better Homes & Gardens, Buzzfeed, The Huffington Post, and more. When she's not cooking or baking, she can be found on her mini farm with her husband and her five kids.

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    1. Karen

      December 09, 2019 at 8:12 pm

      I have never ever used powdered sugar in a cookie recipe. Does that make them more soft? Fluffy or ? Will have to try these.

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      • Kate

        December 09, 2019 at 9:51 pm

        It does. It makes the cookies more tender. Hope that helps!

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