Description
Salted chocolate cookies blend rich cocoa depths with delicate sea salt crystals, creating an irresistible sweet-savory dance. Rich European chocolate and premium butter promise a luxurious experience that will make you crave another delightful bite.
Ingredients
Scale
Primary Ingredients:
- 150g (5.3 ounces) all-purpose flour
- 120g (4.2 ounces) dark chocolate, coarsely chopped
- 120g (4.2 ounces) unsalted butter
Fat and Sweeteners:
- 90g (3.2 ounces) caster sugar
- 60g (2.1 ounces) muscovado sugar (or light brown sugar)
Binding and Flavoring Ingredients:
- 35g (1.2 ounces) egg (about ⅔ of one medium egg)
- 3g (0.1 ounces) fleur de sel
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1g (0.04 ounces) baking powder
Instructions
- Gently warm butter to a soft, pliable consistency, ensuring no melting occurs. In a spacious mixing vessel, cream together muscovado sugar, caster sugar, and fleur de sel until the mixture transforms into a smooth, homogeneous texture.
- Delicately whisk the partial egg and vanilla extract into the sugar-butter blend. Stir with precision until the liquid elements integrate seamlessly, creating a uniform mixture.
- Meticulously sift flour and baking powder together to eliminate potential clumps. Gradually introduce the dry ingredients into the wet mixture, folding with gentle strokes until barely combined. Avoid aggressive mixing to preserve the delicate cookie structure.
- Incorporate coarsely fragmented dark chocolate pieces throughout the dough. The mixture will appear slightly tacky and loose. Refrigerate the dough for a minimum of 30 minutes to allow flavor melding and easier manipulation.
- Warm the oven to 180°C. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, creating a non-stick surface. Craft uniform dough spheres weighing approximately 80g, positioning them with adequate spacing on the prepared sheet.
- Bake for 13 minutes, watching for subtle surface cracking and set edges. The cookies should exhibit a golden-bronze perimeter with a slightly tender center.
- Rest the freshly baked cookies on the original baking sheet for quarter hour, allowing structural stabilization. Transfer to a cooling rack for complete temperature reduction. Optional: nestle additional chocolate fragments atop the warm cookies for enhanced visual and gustatory appeal.
Notes
- Chilling the dough transforms sticky texture into perfectly moldable cookie balls, making shaping and handling a breeze.
- Dark chocolate chunks melt deliciously, creating pockets of rich, intense flavor throughout each soft, crumbly bite.
- Fleur de sel adds a sophisticated salty crunch that elevates these cookies from ordinary to extraordinary, balancing the deep chocolate sweetness.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 13 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 12
- Calories: 207
- Sugar: 13g
- Sodium: 7mg
- Fat: 11g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 26g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 18mg