Salted Dark Chocolate Cookies
These sexy dark chocolate cookies are rich and have a deep chocolate flavor, and the flaked salt puts them over the top! Perfect in a lunch box or with a cup of coffee, these are a chocolate lovers dream!
Servings: 30 cookies
Calories: 136kcal
Equipment
- baking sheets
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup Dutch processed cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons flaked sea salt divided
- 1 cup dark brown sugar lightly packed
- 3/4 cup white granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup butter salted
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3.5 ounce dark chocolate bar about 78% cocoa, finely chopped
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350-F and line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Sift the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and baking soda into a bowl.
- Add 1 teaspoon of the flaked salt to the flour mixture and stir. Crush it up with your fingers before adding it.
- Beat the brown sugar, white sugar, and butter until light and fluffy.
- Add the egg and vanilla to the sugar mixture and mix until combined.
- Add the chocolate and stir it in gently.
- Scoop 1 tablespoon balls of dough and place them 2-inches apart on the parchment paper-lined baking sheets. Sprinkle with the remaining flake salt.
- Bake in a 350-F oven for 10-12 minutes or until the edges start to set. Let cool for a few minutes on the baking sheet, then transfer to a cooling rack.
Notes
Chef Jenn’s Tips
- Creaming the butter and sugar until it is light and fluffy is important! Always start with room temperature butter, and use a stand mixer with the paddle attachment or a hand mixer to do the job.
- Scrape down the sides of the bowl as you go. To get fully mixed cookies, you’ll need to scrape down the sides of the bowl. A spatula will do the trick nicely - just remember to turn off your mixer first!
- Don’t flatten the cookie dough balls before baking - they’ll do their job in the oven and flatten out as they bake.
- Parchment paper is NOT the same as waxed paper. Waxed paper will make a mess on your cookie sheets and will ruin your cookies. Parchment paper is a silicone-treated paper designed to withstand the oven’s high heat. The cookies won’t stick to the paper, and cleanup will be a breeze!
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 136kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 18mg | Sodium: 213mg | Potassium: 66mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 151IU | Calcium: 18mg | Iron: 1mg