Salted Chocolate Chip Cookies
If you’re looking for a quick sweet treat then try these salted chocolate cookies and if you love salted caramel then you will definitely love salted chocolate too. These cookies are soft with a chewy centre and the extra salt gives them the most delicious flavour.
Servings: 20 cookies
Calories: 154kcal
Ingredients
- 260g plain flour (all-purpose flour)
- 1 teaspoon sea salt flakes
- ¾ teaspoon bicarbonate soda (baking soda)
- 125g unsalted butter soft at room temperature
- 100g soft light brown sugar
- 70g granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 large egg room temperature
- 200g milk chocolate chips
Instructions
- To a large bowl, add and mix the flour, salt and bicarbonate soda. To another bowl, use a hand whisk to cream the butter and both sugars together until light and fluffy. You can also do this using a stand mixer with a paddle attachment. Add in the vanilla, the egg and mix until smooth. Gently fold in the dry ingredients then mix in the chocolate chips.
- Roll the dough into 20 balls which weigh around 40g each then use a palette knife to press down on each ball so the resemble a thick disk as pictured above. Place the cookies in the fridge for 1 hour to chill. You can also freeze them to bake at a later date.
- Preheat the oven to gas mark 4/350oF/180oC/160oC Fan and place the cookies on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake the cookies for 12 minutes from the fridge or 14 minutes if baking from the freezer.