Salted Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Servings: 24 cookies
Calories: 287kcal
Studded with dark chocolate chunks and sprinkled with sea salt flakes, these soft and chewy Salted Chocolate Chunk Cookies are insanely delicious.
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Ingredients
- 1 cup shortening
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup hot coffee
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 3 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups dark chocolate chunks + additional to garnish
- 1/4 cup sea salt flakes + additional to garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Add shortening, sugar and brown sugar to the bowl of an electric mixer.
- Cream together on medium speed until fluffy and completely combined.
- Add eggs, hot coffee and vanilla.TIP: Not a fan of coffee? Neither am I! I promise you won't taste it in your cookies, instead it simply deepens the flavor of the chocolate.
- Mix on medium speed until completely combined.
- Add flour, salt and baking soda to mixing bowl.
- Mix on low speed until almost combined.TIP: You want to still see flour within the dough before the next step of adding the chocolate chunks. This insures that you won't overwork the dough resulting in a tough cookie.
- Add dark chocolate chunks.
- Mix on low speed until just combined.
- Using a large cookie scoop, drop cookie dough onto parchment lined baking sheet.TIP: I love to use these precut parchment sheets when I’m baking to make my time in the kitchen super easy and less messy.
- Sprinkle sea salt flakes over the top of each cookie dough ball.TIP: I prefer Maldon sea salt flakes. They have a soft flaky texture and clean flavor that works so well with this cookie recipe.
- Bake at 375 degrees for 11 minutes.
- Allow cookies to cool on the cookie sheet for 1-2 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
Nutrition
Calories: 287kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 14mg | Sodium: 1331mg | Potassium: 114mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 22g | Vitamin A: 25IU | Calcium: 22mg | Iron: 1.8mg