This is a cookie that I made for my dessert platter for my Jolabokaflod - that's an Icelandic book flood...more on that soon - and I think it was the surprise hit. It was, by far, the easiest cookie to make in that it doesn't require rolling or any kind of decoration. I have always loved the contrast of salty and sweet.
And this birch smoked salt from Iceland* was my inspiration. But feel free to use any flake salt that you have. This recipe is easily halved for fewer cookies.
Ingredients makes approximately thirty 3-1/2" cookies
- 1 C butter, softened
- 1-1/4 C organic dark brown sugar, lightly packed
- 1 C organic granulated sugar
- 5 eggs
- 1 t pure vanilla paste or extract
- 2 t baking powder
- 1/2 t baking soda
- 3 C flour
- 2 C semisweet or bittersweet chocolate, chopped
- flake salt for finishing
Procedure
Preheat to
375° F.
Beat together butter and sugars until lightened and fluffy, approximately 3 to 4 minutes. Add in the eggs and vanilla. Beat until well-combined. Add in the dry ingredients and stir until everything is moistened. Fold in the chocolate chunks.
Scoop rounded tablespoonfuls of dough onto parchment paper-lined baking sheets, leaving at least 1" between cookies. Sprinkle cookies
with salt.
Bake cookies for 13 to 14 minutes; the cookies will firm up as they
cool. Let cool slightly on baking sheets, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
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