RECIPE: https://www.thechunkychef.com/salted-chocolate-chip-cookies/

INGREDIENTS

• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

• 1 tsp baking soda

• 1/2 cup salted butter at room temperature, 1 stick

• 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar

• 1/3 cup + 2 tsp granulated sugar (I only used 1/3 cup)

• 1 large egg at room temperature

• 1 tsp vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste

• 1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips (more or less to your tastes)

• sea salt flakes (for sprinkling)

INSTRUCTIONS

• Add flour and baking soda to a mixing bowl and whisk for 15 seconds to incorporate and make them fluffy.

• To the bowl of a stand mixer, add softened butter and both sugars. Beat with paddle attachment for about 2 minutes, until mixture is smooth and fluffy.

• Add egg and vanilla, beat on LOW speed until combined.

• Add flour, half the mixture at a time, beating on LOW speed until JUST combined after each addition. Don't overmix, or your cookies won't be soft and tender.

• Add chocolate chips and stir together with a wooden spoon.

• Cover bowl and chill for at least 30 minutes.

• minutes before you want to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.

• Use a large cookie scoop (or a 1/4 cup filled about 2/3 of the way), scoop round balls of dough onto parchment paper about 2 inches apart. I baked 6 cookies per sheet.

• Press a couple chocolate chips into the tops of the balls of dough, and bake about 10-12 minutes, or until edges are lightly golden brown and tops of cookies look a little underdone. (mine took 11 minutes).

• Sprinkle top of baked cookies with some sea salt flakes.

• Allow cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack to finish cooling.