Sea Salt Chocolate Chip Cookies are a sweet and salty treat. These cookies are crunch on the outside and chewy on the inside to create the perfect combination. 

Sea Salt Chocolate Chip Cookies

In the Cleveland area we have a chain of grocery stores called Heinen’s. They have an amazing section of baked goods including cookies. I usually don’t buy cookies at the store since they are so easy to make at home but my pregnancy cravings got the best of me the other day. These Sea Salt Chocolate Chip Cookies are the product of those wonderful pregnancy cravings. Yes, you are welcome once again.

I saw a box of salted chocolate chip cookies at Heinen’s and knew I had to have them. They were everything I hoped for and more! 😉 I really loved the sweet chocolate chip cookies with the touch of salt on top. The cookies were the perfect after dinner treat. Once I had those cookies I was on the hunt for a recipe I could make that might taste similar.

I have a few binders of recipes that I have collected from my favorite cooking magazine, Cooking Light. I browsed through all of their delicious cookie recipes and found a recipe for these Sea Salt Chocolate Chip Cookies which I just slightly adapted. This recipe is perfect–the center of the cookie soft and the outer edges are crispy. I used white whole wheat flour which added a nice sweetness to the cookies.

These cookies use all brown sugar instead of a mixture of brown and white sugar, which a lot of recipes call for. I like the flavor that the brown sugar created in the cookies. The course sea salt is the best part of these cookies in my opinion. Well other than the chocolate of course.

Once you have the cookie dough rounded and dropped onto the baking sheet you will sprinkle the course sea salt over the cookies and lightly press the salt into the cookies.

I don’t know about you but there really isn’t a better combination than sweet and salty, whether you are pregnant or not!

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Sea Salt Chocolate Chip Cookies

Yield: 36

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 36 minutes

Total Time: 51 minutes

Sea Salt Chocolate Chip Cookies are a sweet and salty treat. These cookies are crunch on the outside and chewy on the inside to create the perfect combination.

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Ingredients

• 1 cup dark brown sugar, packed
• 6 Tablespoons canola oil
• 6 Tablespoons butter, softened
• 2 Tablespoons honey
• 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 large egg
• 2 cups white whole wheat flour {or whole wheat flour}
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• Pinch of table salt
• 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
• Coarse sea salt {or fleur de sel}

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
2. In a mixer beat the brown sugar, canola oil and butter on medium speed until well blended. Add the honey, vanilla and eggs and continue to beat until well combined.
3. In a large mixing bowl combine the flour, baking soda and table salt and stir until combined. Add the flour mixture to the sugar mixture and beat at low until almost combined.
4. Add the chocolate chips and stir in until just combined.
5. Using a teaspoon or cookie dough scoop drop cookie dough onto a cookie sheet. Sprinkle 1/8 teaspoon sea salt evenly over the batch of cookies and lightly press the salt into the cookies.
6. Bake at 375 degrees F for 8 to 10 minutes, or until the edges are just barely browned.
7. Cool and enjoy!

Adapted from Cooking Light Magazine

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