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Salted Chocolate Chip Cookies

Brown sugar cookies with chopped chocolate and a pinch of flaky salt on top. They bake until the edges are set and the centers still look slightly underdone, then firm up on the sheet.

Prep
15 min
Cook
11 min
Total
26 min
Servings
16
Difficulty
Easy
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Chocolate chip cookies with flakes of salt on top.

Why you’ll love it

  • Brown sugar is why the centers stay chewy.
  • The salt on top is a finish, not a salty dough.
  • You can see the edge set before the middle.
  • A short chill is optional. The bake time is the real control.

Ingredients

Servings16

Ingredient amounts scale. Oven temperature and cook time do not. Salt, spices, and leaveners are a starting point after you scale. Taste and adjust.

Rough grocery estimate for the full recipe: about $6–$10 at a typical US supermarket. Prices vary by store, region, and season.

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Heat the oven to 350°F. Line two baking sheets.

  2. 2

    Beat the butter, brown sugar, and white sugar until the mixture looks creamy, about 1 minute.

  3. 3

    Beat in the egg and vanilla.

  4. 4

    Stir in the flour, baking soda, and kosher salt until just combined. Fold in the chocolate.

  5. 5

    Scoop 16 mounds, about 2 tablespoons each, onto the sheets with space between them.

  6. 6

    Bake one sheet at a time at 350°F for 9 to 12 minutes, until the edges are golden and the centers still look soft.

  7. 7

    Sprinkle a few flakes of salt on each cookie. Cool on the sheet 5 minutes, then move them to a rack. They set as they cool.

Pro tips

  • If the cookies spread into puddles, the butter was too warm. Chill the scooped dough 20 minutes and bake the rest.
  • Baking soda and salt are a starting point if you scale the batch. The visual cue is the set edge.
  • Dark pans brown the bottoms faster. Check at 9 minutes.

Easy substitutions

Chopped chocolate
Chocolate chips
Flaky salt
A tiny pinch of kosher salt
All-purpose flour
A gluten-free cup-for-cup blend

Storage and reheating

Storage

Keep covered at room temperature up to 4 days.

Reheating

Warm at 300°F for 3 to 4 minutes if you want them soft again. They are meant to be eaten at room temperature.

Nutrition

Estimates per serving, using standard ingredient averages and rounded to the nearest gram. This is not a lab analysis, and it shifts if you change brands or add sides.

Calories
180
Protein
2 g
Carbs
24 g
Fat
9 g
Fiber
1 g

Budget friendly · Oven · Vegetarian

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