Chocolate Chip Cookies With Fleur De Sel Recipes

CHOCOLATE COOKIES WITH FLEUR DE SEL

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Whisk flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl. Set aside.
• Combine butter and chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl. Heat in 30-second intervals, stirring after each interval, until chocolate is melted and creamy. Add eggs one at a time, mixing well to incorporate each one. Add brown sugar, white sugar, and vanilla extract; mix well. Fold in flour mixture until no dry streaks remain. Fold in chocolate chunks.
• Drop rounded teaspoonfuls of cookie dough onto a baking stone or nonstick cookie sheets. Sprinkle fleur de sel over the tops.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cookies flatten but centers still look soft, 10 to 14 minutes. Transfer to wire racks to cool.

SALTY OATMEAL CHOCOLATE CHUNK COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line 3 sheet pans with parchment paper.
• In an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar on medium-high speed for 3 minutes, until light and fluffy. Scrape down the bowl with a rubber spatula. On low speed, add the vanilla, then the eggs, one at a time. Scrape down the bowl again.
• Meanwhile, sift the flour, baking soda, and salt into a medium bowl. Mix in the oats. With the mixer on low, slowly add the flour mixture to the butter-sugar mixture. Don't overbeat it! With a rubber spatula, stir in the chocolate and cranberries until the dough is well mixed. With a 1 3/4-inch ice cream scoop (or two spoons), scoop round balls of dough onto the prepared sheet pans. Sprinkle lightly with fleur de sel. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, until nicely browned. Serve warm or at room temperature.

CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES WITH FLEUR DE SEL

Steps:

• Make sure you read the cooking notes before you start.
• Step 1 - In a large mixing bowl, mix together the melted butter, brown sugar and sugar until fully incorporated and shiny. Add the egg and vanilla extract, and mix again until fully incorporated.
• Step 2 - Add the all-purpose flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Fold in these dry ingredients with a spatula until just combined - do not overmix. Fold in the chocolate chips.
• Step 3 - Pre-heat your oven to 350F (180C) with a rack in the middle. Prepare two baking sheets lined with parchment paper. Shape little balls of cookie dough, weighing 60g each (about 2 tablespoons) and place them 3 inches apart onto the baking sheets. Sprinkle Fleur de Sel on top of each ball.
• Bake each baking sheet for 17 minutes, until the cookies are just set and lightly golden on the edges. Let cool for 2 minutes on the baking sheets and then transfer onto a cooling rack to cool completely.

DARK CHOCOLATE BROWNIE COOKIES WITH FLEUR DE SEL

Steps:

• Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat it to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with a silicone baking mat.
• Place the chocolate and butter in a double boiler (or a medium heatproof bowl over a medium saucepan of barely simmering water--do not let the bowl touch the water) and heat over low heat, stirring often, until melted, about 3 to 5 minutes. Set aside but keep warm.
• Combine the eggs, sugar and vanilla in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Beat together starting on low speed and slowly increasing the speed to medium, until light and creamy, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Combine the flour, espresso powder, baking powder and fine sea salt in a small bowl. Whisk to combine.
• With the mixer running on low speed, gradually add the flour mixture to the beaten eggs and mix for 1 minute. Scrape down the sides. With the mixer running on low speed, pour in the melted chocolate. Stir until everything is fully incorporated without overworking the batter, 30 to 45 seconds.
• Let the dough sit for 5 minutes to firm up.
• Using a 1-tablespoon portion scoop, scoop 6 to 8 mounds of the dough and place on the prepared baking sheet, spacing them 1 inch apart. If the dough spreads out, it needs more time to firm up. Sprinkle the tops with fleur de sel.
• Bake on the center rack until the tops of the cookies look cracked and shiny, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 1 minute to set up, if necessary, then transfer the cookies to a wire rack and let cool completely.
• Repeat the scooping and baking with the remaining dough.

GIANT CRINKLED CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Arrange three racks evenly spaced in the oven (see Cook's Note).
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter on medium speed for 3 minutes, until creamy. Add the granulated sugar and brown sugar and beat on medium speed for 2 to 3 minutes, until light and fluffy. Scrape down the bowl with a rubber spatula. Add the egg, vanilla, and 2 tablespoons of warm water and mix on low speed just to combine. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and kosher salt. With the mixer on low, slowly add the flour mixture, then the chocolate (including the fine chocolate dust) to the batter until combined. Mix well with a rubber spatula.
• With a 2 1/4-inch standard ice cream scoop (or 1/3 cup measure), make 12 rounded scoops of dough and place them on a sheet pan. Freeze the dough for exactly 15 minutes, then arrange 4 balls of dough--spaced wide apart--on each of three sheet pans lined with parchment paper. Bake for 10 minutes, until the cookies are slightly puffed in the center. Remove the pans from the oven and bang them on the stove top, until the center of the cookies deflate. Bake for 3 minutes, then bang the pans again, repeating baking and banging every 3 minutes, for 18 to 20 minutes total, until the edges of the cookies are golden brown. (The centers will be lighter and not fully cooked.) Rotate the sheet pans in the oven so the cookies bake evenly. Sprinkle the cookies with fleur de sel and cool completely on the pans.

FLEUR DE SEL CHOCOLATE CHIP BLONDIES

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 375 degrees F. Grease a 9 by 13-inch jelly roll pan with softened butter or cooking spray.
• Beat your butter in the bowl of a stand mixer until it is light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add the brown and granulated sugars a little bit at a time, pouring them in on the side of the bowl. While you're adding your sugars, stop the mixer occasionally and scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl to make sure that everything is fully mixed. Cream the butter and sugar mixture until it is light and fluffy, about 8 minutes. (Creaming creates air pockets in the dough, and therefore these blondies have a light and delicate texture.)
• Whisk your flour, baking soda and sea salt, if using, in a bowl. (Add the salt only if desired because there is plenty on top of the finished brownies.) Add your eggs 1 at a time, adding the second only after the first is fully incorporated. Once the second egg is fully incorporated, add your vanilla. Turn your mixer down to low speed and slowly add the flour mixture. Once the dry ingredients are fully incorporated into the wet ingredients, add in all those chocolate chips. Your machine will seem to be struggling to mix in the chocolate chips because there are so many of them, but don't turn it up, leave it on low and allow it to fully mix the chips in. Spread your cookie dough into the prepared jelly roll. Evenly sprinkle the top of the dough with the fleur de sel.
• Pop the blondies in the oven until they are golden brown on top and not wobbly in the center, 30 to 35 minutes. Allow the blondies to cool in the pan on a wire rack or on a dishtowel on your counter.
• Cut the blondies, still in the pan, with a sharp knife into bars, about 48 pieces. Remove with a spatula and serve. (Store any leftovers in an airtight container for up to 1 week, but they will not last that long!)

NUTELLA COOKIES WITH FLEUR DE SEL

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Whisk together the flour, kosher salt, baking powder and baking soda in a medium bowl. Set aside.
• Beat the butter, chocolate-hazelnut spread, brown sugar and granulated sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Beat in the egg and vanilla. Reduce the speed to low and slowly add the flour mixture until just combined. Fold in the chocolate chunks and hazelnuts by hand.
• Drop 12 heaping tablespoonfuls of dough onto each of the prepared baking sheets, about 2 inches apart. Roll the dough into balls. Sprinkle each dough ball with fleur de sel. Freeze until firm, about 20 minutes.
• Bake, rotating the pans halfway through, until the cookies are golden around the edges but still soft in the middle, about 15 minutes. Let cool on the baking sheets for 10 minutes, then remove to wire racks to cool completely, about 30 minutes.