salted dark chocolate cookies
Chocolate and salt... the ultimate combination? Possibly! These are especially delicious with the hint of orange and ginger.
Blue Ribbon Recipe
Take your chocolate chip cookies to the next level with this easy recipe. They're thin and crispy, yet still cake-like. Using dark chocolate chips still adds sweetness but it also adds a touch of bitter flavor that semi-sweet chocolate chips don't have. The dark chocolate chips with the hint of orange (thanks to zest and juice) are a wonderful flavor combination. A little sprinkle of sea salt on top after baking is another way these chocolate chip cookies are elevated.
prep time
20 Min
cook time
10 Min
method
Bake
yield
2-3 dozen
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon grated ginger
- 1 - orange, zested
- 1/4 cup orange juice
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon coarse sea salt
- 1/4 teaspoon table salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 1/2 tablespoons vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 2 cups dark chocolate chips
- - coarse sea salt, for garnish
How To Make salted dark chocolate cookies
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Step 1Grate fresh ginger. -
Step 2Zest an orange.
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Step 3Combine flour, sea salt, table salt, baking soda, zested orange peel, and grated ginger in a bowl.
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Step 4Using a mixer, in a separate bowl, cream the butter, shortening, white sugar, brown sugar, orange juice, and vanilla extract until light and fluffy.
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Step 5One at a time, add eggs to the wet mixture mixing well after each egg.
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Step 6Fold dry ingredients and chocolate chips into the wet ingredients.
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Step 7Chill for about 15 minutes. While chilling, preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
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Step 8Drop onto a buttered cookie sheet by the spoonful.
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Step 9Bake for 8-10 minutes until light golden brown and still a little soft in the middle.
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Step 10Immediately after removing them from the pan, sprinkle just a pinch of coarse salt on the tops of the cookies.
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