Salted Chocolate Cookies

I am not a sweet person...as in I don't crave sweets. Though recently I've felt the need to bake. Which is at complete odds with my lack of cravings for sweets. 

These are tasty - the salt adds such a nice balance to the sweet.

I didn't make them as big as the recipe so I ended up with 18, not 12.

Salted Chocolate Cookies

Recipe from Allrecipes.com

Makes 12

nonstick cooking spray

1 c all-purpose flour

Photo from AllRecipes.com

¼ c unsweetened cocoa powder

1 tsp baking powder

½ tsp sea salt

½ c butter, cut into chunks

¾ c semisweet chocolate chips

⅔ c brown sugar

½ c white sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 T sea salt, or as needed

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper and spray with cooking spray.

Combine flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon sea salt in a bowl.

Place butter in a saucepan over low heat and cook until melted, 3 to 5 minutes. Add chocolate chips and stir until completely melted. Remove from the heat.

Combine brown sugar, white sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract in a bowl and beat with an electric mixer until creamy. Pour a small amount of the chocolate mixture into the egg mixture and stir until well combined. Slowly add remaining chocolate mixture, stirring constantly so the eggs don't curdle. Fold in the flour mixture until just combined. Do not overmix.

Drop 6 large scoops of batter about 2 inches apart onto each of the prepared baking sheets.

Bake in the preheated oven until cookies have spread and flattened to a diameter of 4 1/2 inches or larger, and the tops are crinkled and puffed, 12 to 14 minutes. Immediately sprinkle with sea salt.

Place baking sheets on a wire rack and cool for 18 to 20 minutes. Remove cookies with a spatula onto serving platter.