Salted Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoons turbinado sugar
• 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons packed light or dark brown sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• Heaped 1/4 teaspoon fine sea or table salt
• 1 3/4 cups (220 grams) all-purpose flour
• 1/2 pound (225 grams) bittersweet chocolate
• Flaky sea salt

Directions

1. Heat oven to 360°F (180°C)
2. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
3. In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugars together with an electric mixer until very light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
4. Scrape down the bowl and mix for another 10 seconds.
5. Add egg and vanilla, beating until incorporated, and scraping down the bowl as needed.
6. Beat in salt fine sea or table salt and baking soda until combined, about 20 seconds.
7. Add the flour all at once and beat on low speed until just mixed, about 20 seconds.
8. The dough will look crumbly at this point.
9. Add the chocolate chunks and beat on low speed until they are spread throughout the dough, about 5 seconds.
10. Scoop cookies into 1 1/2 tablespoon mounds, spacing them apart on the prepared baking sheet.
11. Sprinkle each with a few flakes of sea salt. (If you don’t have sea salt, you can skip this step.
12. Bake for 10-11 minutes, until golden on the outside but still very gooey and soft inside.
13. You never want to over-bake a cookie, so take them out even if they don’t look done.
14. Let the cookies rest on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.