Salty & Sweet Chocolate Chip Cookies
History: So we recently went to this kick ass restaurant, which is a new discovery in Montreal for us….you’ll be hearing about it very soon…one of the things we had though was Tollhouse Chocolate Chip cookies…the kicker? They were salty!
Yeah that’s right, it was a perfect blend of sweetness and salt…it kind of blew me away because I wasn’t expecting it at all…so I went hunting for a recipe that I’m dying to try….although the tollhouse cookies had more of a salty dusting, this recipe uses rock salt…we’ll see how it turns out…I will update this post with more info and pics soon!
Why it’s awesome: Blending two complete flavour differences….what’s better to confuse and amuse the pallet!?!
Ingredients & Portions:
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- About 2 1/2 teaspoons sea salt, divided
- 10 ounces unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup vanilla sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 12 ounces bitter chocolate chips, or bitter chocolate cut in very small pieces
Servings: The recipe says 50, but I don’t think that’s accurate…I’ll keep you posted 
Cook time & Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 375°.
- Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Sift together onto a piece of waxed paper the flour, the soda, and one half teaspoon of the salt.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the butter and the sugar until it is light and pale yellow.
- Whisk in the eggs one at a time until thoroughly blended. Whisk in the vanilla, then stir in the flour just until it is blended.
- Stir in the chocolate chips or pieces and mix until they are evenly distributed throughout the dough.
- Drop the dough by tablespoons full onto the prepared baking sheets.
- Sprinkle each with a generous pinch of sea salt.
- Bake in the center of the oven until the cookies are golden, about 12 minutes. Remove from the oven and let sit on the baking sheets for about 4 minutes to allow the cookies, which are fragile, to firm up, then slide them onto a cooling rack.
This Solid Recipe is Courtesy of Epicurious, which I will be trying soon as I have a minute to breathe! 
I likes to food. 
