Smoked Sea Salt Chocolate Fudge Caramel Cookies
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Recipe type: Dessert
Makes: ~2 ½ dozen cookies
 
Rich and fudgy chocolate cookies filled with caramel and dark chocolate chips and seasoned with smoked sea salt.
Ingredients
  • 113g (1/2 cup) unsalted butter
  • 170g semi-sweet chocolate, roughly chopped
  • 200g unsweetened chocolate, roughly chopped
  • 160g (~1 cup + 3 tablespoons) all-purpose flour
  • 2g (3/4 teaspoon) baking powder
  • 2g (1/2 teaspoon salt)
  • 150g (~3 large whole) eggs at room temperature
  • 215g (~1 cup) granulated sugar
  • 235g (~1 cup, packed) light brown sugar
  • 10 milliliters / 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 227g (1 cup) semi-sweet or dark chocolate chips
  • 160g (1 cup) caramel bits
  • Smoked sea salt
Instructions
  1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees; line baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside
  2. Place semi-sweet and unsweetened chocolate with butter in a microwave-safe bowl
  3. Microwave the ingredients for a minute and stir; microwave again for 30-second increments until everything is almost melted; stir the remaining lumps until smooth (alternatively, you can melt the butter and chocolate in a heavy duty pop over medium heat stirring constantly); set aside
  4. In a medium bowl, whisk together dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, and salt) and set aside
  5. In the large bowl of a stand mixer, combine eggs, sugars and vanilla; beat on high speed for about 5 minutes or until mixture is light and pale in color
  6. Reduce the speed of your mixer and add in melted chocolate
  7. When that is well-combined, stir in flour mixture but do not over-mix; stir in chocolate chips and caramel bits
  8. Use a large cookie dough scoop and place dough on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, 1-2 inches apart; lightly sprinkle top of cookie dough with smoked sea salt
  9. Bake cookies for 12 minutes and set aside on a wire rack to cool
Notes
Recipe can be doubled
Store cookies at room temperature up to 5 days in a ziplock bag or freeze for up to two months
Recipe by Keep It Sweet Desserts at http://www.keepitsweetdesserts.com/smoked-sea-salt-chocolate-fudge-caramel-cookies/