Salted Double Dark Chocolate Cookies
These salted double dark chocolate cookies are for the insane chocolate lover. It's loaded with big, dark chocolate chips, semi-sweet chips and cocoa powder. The kosher salt on top adds a nice salty flavor among layers of chocolate.
Equipment
- Stand or hand mixer
- Baking sheet
- Wire rack
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter salted
- 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder unsweetened
- 1 1/4 cups cake flour
- 1 1/4 cups flour
- 1 tsp cornstarch
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup dark chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- Kosher or coarse sea salt to sprinkle on the top
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- In a stand mixer, using the paddle, beat the butter, vegetable shortening, light brown sugar and granulated sugar.
- Add pure vanilla extract.
- Beat in the eggs, one at a time.
- Mix all the dry ingredients (cocoa powder, cake flour, flour, cornstarch, baking soda, salt) together in a mixing bowl. Add the ingredients to the mixer. Beat until incorporated.
- Mix in the dark and semi-sweet chocolate chips.
- Using your hands, roll dough into 1 1/2 inch balls and place on your baking sheet.
- Optional: Press down and add more semi-sweet chips on the top.
- Sprinkle dough balls with kosher salt (coarse salt).
- Bake for 9-11 minutes. After removing from the oven, let them rest on the baking sheet for 2-3 minutes. Transfer cookies to a wire rack and let cool.
- Enjoy!
