Sea Salt Chocolate Caraway Cookies
Bake these rich, moist, and super chocolatey chocolate cookies made extra addicting with the addition of aromatic caraway seeds and Maldon salt flakes!
Ingredients
- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter melted
- 1 egg medium egg
- 1 egg yolk medium egg
- 1/2 cup coconut sugar
- 5 oz. semi-sweet baker's chocolate
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp caraway seeds
- Maldon salt flakes
- 1/4 tsp salt
Instructions
1. Combine Wet Ingredients
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (177 degrees Celsius).
- Melt the butter in a saucepan on the stovetop at low heat or in the microwave.
- Add melted butter, egg and egg yolk, and vanilla extract to a mixing bowl.
- Whisk together using a whisk or an electric mixer.
- Add coconut sugar to the wet ingredients. Mix ingredients well.
2. Sift Dry Ingredients
- In a separate bowl, use a fine-mesh sieve to sift together flour, unsweetened cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt in a mixing bowl.
- Add 1/2 tsp of caraway seeds. Mix dry ingredients well.
3. Melt the Chocolate
- Place a saucepan on the stovetop at low heat.
- Add the semi-sweet baker’s chocolate and allow it to melt.
4. Combine Wet and Dry ingredients
- Slowly add the dry ingredients to the bowl of wet ingredients.
- Stir together ingredients using a wooden spoon or an electric mixer.
- Stir in melted chocolate using a wooden spoon.
5. Refrigerate the Dough for 2 Hours
- Cover the mixing bowl of dough with a lid or plastic wrap.
- Refrigerate the dough for 2 hours.
6. Form the Cookies on the Baking Sheet
- Brush butter or oil onto a baking sheet.
- Use a small cookie scoop to measure the amount of dough for each cookie. Then, form each scoop into a round ball, and place it onto a baking sheet allowing 4 inches (10 cm) of space between the cookies and 2 inches (5 cm) of space from the edges of the pan so that the cookies can spread evenly. The amount of dough should yield approximately 12-14 cookies.
- Use your fingers to flatten each cookie slightly.
- Sprinkle remaining caraway seeds onto each cookie.
7. Bake the Cookies
- Bake the cookies in the oven for 10 minutes.
- Remove the cookies from the oven. Sprinkle Maldon salt flakes onto each cookie.
- Place the cookies onto a cooling rack and allow them to cool for 20 minutes.
- Serve and enjoy.
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Nutrition
Calories: 181kcalCarbohydrates: 18gProtein: 3gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 44mgSodium: 119mgPotassium: 100mgFiber: 2gSugar: 8gVitamin A: 244IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 16mgIron: 1mg
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