Chocolate Chip Toffee Cookies with Sea Salt
You guys are OK with me posting nothing but cookies for the next two weeks right? I mean not really, but if what’s been happening in my kitchen is a mirror of what will be happening on my blog, ya’ll are gonna be seeing lotsa cookies. So I hope that’s cool :)
These particular cookies I made for a really wonderful thing that happened with the blogger community last week called the Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap. Hundreds of foodie made dozens of cookies and sent them across the country to 3 assigned bloggers. The image of all those thousands of cookies floating across the country warms my heart a bit!
When I was trying to decide what kind of cookies to make, I figured what was most important was picking a sturdy resilient cookie that could withstand getting shipped across the country. Plus I still had some wonderful toffee left over that I was dying to bake into a cookie. So, I jazzed up my favorite chocolate chippers with some chopped up toffee and added some sea salt sprinkles. Yum!
I actually made another variety of these cookies last week using M &Ms instead of toffee, and I must point out how adaptable this recipe is! They turn out so amazing every time and really are my perfect cookie. With all the creative experimental flavor combos I seem to try, I do always go back to the classic chocolate chip cookie. The best right? And the addition of buttery toffee and salt make it even more delicious.
PS- Guess who is getting married August 25th 2012!? It feels so wonderful to have set a date!
Chocolate Chip Toffee Cookies with Sea Salt
Ingredients
- 2 cups plus 2 tbsp. all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp. baking soda
- ½ tsp. salt
- 12 tbsp. unsalted butter, melted and cooled until warm
- 1 cup brown sugar, packed
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg plus 1 egg yolk
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1/2-3/4 cup chopped Toffee
- *optional- sea salt for sprinkling
Instructions
- Adjust oven racks to upper and lower-middle positions. Preheat oven 325°. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- Whisk dry ingredients together in a medium bowl; set aside.
- With electric mixer, or by hand, (I just use a whisk) mix butter and sugars until thoroughly combined. Beat in egg, yolk, and vanilla.
- Add dry ingredients and beat at low-speed just until combined. Stir in chocolate chips and toffee.
- Roll a scant half-cup of dough into a ball. Holding dough ball in fingertips of both hands, pull apart into two equal halves. Rotate halves 90 degrees and, with jagged surfaces facing up, place formed dough onto cookie sheet, leaving ample room between each ball.
- Sprinkle with sea salt.
- Bake, reversing position of cookie sheets halfway through baking, until cookies are light golden brown and outer edges start to harden yet centers are still soft and puffy (approximately 11-14 minutes). Do not overbake.
- Cool cookies on sheets until able to lift without breaking. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
Nutrition Information:
Serving Size: 1 gramsAmount Per Serving: Unsaturated Fat: 0g
Adapted from Baking Illustrated
Oooh these sound amazing! I love salted caramel, I bet salted toffee cookies are heavenly :)
I had the greatest time with my first ever swap, even if the packages for me were stolen :)
I am loving see all the results from the cookie swap and these sure do look tasty. You really can’t beat chocolate toffee and salt!
Congrats on your August date, great timing for super weather and lovely flowers-which are some of the keys to having an awesome wedding!
I love adding sea salt to cookies! So yummy :)
mmm your cookies sound awesome! and congrats on setting a date- so exciting!
I’m surpirsed yuo
I love this recipe, I always for chocolate chip cookies! They are so amazing, thick, chewy, delicious! These look just as amazing, I need to try the toffee :) Beautiful cookies!
I have never tried cookies with sea salt but I think I might give a try to this one soon. Thanks for sharing!
Yay! Major congrats on setting a date!
You just can’t go wrong with chocolate chip cookies, especially with fun mix-ins and a little sea salt. I’m sure the recipients loved them!
I know right? Thing is, I brought a lot of it home, and between then and making these I had about 5 other batches of treats floating around. :)
I loved these cookies! Thank you soooo much! I am so glad I found you through FB Cookie Swap!
Toffee in *anything* makes me giddy :). Love these!
I love your site…….awesome awesome recipes:)
Oh I love toffee & chocolate chips – one of my favorite cookies!
Congrats for setting the date! I love cookies, so keep up baking! :-)
I’m new at blogging. Any hints and tips for taking envening photos? Taking nice looking pics of the sweets are the tricky part for me. Yours are amazing. How do you do it?
First off – many congrats on getting married and having a date and all that exciting jazz :)
I was one of the very very very lucky recipents in the cookie swap to get these. And boy were they DELICIOUS! Seriously, good. They lasted only 2 days before they were devoured. Many many thanks!!
If you don’t have homemade toffee what kind would you recommend?? Would it be in the candy section or baking area? thanks :)
These sound absolutely delicious, what a great recipe!!
Heath Bar would be fine! I actually saw Heath Bar toffee bits sold with the chocolate chips at my grocery store, or you could just chop up a candy bar! :)
Aw so glad you liked them Allison! :)
Thanks so much!
To be honest- I rarely take evening photos. I normally take them late morning/early afternoon when there’s some nice light coming into my kitchen.
I have a Speedlite flash though, that I’ve used a few times successfully at night.
But 100% I prefer just waiting for that moment of good light. A pain I know…
Feel free to email with other questions!
I used the Heath Bar toffee bits – in the baking aisle by the choc chips. Came out GREAT.
Congrats!! And thanks! Love this recipe, the cookies came our gorgeous + delicious! I used toffee bits and sea salt – a great touch to a classic cookie.