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Chocolate chip and sea salt cookies

20/3/2020

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Chocolate Chips Cookies with Fleur de Sel Recipe
I recently posted a photo of my delicious chocolate chip and sea salt cookies on instagram and almost immediately got quite a few comments asking me for the recipe. So, here it is!
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I originally scheduled this post and recipe to publish earlier this week. And then, with the current events, I got anxious: 'is this too trivial to post a cookies recipe like if nothing else is going on?', 'will I?', 'should I?' and on and on...
And you know what? I remembered that when I get really stressed or anxious (exactly where I am at these days), one of the things that help me cope among others is cooking. I find that preparing food puts my mind at ease. And somehow, I feel like I am not the only one.

In the meantime, let's bake some cookies! I have a few pointers below about how bicarbonate of soda is important etc. Let's face it, we won't all have the exact ingredients we need at the moment. Use baking powder if you don't have a choice, the cookies will be a little denser but delicious all the same. No chocolate? Chopped nuts will do. 

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The story behind those delicious cookies is actually one of trials and errors. And mostly, one big error. 
I made many batches of chocolate chip cookies over the years. They were always very tasty but I never quite reached the point where they are perfectly chewy in the centre and crispy on the edges. They would not really even spread on the baking tray and become dense cookies that were hard the next day.
And would you like to know why? That is because I skipped the part where you add bicarbonate of soda (or baking soda in the US) to the recipe. Every single time!
Well, after this delicious batch of beautiful chewy cookies, I will not be repeating that mistake again.

A little bit of cookie science here (well, at least I will try to explain it with my own words): the bicarbonate of soda mixed with an acid will make the dough rise when baking and in the case of cookies, it will give that lovely chewy texture. Without it, you will have dense cookies (believe me, I have years of experience baking and eating those). The acid for the cookies recipe is the light brown sugar (or light muscovado like I used) so do not replace with ordinary sugar or skip it either if you are after that chewy in the middle and crispy on the edges finish. 
And yes, I hear you: "oh but can I maybe replace the bicarbonate of soda with baking powder?" Been there, done that. It's just not the same and you will end up with denser cookies that don't spread on the baking tray. 

So guess what I am doing this weekend? Yes, I will be baking chocolate chip and fleur de sel cookies (and renovating the house we just bought, but that's a story for another time).

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So, are you more into chewy or dense cookies? Have you also been skipping baking soda and just had an 'aaahhh' moment?
If you make the cookies recipe below, share a photo on instagram and tag me so I can see the result!
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Chocolate Chips Cookies with Fleur de Sel Recipe
Chocolate Chips Cookies with Fleur de Sel Recipe
Chocolate Chips Cookies with Fleur de Sel Recipe
Chocolate Chips Cookies with Fleur de Sel Recipe
Chocolate Chips Cookies with Sea Salt Recipe
Chocolate Chips Cookies with Sea Salt Recipe
Chocolate Chip and Sea Salt Cookies Recipe (Vegetarian)
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