Chocolate Sea Salt Cookies
These Chocolate Sea Salt Cookies are essentially a brownie in cookie form. Inspired by the IMPACT Kitchen cookies of the same name, these cookies are gluten-free, fudgy, and perfectly chewy, like an edge piece of brownie. After having the IMPACT Kitchen version, I knew I had to develop my own recipe to make at home.
Table of Contents
- Ingredients for Chocolate Sea Salt Cookies
- Equipment
- Step One—Melt the Chocolate
- Step Two—Prepare the Cookie Dough
- Step Three—Chill the Cookie Dough
- Step Four—Portion the Cookie Dough
- Step Five—Bake, Sprinkle with Salt, & Cool the Cookies
- More Gluten-Free Cookie Recipes
- Chocolate Sea Salt Cookie Recipe
Ingredients for Chocolate Sea Salt Cookies
To make these cookies, you will need the following ingredients:
- 145 grams (1 cup) 60% cocoa chocolate
- 170 grams (3/4 cup) salted butter, at room temperature
- 110 grams (1 cup) coconut palm sugar
- 1 large egg, at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 150 grams (1½ cups) blanched almond flour
- 60 grams (1/2 cup) tapioca starch
- 24 grams (1/4 cup) cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- Flaky salt
Equipment
- Digital kitchen scale
- Stand mixer or electric hand mixer
- Glass or metal mixing bowl
- #24 cookie scoop (3 tablespoons)
- Half sheet pan
- Cooling rack
Step One—Melt the Chocolate
Instead of chopping up the chocolate and folding it into the cookie dough like a classic chocolate chip cookie, for this recipe the chocolate gets melted and then folded into the dough.
Roughly chop the chocolate and add it to a small glass or metal mixing bowl. Select a pot that the bowl nests into. You want the bowl to hover over the water, not touch it. Heat the pot over medium-low heat to melt the chocolate. Once the chocolate is melted, remove it from the heat to cool while you prepare the cookie dough.
Step Two—Prepare the Cookie Dough
In the bowl of a stand mixer fixed with the paddle attachment, cream the butter until light and fluffy. Add the coconut sugar and beat until combined. Beat in the egg followed by the vanilla. Stop the mixer and scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed. Alternatively, this can be done in a large mixing bowl using an electric handheld mixer.
In a medium mixing bowl, sift together the almond flour, tapioca starch, cocoa powder, and baking soda. Whisk well to combine the ingredients. Pour the dry ingredients into the bowl of the mixer along with the wet ingredients. Mix on medium-low until just combined.
Using a baking spatula, fold the melted chocolate into the cookie dough until fully incorporated. Fold in the apple cider vinegar.
Step Three—Chill the Cookie Dough
The dough for these cookies is essentially a brownie batter, so to get the cookies to keep their form as they bake, we need to chill the dough in advance. This is a critical step and cannot be skipped!
After you’ve folded the chocolate and apple cider vinegar into the dough, transfer the cookie dough to the fridge to chill for 45 minutes.
Step Four—Portion the Cookie Dough
Preheat the oven to 350°F and line a half sheet pan with parchment paper. Using a #24 cookie scoop (3 tablespoon size), portion the dough into 16 balls. Roll each ball of dough between your palms until they are nicely rounded.
Step Five—Bake, Sprinkle with Salt, & Cool the Cookies
Place the balls of cookie dough on the lined half sheet, leaving two inches between each cookie. I can usually fit eight cookies on a half sheet. Bake for 12 minutes, rotating the pan halfway through cooking. The cookies are ready once they have flattened and have a cracked surface. I like to put the remaining balls of cookie dough back in the fridge to stay cool while the first batch bakes.
Remove the cookies from the oven and allow them to cool on the pan for five minutes. This step is crucial! If the cookies are not given adequate time to rest and cool, they will fall apart, so don’t skip this step. Sprinkle a generous amount of flaky salt over the cookies. After five minutes, transfer the cookies to a cooling rack to cool completely. Repeat with the remaining cookie dough.
More Gluten-Free Cookie Recipes
If you loved this Chocolate Sea Salt Cookie recipe, be sure to try these other delicious gluten-free cookie recipes:
Strawberry Oat Matcha Latte Cookies
Marbled Miso Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Brown Butter Ginger Molasses Cookies
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Feel free to leave any questions, comments, or reviews below. I love to hear from you!
Chocolate Sea Salt Cookies
Equipment
- Digital kitchen scale
- Stand mixer or electric hand mixer
- Glass or metal mixing bowl
- #24 (medium) cookie scoop (3 tablespoons)
- Half sheet pan
- Cooling rack
Ingredients
- 145 grams 60% cocoa chocolate (1 cup)
- 170 grams salted butter, at room temperature (3/4 cup)
- 110 grams coconut palm sugar (1 cup)
- 1 large egg, at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 150 grams blanched almond flour (1½ cups)
- 60 grams tapioca starch (1/2 cup)
- 24 grams cocoa powder (1/4 cup)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- Flaky sea salt
Instructions
- Roughly chop the chocolate and add it to a small glass or metal mixing bowl. Select a pot that the bowl nests into. You want the bowl to hover over the water, not touch it. Heat the pot over medium-low heat to melt the chocolate. Once the chocolate is melted, remove it from the heat to cool while you prepare the cookie dough.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fixed with the paddle attachment, cream the butter until light and fluffy. Add the coconut sugar and beat until combined. Beat in the egg followed by the vanilla. Stop the mixer and scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed.
- In a medium mixing bowl, sift together the almond flour, tapioca starch, cocoa powder, and baking soda. Whisk well to combine the ingredients.
- Pour the dry ingredients into the bowl of the mixer along with the wet ingredients. Mix on medium-low until just combined.
- Using a baking spatula, fold the melted chocolate into the cookie dough until fully incorporated. Fold in the apple cider vinegar.
- Transfer the cookie dough to the fridge to chill for 45 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and line a half sheet pan with parchment paper. Using a #24 cookie scoop (3 tablespoon size), portion the dough into 16 balls. Roll each ball of dough between your palms until they are nicely rounded.
- Place the balls of cookie dough on the lined half sheet, leaving two inches between each cookie. I can usually fit eight cookies on a half sheet. Bake for 12 minutes, rotating the pan halfway through cooking. The cookies are ready once they have flattened and have a cracked surface. I like to put the remaining balls of cookie dough back in the fridge to stay cool while the first batch bakes.
- Remove the cookies from the oven and allow them to cool on the pan for five minutes. This step is crucial! Sprinkle a generous amount of flaky salt over the cookies. After five minutes, transfer the cookies to a cooling rack to cool completely. Repeat with the remaining cookie dough.
