Ingredients

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • About 2 1/2 teaspoons sea salt, divided
  • 10 ounces unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 1 cup vanilla sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 12 ounces bitter chocolate chips, or bitter chocolate cut in very small pieces

Method

  • Preheat the oven to 375.
  • Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
  • Sift together onto a piece of waxed paper the flour, the soda, and one half teaspoon of the salt.
  • In a large bowl, whisk together the butter and the sugar until it is light and pale yellow.
  • Whisk in the eggs one at a time until thoroughly blended.
  • Whisk in the vanilla, then stir in the flour just until it is blended.
  • Stir in the chocolate chips or pieces and mix until they are evenly distributed throughout the dough.
  • Drop the dough by tablespoons full onto the prepared baking sheets.
  • Sprinkle each with a generous pinch of sea salt.
  • Bake in the center of the oven until the cookies are golden, about 12 minutes.
  • Remove from the oven and let sit on the baking sheets for about 4 minutes to allow the cookies, which are fragile, to firm up, then slide them onto a cooling rack.