Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies
These Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies are thin with crispy edges and a chewy center. Each cookie is loaded with rich, sweet chocolate chips and soft, gooey salted caramel. They will quickly become your new favorite cookies!
Servings: 36 cookies
Calories: 169kcal
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter (at room temperature)
- 1 cup brown sugar (packed)
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg (at room temperature)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup caramel bits (see notes)
- 1 tablespoon kosher or flake salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
- In an electric mixer, cream together the butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar.
- Add the egg, then the vanilla extract.
- Gradually add in the flour mixture until everything is well combine. The batter will be thick.
- Stir in the chocolate chips.
- Scoop out the dough by heaping tablespoons and roll into balls. Place each dough ball on a baking sheet about 2 inches apart. Cookies will spread as they bake.
- Press 4 or 5 caramel bits into the tops of each dough ball.
- Bake for 12-14 minutes, or until the caramel is melted and the bottoms of the cookies are golden brown. Remove from the oven and immediately sprinkle a tiny pinch of salt onto each cookie.
- Let cool several minutes before moving the cookies to a cooling rack.
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Notes
Tips and Techniques
- Use either Kraft caramel squares cut into smaller pieces or caramel baking bits. Whether's Soft Caramels will not work in this recipe.
- You can press extra chocolate chips into the tops of the cookie dough balls before baking to have more chocolate chips show on the tops of the cookies.
- Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature. Use within a week for best results.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 169kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 18mg | Sodium: 231mg | Potassium: 78mg | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 170IU | Calcium: 21mg | Iron: 1mg