The BEST Salted chocolate chip cookies

I know, I keep finding new recipes that are the BEST chocolate chip cookies.

The truth is, there are just a lot of good chocolate chip cookies out there!

Mixing things like butter and sugar and chocolate is just sure to make a really, really good thing.

And hot out of the oven cookies are heaven-sent.

I grew up looking for the best recipes. And there are so many good ones these days!

I have my regular favorites:

• Chocolate Chip Levain Copycat
• Chocolate Chocolate Chip Levain Copycat
• Ranger Cookies

But a couple weeks ago Grace sent me a copycat recipe for our favorite La Grande Orange salted chocolate chip cookies and oh boy.

I mean, OH BOY.

This recipe is very blog worthy.

Believe me, you will want to keep it just like I did.

La Grande Orange is this funky little grocery/cafe here in the desert and I am always and forever ready to make a special trip just for the salted chocolate chip cookie they make there.

So a copycat recipe? Sign me up!

This cookie has the perfect amount of soft and crispy texture, with a little oatmeal added in for a little extra umph to your bite. And then a little salt to add the savor to the sweet?

Incredible.

So here you go: a gift for your Thursday (adapted with a few small edits from Barefeet in the Kitchen):

La Grande Orange Salted Chocolate Chip Cookie Copycat Recipe

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 16 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Ingredients

  

• 1 3/4 c. brown sugar
• 1 c. melted butter
• 1 egg
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 Tbs. vanilla
• 2 c. flour
• 1 c. old fashioned rolled oats
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. kosher salt
• 2 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips or chopped chocolate bar
• flaked sea salt for dusting the cookie tops after cooking (see notes below)

Instructions

 

• Mix the melted butter and sugar in a mixer on high until slightly fluffy (approx. 4 minutes)
• Let that mixture cool a tad and add the eggs and vanilla. Beat again.
• Add the dry ingredients all together, including the oatmeal, and mix them together a little. Then turn on the mixer to mix wet with dry until just combined (my alternative to getting another bowl dirty to mix dry ingredients first:)
• Mix in chocolate chips.
• Refrigerate for at least an hour, but I recommend overnight if possible.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Measure out large balls of dough (think golf ball size) and place them on parchment paper. These will spread out a bit, so make sure they have space between your dough balls. The recipe calls for only three to a pan, but I could fit six.
• Bake for 15 minutes. Sprinkle with salt immediately after you take the cookies out. Let them cool on the pan for at least a couple minutes.

Notes

Le Guerandais is the brand of sea salt I use and it’s so good! It’s a little pricey but will last a LONG time!

Keyword Cookies

It’s best to let the cookies sit on the hot pan for a few minutes before transferring to a baking rack.

Happy cookie making!! Enjoy an extra one for me!