salted mocha cookies!

i made these cookies w/ debbie for her bday.  they were gooooood!  i highly recommend them :)

salted mocha cookies!
from bake your day

ingredients:

2 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
3/4 tsp. Maldon Sea Salt + more for sprinkling
3/4 cup Dutch-process cocoa powder
1 cup butter, room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup brown sugar, packed
2 eggs
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
3 ounces dark chocolate, chopped (I used Scharffen Berger Mocha Dark Chocolate)
3 tsp. instant coffee granules
Additional flaky sea salt for sprinkling

directions:

Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Line three large cookie sheets with parchment paper or Silpat liners and set aside.

In a large bowl, mix the flour, baking soda, salt and cocoa powder until combined. Set aside.

In the bowl of a stand mixer, fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugars together until creamy, about 2 minutes. Add the eggs, one at a time and then mx in the vanilla and mix until very fluffy and no streaks of fat remain. Scrape down the bowl. Add in the dry ingredients and mix just until combined. Add in the dark chocolate and instant coffee granules and mix for no more than 10 seconds.

Drop the cookie dough onto the prepared cookie sheets using a small cookie scoop (or by heaping tablespoon-full) and place about 2 inches apart. Sprinkle generously with sea salt. Bake for 9-10 minutes until the cookies have puffed up, spread and then flattened.