Salted Milk Chocolate Chunk Cherry Cookies

Using sea salt is the newest baking/cooking craze it seems.  I have seen more and more recipes that use some form of sea salt.  They talk about it a lot on the cooking competitions too.  On the baking championships they always talk about how salt enhances the flavor of sweets.  After making a couple of recipes and using extra sea salt I have to agree.  I bought some flake sea salt because when I used the coarse sea salt it didn't seem to mix as well.

These cookies get their final sprinkling of sea salt after they come out of the oven.

Once again use old fashioned oats.

Start with 2 sticks softened butter

1 1/2 cups brown sugar.  Mix well.

Add 2 eggs

2 Tablespoons vanilla

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt--make sure you use unsalted butter

1 3/4 cup all purpose flour.  Mix a little at a time.

1 3/4 cup old fashioned oats

I used the chocolate chunk pieces you can buy in a bag like chips. Rough chop them.

Add 1 cup of them to the batter.

1 cup dried cherries, rough chopped.

Scoop dough onto baking pan.  These are going to the freezer.  If you are making them to bake now you need to chill dough for 2 hours or you can put in the freezer for 15 minutes.  Then preheat oven to 350.  Bake 11-13 minutes.

When they come out of the oven, sprinkle with flake sea salt.

Enjoy.

Salted Milk Chocolate Chunk Cherry Cookies Recipe

2 sticks softened butter
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
2 eggs
2 Tablespoons vanilla
1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
1 3/4 cups old fashioned oats
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk chocolate chunks
1 cup dried cherries chopped

Chill dough.  Preheat oven to 350.  Bake for 11-13 minutes.  Sprinkle with sea salt.