Hands up if you think Twitter is addictive? Now, wave your arms in the air like you just don’t care if you find Pinterest more addictive than chocolate? Just as I thought – that site is one helluva a rabbit hole. I always find inspiration and great baking ideas but I spend yonks of time going off on all sorts of fab tangents.
Pinterest lead me to this delish recipe for sea salted toffee chocolate chip cookies from the beautiful website farmgirlgourmet.com – here’s the original http://www.farmgirlgourmet.com/2013/04/toffee-chocolate-chip-cookies.html
This is yet another salty/sweet biscuit [or cookie] and everyone who tried one loved it. I think I prefer this to the pretzel biscuit I recently blogged.
I was lucky enough to be sent some toffee chips from my lovely Canadian cousin-in-law Heather. In Australia perhaps you could substitute caramel bits, available in the baking aisle.
I did reduce the amount of sugar, choc chips and toffee chips from the original, and changed the use of flour to plain white flour rather than whole wheat.
GATHER:
¾ cup brown sugar
¼ cup white sugar
150g dark choc chips
2 eggs
3 cups plain flour
200g dark choc chips
125g toffee or caramel chips
225g butter, diced, at room temperature
Best quality sea salt
LET’S GET TO IT:
Preheat oven to 170C and line two baking sheets with baking paper.
In bowl of electric mixer beat both sugars and butter until pale, about two minutes.
Add eggs, one at a time, until well combined, then add flour.
Tip in choc and toffee bits and beat on lowest speed until just combined.
Using a tablespoon place a dollop of batter of prepared sheet and gently flatten using a fork dipped in flour.
Sprinkle over sea salt then bake for 12-ish minutes, until just cooked.
Place on wire rack to cool.
the hungry mum 
That seriously looks SO awesome. *wants some right now with a cuppa*
Oh, gosh. You’re such a great one woman cheer squad Awanthi 🙂 I may or may not have some sitting on the bench as I type 🙂
Oh yum! I’m sitting here stuffed post-dinner party and I STILL think I could manage one of your gorgeous biscuits!
There’s always room for dessert 🙂
i definitely know what you mean about going off on tangents on pinterest! these cookies look delish!
It should def come with a warning [pinterest, not the bickies] ;0
This looks great! I want to try it!
Cheers! Hope you do try it – let me know x
Wow–lovely. I always appreciate toffee chips and it’s fun to see them in a traditional cookie dough. lol pinterest as a “rabbit hole”–I don’t go there for that reason. These blogs are a deep enough void (though an informational one 🙂 ) as it is.Thanks for sharing. Maybe I can “pinterest” (is it officially a verb yet?) through you 😉
Good idea – stay away from Pinterest [except if you’re Pinning me, of couse :)]
There’s just so much to like about these cookies. I bet they don’t last a long time — unless you hide them. 🙂
Thanks 🙂 Hiding is a great idea – my kids eat FAR too many baked goods!
Love the combination of sweet and salty. These look fabulous!
Sweet & salty is THE best 🙂
So glad you enjoyed this recipe. They sure are addictive!! Thanks fo the link back as well!! Happy baking!
Thanks for the wonderful blog & inspiration!
Yes, please!
*passes plate* There you go 🙂
oh dear oh dear. I don’t think I can bear the deliciousness of this recipe!!
Hehehe! Try ’em – bet you’ll love ’em x
They look as delicious as I’m sure they taste! Just finished a hearty winter caserole dinner and am hungry again looking at those…
Ta Adsoes 🙂 I do love me a chip, be it choc or other.
Wire rake? From the garage?oh, ok.
I could get lost in pinterest for hours! loving these cookies 🙂
Isn’t it dangerous!? Thanks Sara – they’d be a doddle for you to make 🙂
Yum! These look, and sound, sooooooo yummy! Thanks for sharing 😀
Cheers Carla – they are pretty good 🙂
Hi! I nominated you for the Liebster Award!
http://tastytreats13.wordpress.com/2013/05/09/liebster-award/
HungryMum, you have made my stomach growl once again. This looks like the perfect flavor combination!
hehehe! Thanks 🙂
These cookies look so totally addictive 😀
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Thank you! Love that you love my baking 🙂
These look amazing! Can’t wait to try!
Thanks 🙂 Let me know what you think of them when you make them.
So many recipes, so little time! Can’t wait to try these, though my hips say differently!
I know – I have a pinterest board called ‘to bake’ and I am always adding to it! Thanks for stopping by 🙂
I made these beautiful cookies & they rocked my taste buds! Ooh yeah!!!
Oh yes, right with you on the PInterest addiction. The great irony with Pinterest is that one spends so much time being inspired that there is little time left to actually create (or bake)!
These cookies look lovely, especially as they contain 3 of my favourite ingredients – choc, salt and caramel.
I’ve been trying to stay away from Pinterest lately but it is so hard to resist its siren call… and yes! Al the time looking when one could be baking. Hope you get a chance to make these 🙂