Salted Chocolate Chunk Shortbread Cookies Recipe (with Video)

Name: Salted Chocolate Chunk Shortbread Cookies Recipe (with Video)
Ingredients: 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons/255 grams total salted butter (2¼ sticks), cold (room temperature if you're using a handheld mixer), cut into ½-inch pieces (see note); 1/2 cup/100 grams granulated sugar; 1/4 cup/55 grams light brown sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2 1/2 cups/325 grams all-purpose flour (see Tip); 6 ounces/170 grams semi-sweet or bittersweet dark chocolate, chopped (not too fine; you want chunks, not little shards); 1 large egg, beaten; Demerara sugar, for rolling; Flaky sea salt, for sprinkling

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These wildly popular cookies were developed by Alison Roman for her cookbook, “Dining In: Highly Cookable Recipes.” “I’ve always found chocolate chip cookies to be deeply flawed (to know this...

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Ingredients

1 cup plus 2 tablespoons/255 grams total salted butter (2¼ sticks), cold (room temperature if you're using a handheld mixer), cut into ½-inch pieces (see note)
1/2 cup/100 grams granulated sugar
1/4 cup/55 grams light brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups/325 grams all-purpose flour (see Tip)
6 ounces/170 grams semi-sweet or bittersweet dark chocolate, chopped (not too fine; you want chunks, not little shards)
1 large egg, beaten
Demerara sugar, for rolling
Flaky sea salt, for sprinkling