Salted Chocolate Chip Cookies with Coconut Sugar + Giveaway!

Hello!  Happy Tuesday!  I'm still here!  With child!  Faking enthusiasm!  Baking cookies!

Baking very, very tasty cookies, I might add.  Recently, I was sent some wonderful products from Madhava Natural Sweeteners - products that provide alternatives to highly processed sugars and artificial sweeteners.  Pure Honey, Agave Nectar in all sorts of flavors (including vanilla and maple) and Organic Coconut Sugar.  I was particularly interested in trying out the sugar, which is described as mild and sweet in flavor, gluten free, vegan and the perfect all-natural one-to-one replacement for refined sugars.  Baking time!  More exclamation marks!

I tried it out in a basic chocolate chip cookie recipe, adding some flaked sea salt on top because that makes everything better.  I substituted granulated sugar with coconut sugar but still added some organic brown sugar resulting in THE softest cookie I've ever tasted.  And because the coconut sugar is milder, it's not overly sweet.  Of course I added buckets of chocolate chips - but it's all about balance, right?  

*Update: the coconut sugar does not = coconut flavor, FYI*

Salted Chocolate Chip Cookies with Coconut Sugar

(Makes 2 dozen)
Printable Recipe

1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temp
3/4 cup Madhava Organic Coconut Sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 large eggs
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 1/4 cups bread flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 1/2 cups chocolate chips
Sea salt for sprinkling on top

Preheat oven to 375.  In a bowl with an electric mixer, cream together butter and both sugars until smooth.  Add vanilla and eggs, and beat until combined.  In a separate bowl, whisk together flours, baking soda and salt.  Add to wet ingredients and beat until just combined.  Stir in chocolate chips.  Drop by rounded spoonful (or I like to use an ice cream scooper) onto parchment-lined baking sheets.  Sprinkle with sea salt.  Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until just golden around the edges.

Now for the Giveaway!
Madhava is giving away a basket, $50 in value, that will include Organic Light, Amber and Raw Agave, Organic Coconut Sugar Shaker, Organic Raspberry, Maple and Vanilla Agave, Ambrosia Honey, Limited Edition Glass Honey Bear and Single Serve Packets of Coconut Sugar and Honey.
That's a lot of products, my friends...

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