Do you sprinkle sea salt on cookies before or after baking?

Sea salt is generaly sprinkled on cookies before baking, they will stick better to the dough and become an integral part of the cookies.

How do you get sea salt to stay on cookies?

Use Flaky Sea Salt such as fleur de sel or Maldon sea salt, tends to adhere better to the cookies due to its texture.

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Recipe for sea salt chocolate chip cookies , soft and chewy texture with chocolate chip (for about 12 cookies)

120 g (1/2 cup or 1 stick + 1tsp) Butter unsalted and softened or melted and cooled
100 g (1/2 cup) Sugar granulated
50 g (1/4 cup) Brown sugar or light brown sugar
1 egg room temperature
1 tsp vanilla extra
200 g (1 1/3 cup) Flour - all-purpose
1 tbsp baking soda - (6 g)
1/2 tsp baking soda
3 pinches Sea salt
150 g (3/4 cup) Chocolate chips - semi-sweet or chocolate chunks

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Place softened and unsalted butter white granulated sugar and brown sugar in a large container and beat with a hand whisk or a hand mixer for about 2-3 minutes.
Then add the egg and vanilla extract and continue beating for another 1 minute.
Gradually stir in the dry ingredients, all-purpose flour, baking soda and baking powder and sea salt and mix with a wooden spoon.
Finish by adding the chocolate chips and mix gently, just enough for the chocolate to cling to the dough.
Leave the dough chill for at least 2 hours in the fridge.
Preheat your oven to 350°F / 180°C and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
Take the cookie dough out of the fridge and using a tablespoon or an ice cream scoop, form balls of dough and place them on the baking tray at about 2 inch / 5 cm intervals.
Sprinkle sea salt on top of the cookie dough balls.
Bake for about 15-17 min depending on the diameter of your cookies until golden on top but still soft in the center.
Let your chocolate chip cookies cool down a bit before moving them from the baking sheet then let them cool completely on a wire rack.

Storage: Approximately 1 week at room temperature in a covered storage box or up to 3 months in the freezer.

Replace white sugar with light brown sugar or use only brown sugar in the recipe.
If you don't have time to let them sit in the fridge, then immediately form them into balls and place them in the freezer for 15 minutes before baking.
You can use salted butter directly, in this case remove the sea salt from the ingredients to avoid having too salty chocolate chip cookies.

Find it online: https://sweetlycakes.com/en/chocolate-chip-cookies/