The Infamous Jacques Torres Chocolate Chip Cookies

INGREDIENTS

2 cups

minus 2 tablespoons cake flour

1 2/3 cups

bread flour

1 1/2 tsp

baking powder

1 1/4 tsp

baking soda

1 1/2 tsp

coarse salt

2 1/2 sticks

unsalted butter, room temperature

1 1/4 cups

light brown sugar, packed

1 cup

plus 2 tablespoons granulated sugar

large eggs, room temperature

2 tsp

pure vanilla extract

1 1/3 lb

bittersweet chocolate disks or fèves, at least 60 percent cacao content

sea salt or fleur de sel, for sprinkling