Espresso Cookie

Enjoy an Espresso Cookie anytime, anywhere! A thin, crisp butter shortbread cookie flecked with espresso flakes. Decorate them or leave them plain, either way, they’ll melt in the mouth good!

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Prep Time 25

Cook Time 20

Resting time 2

Total Time 2 45

Course Baking

Cuisine American

Servings cookies

Calories 187 kcal

Equipment

1 Stand Mixer
2 Silpat mat

Ingredients

12 oz all purpose flour
8 oz salted butter room temperature
4 oz sugar
4 tsp espresso powder
3 oz semi sweet chocolate chips optional
2 oz white baking chips optional
1 tbsp roasted coffee beans optional

Instructions

Place the butter and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer and mix well on medium.
When well blended, add espresso powder.
Then add flour, and mix until blended.
Form together into a ball and place on a board.
Cut the dough ball into 2.
Wrap in plastic film and chill in the refrigerator for 2 hours to rest.
On a Silpat baking sheet, roll the chilled dough out until it is about ¼ inch thick.
Using a cookie cutter of choice, (mine is 3 inches in diameter), cut cookies in the dough.
Peel away (remove) the surrounding dough. Use the leftover dough for more cookies. Repeat steps 7-9 until all the dough has been used. Bake in a pre heated 350 degrees F oven for 20 minutes.
Allow the cookies to cool. There is no need to transfer them to a cooling rack. Keep them on the Silpat mat.
Melt the white baking chips in the microwave for about 20 seconds (timing will depend on the wattage of your microwave). If the chips have not melted fully, continue melting them by adding 5 seconds each time. Do the same with the semi sweet chocolate chips. When both 'chocolates' have melted, spread the chocolate onto the surface of the cookies to decorate them. Add a few Espresso beans on top.

Notes

The quantity of white and semi sweet chocolates in this recipe is enough to decorate half the yield of cookies.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cookieCalories: 187kcalCarbohydrates: 21gProtein: 2gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.5gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 23mgSodium: 69mgPotassium: 55mgFiber: 1gSugar: 8gVitamin A: 260IUVitamin C: 0.01mgCalcium: 13mgIron: 1mg

Keyword Coffee treat, comfort food, giftable food, Sweet treat