Chocolate Coffee Cookies Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Toast almonds in oven for 10 minutes or until brown.
• Dissolve coffee in 2 tablespoons hot water. In a separate small mixing bowl mix flour, baking soda and salt.
• Beat butter and sugar in an electric mixer at a medium speed until fluffy. Pour coffee, vanilla and eggs into the butter mixture; mix well. Reduce mixer's speed to low and slowly pour flour mixture into the butter mixture.
• Fold chocolate chips and almonds into the dough. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls onto an ungreased cookie sheet, 3 inches apart.
• Bake for 10 minutes.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in eggs and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture., Divide dough in half. Shape each into a disk; cover. Refrigerate 30 minutes or until firm enough to roll., Preheat oven to 350°. On a lightly floured surface, roll each portion of dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with floured 3-in. cookie cutters. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets., Bake 10-12 minutes or until set. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely., In a large bowl, combine confectioners' sugar, water, meringue powder and cream of tartar; beat on low speed just until blended. Beat on high until stiff peaks form, 1-2 minutes. Keep unused icing covered at all times with a damp cloth. If necessary, beat again on high speed to restore texture., Using pastry bags and small round tips, decorate cookies as desired. Let stand at room temperature until frosting is dry and firm., Freeze option: Freeze cookies, layered between waxed paper, in freezer containers. To use, thaw before serving.

Steps:

• Set oven to 350°.
• Set oven rack to second-lowest position.
• Prepare/grease a large cookie sheet.
• Cream sugars with butter and shortening (about 2 minutes).
• Beat in egg and maple extract.
• In a bowl, sift dry ingredients, and add to the creamed mixture; beat until combined.
• Add in the chocolate chips and nuts.
• Drop by tablespoonfuls onto a greased cookie sheet.
• Bake for 8-10 minutes (don't overbake!).
• Cool and remove to a wire rack.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, beat granulated and brown sugars, butter and egg with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon, until creamy. Stir in flour, 1 tablespoon coffee granules, the baking soda and salt. Stir in pecans and chocolate chunks.
• Drop dough by 1/4 cupfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased large cookie sheet.
• Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until golden brown and edges are set. Cool 4 minutes; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in small bowl, dissolve 1/2 teaspoon coffee granules in water. Stir in powdered sugar until smooth and thin enough to drizzle. Drizzle cooled cookies with Coffee Drizzle.

Steps:

• Sift together flour, coffee powder, salt and baking powder; set aside.
• Beat butter, brown sugar, and ¼ cup granulated sugar together until light and fluffy.
• Stir in flour mixture ½ cup at a time alternating with the cream.
• Cover, chill 3 to 3 1/2 hours.
• Heat oven to 375°F.
• Using approximately 3 tbsp for each, form dough into logs 3 inches long and 1 ½ inches in diameter.
• Place logs 2 inches apart on an ungreased baking sheet.
• Bake 8-10 minutes.
• Remove from baking sheet and cool on rack.
• In top of a double boiler combine the chocolate pieces, water and 2 tbsp sugar.
• Stir over hot water until chocolate melts.
• Add vanilla, remove from heat.
• Dip ends of each cookie into chocolate and then into chopped nuts.
• Place on wax paper until chocolate hardens.
• Store in air tight container.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350° and grease 3 or 4 baking sheets.
• In a bowl, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• In separate bowl, beat egg with coffee granules until dissolved. Gradually add to creamed mixture, beating well.
• Sift the flour, cornstarch and baking powder over mixture.
• Stir in to make a soft dough and knead lightly.
• On a floured surface, roll dough to a 1/8-inch thickness.
• With a 2-inch fluted cutter, cut out cookies and place on prepared baking sheets.
• Bake 10-15 minutes, until firm and lightly browned.
• Transfer cookies to wire racks to cool.
• Put the cooled, melted chocolate into a pastry bag and snip off end.
• Pipe parallel zigzag lines on half the cookies.
• For cookie filling: In bowl, beat butter and powdered sugar until smooth and creamy.
• In another bowl, mix egg yolk with coffee granules; add to creamed mixture and beat until smooth.
• Spread the filling on plain cookies and then sandwich together.
• Let cool in cool place until filling is firm.