Coffee Bean Cookies
**Coffee Bean Cookies:** PREP TIME: 5 mins CHILLING TIME: 1 hr COOK TIME: 12 mins TOTAL TIME: 1 hr 17 mins SERVINGS: 40 cookies ESTIMATED COST: $1.70
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoon freshly brewed coffee
- ⅓ c salted butter, softened to room temperature
- ⅔ c powdered sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 c cake flour\*
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
- \* If you don't have any cake flour handy, you can make your own substitute: Measure 1 cup of all purpose flour, then remove 2 Tbsp. Replace that 2 tablespoon of all purpose flour with 2 tablespoon of cornstarch and whisk together well.
Method
- 1
First, cream butter and powdered sugar.
- 2
Then whisk in the egg yolk, brewed coffee, and vanilla extract.
- 3
In a separate bowl, mix together the cake flour, cornstarch, and cocoa powder.
- 4
Slowly add dry to wet ingredients. The resulting batter will almost look like cake frosting.
- 5
Place the bowl in the fridge for 1 hour to chill, which will allow it to firm up a bit and be much easier to work with and form into coffee bean shapes.
- 6
Preheat oven to 325℉.
- 7
Using a teaspoon (a 1-tsp measuring spoon, not the one from your silverware drawer), measure out heaping teaspoonfuls of batter.
- 8
Roll the teaspoonfuls of batter between your hands, forming a ball.
- 9
Then, roll it back and forth once or twice, to form it into an oval.
- 10
Lightly press the ends with two fingers and place on a lined baking sheet.
- 11
Finally, using a toothpick, press lengthwise into the center of each cookie, about halfway down, to get that coffee bean appearance.
- 12
Bake for 12 minutes, then let cool and enjoy!
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