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Cappuccino Melting Moments
Cappuccino melting moments are bite sized shortbread cookies that melt in your mouth!
Prep Time
25 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
Chill time
1 hr
Total Time
1 hr 36 mins
Servings: 40 cookies
Calories: 105 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 Tbsp instant espresso powder
- 1 cup flour
- 1/3 cup confectioner's sugar
- 3/4 cup cornstarch
frosting
- 11/4 cup confectioner's sugar
- 3 Tbs unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla bean paste or extract
- milk or cream for thinning
- cinnamon for dusting
Instructions
- Set oven to 350F
- Cream the butter and the espresso powder. Let the butter sit for 15 minutes to allow the espresso granules to dissolve a bit in the moisture of the butter. Beat again briefly.
- Add the rest of the ingredients and mix until the dough forms. Refrigerate for at least an hour, or until firm. You can leave it overnight and bake the next day if you want to.
- Scoop with a 1 inch scoop, or drop small mounds onto a parchment lined baking sheet. You want the cookies to be bite sized. Be sure your baking sheets are cool and not hot from the oven when you set out the dough.
- Bake for about 11-12 minutes until just lightly browned. Don't over bake.
- Let the cookies sit on the pan for a couple of minutes, then finish cooling them on a rack. They are delicate, so take care when removing them from the pan.
- To make the frosting, mix everything together into a spreadable frosting, adding just enough milk or cream for the right consistency.
- Frost the cooled cookies and dust with cinnamon.
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Notes
- Melting Moments are delicate, let them cool completely before frosting, and try not to handle them too much.
- These cookies are made with a shortbread type dough, and so have that unique crumbly texture and flour and butter flavor that distinguishes shortbread from other cookies.
Nutrition Information
Calories
105kcal
(5%)
Carbohydrates
14g
(5%)
Protein
0.4g
(1%)
Fat
5g
(8%)
Saturated Fat
3g
(15%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.2g
Monounsaturated Fat
1g
Trans Fat
0.2g
Cholesterol
14mg
(5%)
Sodium
1mg
(0%)
Potassium
10mg
(0%)
Fiber
0.1g
(0%)
Sugar
9g
(18%)
Vitamin A
168IU
(3%)
Calcium
2mg
(0%)
Iron
0.2mg
(1%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 40cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 105
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 105kcal | 5% |
| Carbohydrates | 14g | 5% |
| Protein | 0.4g | 1% |
| Fat | 5g | 8% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.2g | 1% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Trans Fat | 0.2g | 10% |
| Cholesterol | 14mg | 5% |
| Sodium | 1mg | 0% |
| Potassium | 10mg | 0% |
| Fiber | 0.1g | 0% |
| Sugar | 9g | 18% |
| Vitamin A | 168IU | 3% |
| Calcium | 2mg | 0% |
| Iron | 0.2mg | 1% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.