Espresso Cookie
User Reviews
5
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Prep Time
25 mins
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Cook Time
20 mins
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Additional Time
2 hrs
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Total Time
2 hrs 45 mins
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Servings
22 cookies
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Calories
187 kcal
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Course
Baked Goods
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Cuisine
American
Espresso Cookie
Description
Espresso Cookie starts by creaming room temperature salted butter and sugar for a smooth base. The espresso powder is mixed in to deliver coffee essence throughout the dough. Flour is then incorporated to form the structure. The dough is chilled for two hours, which helps develop texture and eases handling for rolling and cutting into cookies approximately 3 inches in diameter.
Baking at 350°F for 20 minutes on a silicone baking mat yields a cookie with a tender but firm crumb that balances buttery richness with coffee notes. Cooling on the mat helps maintain shape and prevents sticking. Melting white baking chips provides an optional decorative drizzle for half the cookie batch, enhancing flavor and visual appeal.
These cookies can be served as a snack or dessert, particularly for coffee lovers seeking a mild espresso flavor in a baked treat.
The notes indicate that the amount of chocolate chips is enough to decorate half the yield and that the melting time for white chips varies by microwave wattage.
Ingredients
- 12 oz all-purpose flour
- 8 oz butter room temperature, salted
- 4 oz sugar
- 4 tsp espresso powder
- 3 oz semi sweet chocolate chips optional
- 2 oz white baking chips optional
- 1 tbsp coffee beans optional, roasted
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 white and semi-sweet chocolate quantities are intended to cover about half of the cookie batch for a decorative effect.
- Adjust white chocolate melting time based on your microwave's wattage to avoid burning.
- Chilling dough before rolling is essential for easier handling and better cookie texture.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 22cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 187 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1cookie | |
| Calories | 187kcal | 9% |
| Carbohydrates | 21g | 7% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 11g | 17% |
| Saturated Fat | 7g | 35% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.5g | 3% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Trans Fat | 0.3g | 15% |
| Cholesterol | 23mg | 8% |
| Sodium | 69mg | 3% |
| Potassium | 55mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 8g | 16% |
| Vitamin A | 260IU | 5% |
| Vitamin C | 0.01mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 13mg | 1% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
User Reviews
Overall Rating
5
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