Eggless Coffee Crisps
Eggless Coffee Crisps
Ingredients
- 2-1/2 cups of flour
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup softened butter
- 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons instant coffee granules dissolved in 2 teaspoons hot water
Instructions
- Mix flour, cinnamon & salt in a separate bowl, beat butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the dissolved coffee.
- With the mixer on low speed gradually mix in flour mixture until blended.
- On wax paper shape dough into 2 blocks about 8" long by 1-1/2 inches square.
- Wrap and chill for at least 4 hours until firm enough to slice.
- Heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Slice dough into 1/2" slices and place on ungreased cookie sheets 1 inch apart.
- Bake 12 to 14 minutes until light golden brown and firm.
- Remove to racks to cool.
- Glaze
- teaspoons instant Coffee granules dissolved into 4 teaspoons hot water
- cup confectionery sugar
- Mix until smooth and drizzle over cookies.
Notes
If you can get chocolate covered coffee beans, place one in the center of each cookie, using a drop of glaze as glue.
*Chocolate coffee beans can be expensive and after much searching last year the beans that I did find (at the mall) looked a little old to me. So as an alternative I used those new premium M&M's in mocha flavor. They worked out nicely.
*Chocolate coffee beans can be expensive and after much searching last year the beans that I did find (at the mall) looked a little old to me. So as an alternative I used those new premium M&M's in mocha flavor. They worked out nicely.
