Coffee Cookies

Name: Coffee Cookies
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 16 min
Total time: 26 min
Yield: 40 cookies
Ingredients: 1 cup unsalted butter, slightly softened; 1 1/4 cups sugar; 1/2 cup instant coffee powder; 2 tablespoons vanilla extract; 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 3 egg yolks; 2 1/2 cups cake flour, plus; 3 teaspoons cake flour

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Recipe by Schweik

I have had this recipe since 1984. It originall came from a Paul Prudhomme cookbook (Louisiana Kitchen).

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READY IN: 26mins

YIELD: 40 cookies

UNITS: US

INGREDIENTS

Nutrition

1

cup unsalted butter, slightly softened
1 ¹⁄₄

cups sugar
¹⁄₂

cup instant coffee powder
2

tablespoons vanilla extract
1 ¹⁄₂

teaspoons vanilla extract
3

egg yolks
2 ¹⁄₂

cups cake flour, plus
3

teaspoons cake flour

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Cream the butter with an electric mixer on high speed until smooth (about 1 minute). Add sugar and beat on high until thouroughly blended (another minute).
In a separate bowl, mix the coffee powder, vanilla and egg yolks until the coffee is dissolved. Thoughoughly blend this into the butter/sugar mixture. Then add the flour and mix on high until well blened, about 1 to 2 minutes, scraping the sides of the bowl. Drop by the teaspoonful 1 1/2 to 2 inches apart onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake until lightly browned on the edges, about 16 to 18 minutes. Cool on the cookie sheet until they start to harden (about 3 to 5 minutes) and finish cooling on a wire rack. Store in an airtight container.

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