Mocha Brownie Cookies With Coffee Frosting

Submitted by CoffeeB

"This recipe is from a Gooseberry Patch cookbook. They are absolutely wonderful. I actually use a little less cocoa in the frosting than it calls for, but feel free to adjust according to how chocolaty you like it."

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Yields: 1 1/2 dozen

ingredients

• 6 tablespoons butter
• 1 1⁄2 ounces squares unsweetened baking chocolate, melted
• 6 tablespoons buttermilk
• 1⁄3 teaspoon baking soda
• 3⁄4 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup flour
• 2 tablespoons flour

• Coffee Frosting

• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 1⁄4 cup baking cocoa
• 4 tablespoons butter, softened
• 1⁄3 cup brewed coffee

directions

1. Combine all ingredients in order listed, mix well.
2. Drop by tbsp onto ungreased baking sheets.
3. Bake at 350°F for 10 minutes.
4. Cook and frost.

5. For frosting:

6. Combine first 3 ingredients.
7. Gradually blend in coffee until desired spreading consistency is reached.

Reviews

[FLUFFSTER]

Sue! These are amazing! Absolutely delicious! My neighbor has been ehelping me bake this week, so it's really been cookie chaos! It's been a lot of fun. The frosting is unbelievable! My girlfriend, who's helping me bake, made one batch of these and I made another. But between our hubbys, they were flying off of the cooling racks faster than I could count! I wanted to get a count on them, but no luck! lol Fabulous cookie Sue!! Made for a KK forum event!! 24 Days of Cookies

 

[White Rose Child]

How could I have almost forgotten to rate these? Very easily, that's how - out of sight (that is, devoured), out of mind! But my relatives and I adored these for a Friday night treat. I used vegan ingredients and the only thing I would add (and it might be just the veganization) is that they need to be flattened on the sheet. The ones I simply dropped took a very long time to bake and didn't spread that well. Second batch, pressed with a fork, came out more nicely. This is a keeper - iced cookies, imagine! Thanks very much for posting!

 

[laura_brehm]

What a great recipe! I wanted to make brownies, but was looking for something different than your standard brownie recipe. These really did the trick! Thanks for posting!

 

[GaylaV]

These are some exceptional cookies to survive my mistakes tonight! I have never had such a bad night as I have had tonight in nearly 40 years baking. I grabbed the wrong measuring spoon and added in 1&1/2 tsp. baking powder instead of 1 tsp. I think I can taste the baking powder but I doubt you really can. Then I went on to make the frosting. I was making it in the mixer and was just turning it off to add in the coffee and turned it to high instead. I had chocolatey, buttery sugar EVERYWHERE!! So I am not sure of ratio of coffee to other ingredients but I added enough for a nice spreading consistency. The frosting really does make the cookies special. I have 2 suggestions: use strong coffee and you may need to grease your cookie sheet, it worked much better for me when I did!! Thanks for the recipe. I will try this one again but start earlier in the day!

 

[SweetsLady]

These are really yummy! It took me a little longer to bake, but they came out great. I only did half of the frosting that that was plenty. The frosting is the best part!! I kept in all the cocoa as we love chocolate! Thanks, Coffeebarista!