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Dark chocolate cookies infused with espresso powder.  Once you’ve had one you will be craving a plateful!!!  They are really easy to make, and since they are a cut-out cookie they can be made in any shape you want.  Aren’t the plain round ones so fun though???

Here’s how to make them:  (printable recipe)

INGREDIENTS: (makes 36 medium cookies)

• 2 sticks (1 cup) butter, softened
• 1 1/2cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3 teaspoons instant Espresso Powder
  
• 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 3 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

DIRECTIONS:

• Cream together butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl.
• Mix in eggs and then cocoa.
• Place vanilla and Espresso Powder together in a small cup until coffee dissolves.  Add this mixture to the batter and mix until completely incorporated.
• Gradually add dry ingredients and mix until smooth (use clean hands at the end, to knead into a soft ball of dough)
• Wrap in plastic and chill for at least one hour.
• Allow cookie dough to soften a little at room temperature
• Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
• Roll out cookie dough on floured counter.  
• Cut into desired shapes and place on a parchment-lined baking sheet.  
• Bake for 8 to 11 minutes until the edges are firm.
• Gently slide parchment paper off of cookie sheet and onto a flat surface.  Cool completely before removing cookies from paper.

You can serve these cookies plain, or with a little cocoa powder sprinkled on top, or you can ice them.

I iced these with royal icing that I added a little espresso powder to.

For my royal icing recipe and techniques, click here.

To get the tiny heart shape at the center I used a little melted chocolate.  While the icing is still liquid, pipe a little circle just a bit above the center of the cookie.  Use a tooth pick to pull down through the icing and the chocolate, making a heart.  Allow the icing and chocolate to harden completely.  Enjoy!!

My thoughts:  These are SO GOOD!!!!  I’m on a diet….and I wanted to eat them all….but I didn’t.  I gave them away.  sigh.  

These are simple to make and probably the easiest cut-out cookie dough I’ve ever worked with.  Not sticky or fussy at all!  I adore anything with coffee in it, so I would add even more espresso powder next time.  Make them to your taste by adjusting the amount you add.  Paired with a cup of coffee, they are  just…..perfect!  Enjoy!!!  ~r

A few other desserts that would go well with your coffee: