Chocolate Coffee Cream-filled Cookies

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 1/4 cup superfine sugar
• 1 egg, beaten
• 2 teaspoons instant coffee granules
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup cornstarch
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 ounces semisweet chocolate, melted
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 3/4 cup powdered sugar, sifted
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 teaspoon instant coffee granules

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350° and grease 3 or 4 baking sheets.
• 2 in a bowl, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• 3 in separate bowl, beat egg with coffee granules until dissolved. gradually add to creamed mixture, beating well.
• 4 sift the flour, cornstarch and baking powder over mixture.
• 5 stir in to make a soft dough and knead lightly.
• 6 on a floured surface, roll dough to a 1/8-inch thickness.
• 7 with a 2-inch fluted cutter, cut out cookies and place on prepared baking sheets.
• 8 bake 10-15 minutes, until firm and lightly browned.
• 9 transfer cookies to wire racks to cool.
• 10 put the cooled, melted chocolate into a pastry bag and snip off end.
• 11 pipe parallel zigzag lines on half the cookies.
• 12 for cookie filling: in bowl, beat butter and powdered sugar until smooth and creamy.
• 13 in another bowl, mix egg yolk with coffee granules; add to creamed mixture and beat until smooth.
• 14 spread the filling on plain cookies and then sandwich together.
• 15 let cool in cool place until filling is firm.