Coffee Crisps

Total Time: 34 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 9 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 20
• 4 teaspoons water
• 2 teaspoons instant coffee crystals (or 1 teaspoon instant espresso coffee powder)
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• instant coffee crystals, coarsely crushed (optional)
• 1/8 teaspoon instant coffee crystals or 1 dash espresso coffee
• 1 tablespoon whipping cream
• 1 cup sifted powdered sugar
• whipping cream, enough additional (1 to 2 tablespoons)

Recipe

• 1 line cookie sheet with parchment paper; set the cookie sheet aside.
• 2 in a small bowl stir together water and coffee crystals or espresso coffee powder until dissolved; set aside.
• 3 in a large mixing bowl beat butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds.
• 4 add sugar and salt, beat until combined, scraping sides of bowl occasionally.
• 5 add eggs and coffee mixture; beat until combined.
• 6 beat in as much of the flour as you can with the mixer using a wooden spoon, stir in any remaining flour.
• 7 drop dough by slightly rounded teaspoon 2 inches apart onto the prepared cookie sheet; spread dough into 2-inch circles.
• 8 bake in a 350 degree f oven for 9 to 11 minutes or until browned around the edges.
• 9 cool on cookie sheet set on a wire rack for 2 minutes.
• 10 transfer cookies to a wire rack; cool.
• 11 when cookies are cool, fill a pastry bag fitted with a very small round tip with coffee icing.
• 12 pipe icing onto cookies in a zigzag pattern. or, thin icing with additional whipping cream to make icing of drizzling consistency; use fork tines to drizzle icing over cookies ( if desired, sprinkle with crushed coffee crystals. makes about 20 cookies).
• 13 coffee icing:
• 14 stir together 1/8 teaspoon instant coffee crystals or dash of espresso coffee powder and 1 tablespoon whipping cream until coffee is dissolved.
• 15 in a small mixing bowl stir together 1 cup sifted powdered sugar, the coffee-cream mixture and enough additional whipping cream (1 to 2 tablespoons) to make icing of piping consistency.