Ingredients

The following ingredients have 48 Servings
  • 1 cup butter (room temperature)
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 tablespoon milk
  • 2 teaspoons coffee (or water)
  • 1 egg
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup cocoa powder
  • 2 tablespoons espresso powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
  • Coffee (hot or cold)

Instruction

  • Heat oven to 350 F.
  • In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugars until light.
  • Add the vanilla, milk, coffee, and egg. Beat well.
  • Sift together the flour, cocoa powder, espresso powder, salt, baking soda, and baking powder.
  • Add gradually to the butter mixture, mixing together slowly. If you are using a stand mixer, make sure the bowl cover is on while you beat in the dry ingredients to avoid a chocolate mess.
  • When the dry ingredients are completely incorporated, roll half of the dough out at a time between pieces of parchment, lightly flouring the bottom piece of paper and turning the dough over several times to coat it before adding the top piece. Roll no thicker than 1/8-inch for crispy cookies. For softer cookies you can roll the dough out to 1/4-inch.
  • Place cookies at least 1/2-inch apart on parchment covered cookie sheets. Bake for 10-12 minutes. The baking time will depend on the thickness of your cookies and the desired crispiness. They should feel fairly firm when you remove them from the oven, but they will continue to firm up as they cool down. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet.