Here is the quick and easy coffee cookies recipe with espresso brewed coffee. Prepared with 5 ingredients using brown sugar and without chocolate and egg. Excellent idea to double the joy of your coffee time as it’s extremely crispy from the outside and inside is incredibly chewy and delicious.
I love to keep these cookies in my bag to enjoy my snack time during travel as cookies and coffee makes the best combination. If you are driving and feeling sleepy or low, then have it. Also, If feeling lethargic after a workout then these homemade coffee flavored cookies will boost your energy level.
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Why Do I Love Coffee Cookies
In my circle, I hardly find one who doesn't like to have coffee and cookies especially the cafe cookies. In every season, we all have it! Cookies with brewed coffee flavor have a specific taste if you try without chocolate. Here are the few points that made me convince to love this recipe:
- Super easy to make without creating any mess in kitchen.
- The distinct flavor of coffee with crispy edges and chewy inside make me crazy to have it with my evening coffee stop.
- It's portable and easy to eat when you feel low in energy.
- It helps to invoke alertness due to caffeine factor.
- My 8-year-old doesn't like to have coffee but loves the coffee flavored cookies. So, it keeps me driven to prepare once a month.
- These are eggless cookies and purely made with coffee flavor. No chocolate or substitute.
Ingredients & Substitutions
Coffee: Use instant coffee or espresso powder of any good brand. I love to use espresso as it has a rich and strong flavor of coffee with a mild chocolaty taste that goes well to bake cookies.
Hot Water: Brew the coffee with hot boiling water to extract the coffee compounds quickly.
Brown Sugar: Used the powdered version of brown sugar that will help to get a smooth texture of cookies. As it’s dense so it plays a big role to create the cookie shape, color, and texture of cookies after baking. The substitute for brown sugar is white powdered sugar.
Butter: Used unsalted butter that will add lubrication to cookies and also help to make soft cookie dough and make the cookies more tender and firm after baking.
Flour: Used all purpose flour which contains protein and gluten that will help to add elasticity to cookie dough to get desired tenderness.
Baking Powder: It will help to make the cookies chewy from the inside. It works as a catalyst to break the gluten in the flour to make it rise. Use in small quantities to avoid cracks in cookies.
How To Make Coffee Cookies
Brew The Coffee
In a bowl, add instant coffee or espresso powder with hot boiling water. Give it a good mix and keep on side. It's great to brew coffee in French Press.
Prepare Coffee Cookie Dough
Now in a deep bowl, add powdered brown sugar and butter. Whisk it with an electrical beater to make it a little foamy in texture.
Then add brewed coffee in bowl and whisk it again. Just mix it don’t run the whisk for so long.
Now add all purpose flour and baking powder.
Mix it well and make a soft dough.
Make small balls of cookies and give it a line mark with fork as illustrated in picture.
Preheat the oven at 175C or 350F before 10 minutes.
Now place the parchment paper in a baking tray.
Rub the butter on the base of the parchment paper.
Place the baking tray in oven and bake for 20 to 25 minutes.
Take out baking tray and give 5 minutes to settle the cookies at room temperature.
Sprinkle coffee powder on cookies but it’s all optional. Check the tips section to add more value to make best coffee cookies.
Serve the cookies with cookie sauce or simply with a homemade cappuccino or karak chai.
Don’t overcook otherwise the cookies will change the flavor.
Tips
- Use the appropriate quantity of all ingredients to make the best coffee cookies. Always make sure the espresso coffee powder is more concentrated than instant coffee.
- Manage the coffee quantity according to your taste. If you want to make it strong then increase the quantity. Too much coffee can make the cookies bitter in taste.
- Cookie dough should be soft and firm. If it seems hard, add a splash of hot water to manage the dough’s consistency.
- Overdose of baking powder can make the cracky look.
- If the cookie dough seems too soft then add more flour to adjust.
- Don’t overbake the cookies as it will give a burnt flavor.
Variations To Make Best Coffee Cookies
Although the 5 ingredients of cookies are good in taste and look but you have more options to add more value.
This is best for chocolate and coffee lovers to add chocolate chips in cookie dough. You can also drizzle Nutella on baked cookies. If the coffee flavor is too strong than neutralize with powdered sugar. Sprinkle powdered sugar on baked cookies.
Coffee cookie wrapped in a stylish gifting box makes it special to share with your family and friends. It's easy, takes less time, and economical to extend the gifting idea. Above all, baked with love!
Storage Suggestions
You can easily store these cookies without compromising on the crispiness of cookies as they will remain intact if you store them in an airtight container at room temperature.
Make sure to cover properly as atmospheric air will steal the cookies crisp. Keep it on the kitchen counter for 4 to 5 days.
How to Freeze Coffee Cookie Dough:
Store the unbaked cookie dough in a ziplock bag and freeze for 1 month.
How to Reuse Frozen Cookie Dough?
Take out dough before 2 hours to bake. As the dough will come on room temperature, make the balls and bake it accordingly. Use oil on hand to handle the frozen dough as it becomes sticky.
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Q & A
The main difference comes in form of shape, texture, and flavor.
Coffee cookies are firm and chewy from inside, have crispy edges and thick in texture.
Coffee Biscuits are extremely crispy, and thin texture.
Yes, it has! 50g coffee contains 20 mg caffeine.
I have tried different style of bakery style coffee cookies. Italian coffee cookies are the best and my inspiration to make this recipe reflect on that... Nothing is secret, just use the right proportion of ingredients to make cookie dough with desire amount of coffee as per your taste. Sometimes strong presence of coffee make the cookies bitter in taste so use in moderation. Nothing is best than homemade as it made with love and passion.
Use Decaf coffee that contains less caffeine. Check the packaging before use to verify caffeine content. Regular coffee beans process in a way to remove the caffeine elements.
Coffee Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon Coffee Espresso Powder
- 2 tablespoon Hot Water
- ½ Cup Brown Sugar Powdered
- 1.5 Cups All Purpose Flour
- 40 g Butter 2.8 tablespoon
- ⅓ teaspoon Baking Powder
Instructions
Brewing Coffee
- In a bowl, add instant coffee or espresso powder with hot boiling water. Give it a good mix and keep on side. It's great to brew coffee in French Press.
Cookie Dough Preparation
- Now in a deep bowl, add powdered brown sugar and butter. Whisk it with an electrical beater to make it a little foamy in texture.
- Then add brewed coffee in bowl and whisk it again. Just mix it don’t run the whisk for so long.
- Now add all purpose flour and baking powder.
- Mix it well and make a soft dough.
- Make small balls of cookies and give it a line mark with fork as illustrated in picture.
Baking Cookies
- Preheat the oven at 175C or 350F before 10 minutes.
- Now place the parchment paper in a baking tray.
- Rub the butter on the base of the parchment paper.
- Place the baking tray in oven and bake for 20 to 25 minutes.
- Take out baking tray and give 5 minutes to settle the cookies at room temperature.
- Sprinkle coffee powder on cookies but it’s all optional. Check the tips section to add more value to make best coffee cookies.
- Serve the cookies with cookie sauce or simply with a homemade cappuccino or karak chai.
- Don’t overcook otherwise the cookies will change the flavor.
Notes
- Use the appropriate quantity of all ingredients to make the best coffee cookies.
- Always make sure the espresso coffee powder is more concentrated than instant coffee.
- Manage the coffee quantity according to your taste. If you want to make it strong then increase the quantity.
- Too much coffee can make the cookies bitter in taste. Cookie dough should be soft and firm. If it seems hard, add a splash of hot water to manage the dough’s consistency.
- Overdose of baking powder can make the cracky look. If the cookie dough seems too soft than add more flour to adjust.
- Don’t overbake the cookies as it will give a burnt flavor.
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Here is my best recipe of coffee cookies that I made so many times. It would be encouraging if you try and share your experience.