Coffee Biscuits
Coffee Biscuits
by Lemon Drop from A Recipe Reborn
- Prep time: 1 hour and 30 minutes
- Cook time: 20 minutes
- Yields 18 large cookies
Cookies
US |
Ingredients |
Metric |
1 cup |
butter |
227 g |
½ cup |
whole roasted coffee beans |
50 g |
1 cup |
sugar |
200 g |
2 |
eggs |
2 |
1 tsp |
vanilla extract |
5 mL |
3 cups |
all-purpose flour |
525 g |
¾ cup |
cornstarch |
100 g |
1 tsp |
kosher salt |
6 g |
- Put the butter in a small pot set over low heat and let it melt completely.
- Add the coffee beans and let them soak in the butter for 1 hour over the lowest heat setting. More time will yield a stronger coffee flavour.
- Strain the coffee beans from the butter and discard them.
- Put the coffee butter in the refrigerator to cool and solidify.
- In a large bowl, cream together the sugar and the coffee butter until they are light and fluffy.
- Add the eggs and vanilla and mix until they are fully combined.
- Add the flour, cornstarch and salt and mix until a crumbly dough forms.
- Separate the dough into 2 to 4 balls, depending on the size of your work surface.
- Place a ball of dough between two pieces of parchment paper and roll it out to ¼” or 6.5 mm thick.
- Use a cookie cutter to cut out shapes and transfer them to a parchment paper lined baking sheet.
- Chill the cut dough in the freezer for 10 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 325°F/163°C.
- Bake the cookies for 6 minutes, rotate and switch the pan positions, then bake for another 6 minutes.
- Let the cookies cool completely before decorating.
Caramel topping
US |
Ingredients |
Metric |
¼ cup |
water |
60 mL |
2 tbsp |
finely ground coffee |
15 g |
1 cup |
sugar |
200 g |
½ cup |
water |
125 mL |
¾ cup |
heavy cream |
177 mL |
¼ tsp |
vanilla extract |
1.25 mL |
¼ tsp |
kosher salt |
1.5 g |
2 tbsp |
butter |
30 g |
- Brew the ground coffee in ¼ cup/60 mL of water and set aside to cool.
- In a small pot set over low heat, combine the sugar and ½ cup/125 mL of water. Allow the sugar to dissolve completely.
- Set the heat to medium, cover the pot with a lid, bring it to a boil and let the solution cook for 5 to 10 minutes or until it turns golden brown.
- Add the cream and whisk until it is fully combined.
- Add the coffee, vanilla, salt and whisk until they are fully combined.
- Take the pot off the heat, add the butter and stir until it is fully melted.
- Allow the caramel to cool at least 1 hour before using it.
- Decorate the cookies with the caramel.
This recipe was created by adapting from: