Coffee Kisses

I can’t think of a better way to wake up in the morning than with coffee cookies topped with chocolate coffee icing. You probably drink coffee at breakfast every day, so why not turn it up a notch and turn your ordinary morning breakfast into something worth getting out of bed for?

This recipe makes 24 coffee kisses.

Ingredients

Cookies

175g flour

75g caster sugar

75g butter

1 egg

4 tsp coffee in 2 tbsp water

Icing

100g dark chocolate

10g butter

2tsp coffee in 1tbsp water

Recipe

1. Preheat the oven to 180C and line a baking tray with parchment paper.

2. Combine the flour and sugar together in a bowl. Rub in the butter until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.

3. In a small bowl, lightly beat an egg and add to the flour mix.

4. Add 4tsp of instant coffee granules to 2 tbsp of boiling water and stir well until the coffee has dissolved.

5. Pour the coffee mix into the dough and mix well.

6. Shape the dough into 24 small balls and place them on the baking tray. With the back of a spoon, slightly flatten each ball into a round disk.

7. Place in the middle of the oven and bake for around 20 minutes, or until the cookies begin to turn golden. Remove and place on a wire rack to cool.

8. Once cooled, it’s time to ice the cookies. Melt the chocolate and butter together in a bowl over a saucepan of simmering water.

9. Separately, dissolve 2tsp of instant coffee in 1tbsp of water and add to the melted chocolate.

10. Mix well and smooth about a teaspoon of the icing on top of each cookie.