Coffee Bean Cookies
Teaming up with our local coffee shop has been one of my favorite collaborations from this past year as a food blogger. It’s so refreshing to see such drive, enthusiasm and ingenuity springing from such a local source! These people are my friends and are making a huge impact in the community even while closed due to the pandemic. I have linked below how to purchase their in-house roasted coffee. So you can make your very own Coffee Bean Cookies to go with your warm cup of Coffee! It ships directly to your door and is for a great cause!
“$2 of every two pack will be donated to the Team Kentucky Fund. This fund provides assistance to Kentuckians who have been severely financially impacted by the COVID-19 emergency. We will get through this, TOGETHER!”
Ingredients:
2 cups all purpose flour
2 tbs unsweetened cocoa
3/4 cup butter flavored shortening
1/3 cup cream cheese (softened) - vegan cream cheese may be used and is equally as delicious!
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup molasses
1 tsp finely ground Lincoln Road Coffee
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbs strong brewed coffee
Method:
Preheat oven to 350°. In a bowl sift together flour and cocoa. Set aside. In your stand mixer cream together the shortening and cream cheese. Add the sugar and molasses to the mixer. Mix until light and fluffy. Add vanilla, ground coffee, and brewed coffee. Mix until incorporated. Slowly add the flour and cocoa mixture to the mixer. Once fully incorporated the dough should be even in color throughout and slightly dry, but not crumbly. If the dough is crumbly add additional brewed coffee 1 teaspoon at a time.
Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Using a tablespoon amount at a time form the dough into an oval. Using a skewer press firmly down the middle to make the line that coffee beans characteristically have. Place each cookie 2 inches apart on your cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes or until just set. Allow to cool completely on a baking rack! Enjoy.