{"id":36948,"date":"2021-12-09T06:57:28","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T11:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=36948"},"modified":"2021-12-09T06:57:28","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T11:57:28","slug":"coffee-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2021\/12\/09\/coffee-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Coffee Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/17\/apple-cake\/food-header-1-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Food-Header-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6237\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=640%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"36949\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2021\/12\/09\/coffee-cookies\/coffeecookies\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/CoffeeCookies.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CoffeeCookies\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/CoffeeCookies.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36949\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/CoffeeCookies.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/CoffeeCookies.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/CoffeeCookies.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These cookies, paired with a cup of coffee on a cold afternoon is pure bliss! They&#8217;re easy to put together, and make a great gift. Because who doesn&#8217;t love a chocolate dipped, espresso flavored cookie? <!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 cup flour<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 teaspoon baking powder<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon espresso powder (or instant coffee), dissolved in 1 tablespoon hot water<\/li>\n<li>6 tablespoons butter, softened<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup confectioners sugar<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips<\/li>\n<li>\u00a01 teaspoon Crisco or corn syrup<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat oven to 320\u00ba, line a baking sheet with parchment paper.<\/li>\n<li>In a medium bowl, sift flour and baking powder.<\/li>\n<li>In a small bowl, dissolve espresso powder in hot water.<\/li>\n<li>In a large bowl, cream butter and confectioners sugar until light and fluffy, then add espresso and vanilla. Mix in flour until combined.<\/li>\n<li>Scoop out heaping 1\/2 tablespoons of dough, roll into balls, and flatten with the tines of a fork. Bake for 13 to 15 minutes, let cool on a wire rack.<\/li>\n<li>In a small bowl, combine the chocolate chips and Crisco, microwaving in 30 second increments, stirring after each round until the chocolate is melted.<\/li>\n<li>Dip cookies in melted chocolate, and place on a wax paper lined baking sheet to firm up. Makes 20 to 25 cookies.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These cookies, paired with a cup of coffee on a cold afternoon is pure bliss! They&#8217;re easy to put together, and make a great gift. Because who doesn&#8217;t love a chocolate dipped, espresso flavored cookie?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1238,4],"tags":[97,1071,5224,2399,4256],"class_list":["post-36948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lovin-from-the-oven","category-news","tag-baking","tag-cookies","tag-dipped-in-chocolate","tag-espresso","tag-holiday-cookies"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-9BW","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":46636,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2025\/12\/15\/chocolate-espresso-cookies\/","url_meta":{"origin":36948,"position":0},"title":"Chocolate Espresso Cookies","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"December 15, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Every holiday cookie tin needs a really good chocolate cookie. 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