Mocha Icebox Cookies

Mocha cookies hold a lot of nostalgia for me. It reminds me of when I was in NC. 

I always loved coffee, sweet treats  and chatting with friends. Especially, the smell of coffee brings me all of good memories of NC.

Mocha cookies are a great choice for coffee lovers and a perfect for late fall when the cookies can also be made ahead for holiday. These are superior cookies.

Furthermore, I like keeping cookies in my freezer. At any time I could have dozens of different cookie varieties all ready to be baked. You can keep a roll of  this dough in the freezer for several weeks and use it as needed.

You will love Icebox cookies~.

Ingredients

110 g    unsalted butter (room temperature)

180 g    cake flour 

70 g      sugar

1           egg

3 g        instant coffee (Starbucks VIA® Instant)

2 t         milk

45 g      dark chocolate chip

1/2 t      baking powder

1/4 t      salt

1 t       coffee extract

Directions

Combine butter, sugar and coffee extract and beat until fluffy.

Mix instant coffee and warm milk, put aside. 

And then the add egg and coffee milk mixture to butter mixture.

While the mixture is beating, add flour, baking soda and salt. Mix until incorporated.

Finally, add chocolate chips.

Form dough into a 2-inch-round log or square log - wrap tightly in plastic and freeze until firm.

Preheat oven to 360 degrees, cut the dough 1/3-inch-thick-slices.

Bake until cookies are golden brown, 15 to 18 minutes. Let cookies cool 5 minutes on sheet.

Obviously, they are best served alongside a coffee. 

Mmm...yummy ^^

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