coffee shortbread recipe

This Coffee and Chocolate Shortbread Recipe is perfect for cookie exchanges and holiday gifts. Simple chocolate dipped mocha shortbread cookies are beautiful and tasty. Includes free printable gift tags for coffee lovers.

Coffee and Chocolate Shortbread Cookie Recipe (Free Printable Gift Tag)

all-purpose flour

sugar

instant coffee granules ((I use Starbucks Via))

butter ((softened not melted))

vanilla

semisweet chocolate morsels ((mini chips, 8 ounces))

coconut oil

Cream butter and vanilla together, slowly stir in flour, sugar and coffee granules.

Roll dough between sheets of parchment or wax paper until it is approximately 3/8-1/2 inch thick.

Cut into circles using a cookie cutter or drinking glass.

Place cookies on a parchment lined cookie sheet. Bake for 20-25 minutes at 325 degree Fahrenheit until lightly browned and firm. Let shortbread cool completely.

Place chocolate chips and coconut oil in a microwave proof bowl. Heat on high for 30 seconds, stir well and then heat in 10 second increments stirring well between each heating until completely melted.

Dip half of each cookie into the chocolate and place on a wire rack until chocolate glaze is firm.

Store cookies in an airtight container once chocolate is solid. Place sheets of wax paper or parchment paper between layers to protect the glaze.

Add a free printable gift tag, if desired.

So I was searching for a coffee flavored cookie to make and stumbled upon yours. My brother and SIL were coming to visit and they both love coffee and shortbread so this was the clear choice.
Even though I totally botched this. And used more customary ratios (but ended up using too much butter to flour still anyway). They spread and kind of joined together and were ugly and misshapen, but I was short on time...rushing as usual, and I did the chocolate and put them in a container on the counter. Wasn't long before my brother was poking around and opened the container asking what they were, I apologized for how terrible they looked, but he could not have possibly cared less and he said "Wow, these are good"...my SIL was next. She asked for the recipe. I explained my miscalculations but also my additions. To ensure it was a good coffee flavor I also used some coffee extract (lessening the vanilla and doing about 50/50) I also added some of the coffee granules to the melted chocolate (for both the dough and the glaze I put them in the coffee grinder to make it into a fine powder for the sake of mixing more uniformly). 

I will be making these again for a ladies gathering, but will be taking my time and making sure presentation is up to snuff. Thanks for the great recipe.

I baked the whole recipe in a glass pie dish.  I did fork pokes all around. Baking time ended up being 31 minutes.  
Once pie dish was cool, I divided the dish into 16 wedges. This recipe was so easy and the end result was wonderful...rich, but delicate and lots of mocha taste.

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