French Vanilla Coffee Cookie
Servings: 28
Calories: 232kcal
Ingredients
Cookies
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1 ¼ cups sugar
- 2 eggs room temperature
- 1 TBSP coffee french vanilla, ground
- 1 ¼ tsp vanilla
- 2 cups flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- ½ cinnamon
- ½ salt
Filling
- ½ cup 1 stick salted butter
- 1 cup dark brown sugar
- ⅓ cup heavy whipping cream
- ¼ tsp salt
- 2-3 cups powdered sugar sifted
Instructions
- Cookie Instructions
- In a mixer, cream together butter and sugar
- Small bowl, combine eggs, vanilla, and coffee mix fully
- In another bowl add all dry items together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt
- Begin to slowly add the egg mixture to the butter mixture.
- Mix well Slowly add flour mixture until fully combined, do not over mix.
- Place the dough in your refrigerator for at least one-two hours.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Roll out dough on floured solid surface to about 1/2 inch thick. Using a circle cookie cutter, punch out circles and place on a parchment lined baking sheet
- Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until edges are slightly golden
- Allow cookies to cool completely before filling with the icing
- Icing Instructions
- Melt the butter in a small saucepan on low heat.
- Once the butter is melted, add brown sugar and heavy cream.
- Stir the mix constantly over medium heat until sugar is dissolved. Add the salt.
- Make sure to allow it to bubble for 2 minutes.
- Remove from heat and allow to cool( 1 hour minimum).
- Beat in powdered sugar 1 cup at a time, until you reach desired consistency.
- To make these really pretty, use an icing piping kit, starting at the outside of each cookie and working your way in.
- After all filling is used, top with another cookie.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 232kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 42mg | Sodium: 116mg | Potassium: 37mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 25g | Vitamin A: 363IU | Calcium: 18mg | Iron: 1mg