Coffee Bean Cookies

Coffee Bean Cookies are an easy addition to a cup of morning coffee. A box of such cookies can be a tasty and original gift for any coffee lover.

This soft and aromatic pastry is also great as a decoration for a coffee cake. Coffee Bean Cookies can be prepared quickly with your own hands. We spend a minimum of ingredients and get maximum pleasure.

Preparation time: 75 minutes.

Serves: 26 pieces.

Caloric content: 334 kcal per 100 grams of the dish.

Ingredients

• flour – 200 g;
• sour cream – 60 g;
• butter – 60 g;
• sugar – 80 g;
• egg yolk – 1 piece;
• cocoa powder – 15 g;
• instant coffee (finely ground) – 2 tsp;
• baking powder – ½ tsp;
• salt – 1 pinch.

Preparation

1. Prepare the quantity of ingredients according to the list. All products should be at the same temperature, so they should be taken out of the refrigerator one to two hours before starting the preparation.

2. First, prepare the dry ingredients.

3. Mix and sift the dry ingredients through a sieve. It is essential to sift because there may be lumps in the cocoa that need to be broken up. Flour must be sifted to aerate it. Set the prepared products aside.

4. In a deep bowl where we will knead the dough, place the soft butter, add all the sugar and salt.

5. Beat the mixture with a mixer or a blender whisk for one to two minutes. Add the egg yolk to the mixture and beat for another couple of minutes.

6. Add the sour cream and instant coffee (the coffee should be finely ground). Beat for another couple of minutes.

7. In two to three stages, add the dry ingredients and mix thoroughly.

8. First, knead the mixture using a spatula.

9. When it becomes difficult to knead the mixture with a spatula, continue kneading it by hand. Do not knead the dough for too long, otherwise it will become too dense.

10. Transfer the prepared dough to plastic wrap, shape it into a square or rectangle. Wrap it and place it in the freezer for thirty minutes.

11. After thirty minutes, take the dough out of the refrigerator and divide it into equal parts. These are our future cookies, and the smaller the squares, the smaller the 'beans' will be in the end.

12. We form the 'grain' in three stages. First: from each part we form a round 'ball'. Second: then we roll the 'ball' into the shape of an 'acorn'. Third: with the help of a toothpick, we press out a groove. As a result, we get a cookie preparation 'coffee grain'.

13. We place the cookies on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper at a distance from each other. By this time, the oven should already be heated to 180°C.

14. We send the cookies to the oven for twenty to twenty-five minutes, baking mode top – bottom. The 'coffee grains' cookies should be soft, so we need to watch out not to overbake them.

15. We take the cookies out of the oven and let them cool on the table.

16. The Coffee Grain cookies can be lightly dusted with powdered sugar. Or they can be left without dusting, making them look even more like real coffee beans.

We serve the fragrant cookies with a cup of hot coffee, latte, or cappuccino.

I recommend making the Coffee Grain cookies; they will surely please you, your family, and loved ones.