Coffee Kisses

I made these coffee biscuits awhile ago and thought I would make them again and share this recipe with you.  I'm sure there are many coffee lovers out there.

These coffee kisses smell amazing when they are baking in the oven.  The aroma of the coffee biscuits coming out of the oven smells like an Italian cafe.

I must say these coffee biscuits are more of an grown up biscuits.  They taste like a shortbread with a hint of coffee and they smell just like coffee.

I would recommend making these biscuits when the weather is a bit warmer as the mixture can be a bit firm and hard to pipe out of the piping bag on a cold day.


Happy Baking xo

Coffee Kisses

Ingredients

· 250 grams butter, softened
· ⅔ cups icing sugar
· 2 teaspoons instant coffee
· 2 cups plain flour

Filling

· 45 grams dark chocolate, melted
· Icing sugar

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 180°c. Line two trays with baking paper.

2. Dissolve the instant coffee into 2 tablespoons hot water and allow it to cool.

3. Using an electric beater cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

4. Stir in coffee mixture and flour and mix until combined.

5. Place mixture into a piping bag fitted with a medium star nozzle and pipe 2 to 3 cm rounds evenly spaced on the baking tray.

6. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned.

7. Allow biscuits to cool on tray for 5 minutes before transferring to a cool rack to cool completely.

Chocolate filling

8. Melt chocolate in microwave. Spread a bit of chocolate on half the biscuits and sandwich it with the remaining biscuits. Dust with icing sugar.

Tips

· It is important that the butter is soft as this makes it easier to cream the butter and sugar together. Also, it helps the mixture soften enough to pipe out the biscuits.

· Allow biscuits to cool completely before spreading the chocolate filling. Melt the chocolate just before icing the biscuits.

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