Exotic Kahlúa Cookies
Kahlua cookies are something that I hadn't had before but it was always my favorite drink. These cookies will be great if you are entertaining and want to have something different to offer your guests. Also if you want to take them to a get together you are sure to be the only one that brings them!
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cup flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp kosher salt
- 1 tsp espresso powder
- 1 tsp coffee extract
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
- ½ cup butter unsalted, sweet cream, softened
- ½ cup brown sugar light, packed
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 4 tbsp Kahlúa Coffee Liqueur
- 2 cups M&M's red, yellow, orange
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350
- Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- In a small bowl combine flour, cocoa powder, baking soda. espresso powder and salt. Set aside.
- In a standing mixer, beat together the butter and sugars until combined and fluffy
- Beat in the egg and Kahlua coffee liquor
- Gradually beat in the dry ingredients until combined
- Fold in 1 cup of the M&M's
- Using a medium ice cream scooper, scoop cookie dough into hands and roll into a ball
- Lightly press down onto the cookies into a thick disk
- Place a few more M&M's onto the top of the cookie dough rounds
- Repeat steps with remaining dough
- Bake in the preheated oven for 8-12 minutes
Notes
Baking instructions are 8-12 minutes, it will just depend on your oven.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookieCalories: 206kcalCarbohydrates: 29gProtein: 2gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 22mgSodium: 131mgPotassium: 37mgFiber: 1gSugar: 20gVitamin A: 184IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 31mgIron: 1mg
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