Cappuccino Crisps Food

CAPPUCCINO CHIP CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°. In a large bowl, combine muffin mix, water, egg, coffee granules and cinnamon just until moistened. Fold in chips. Fill greased muffin cups three-fourths full. , Bake 18-21 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack.

CAPPUCCINO CRISPS

Steps:

• Beat 1 cup unsalted butter or margarine, 1 cup white sugar, 6 tablespoons cocoa powder and 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon in a large bowl . Beat in egg. Stir 2 teaspoons coffee powder, 1 teaspoon vanilla and 1 teaspoon water in a cup to dissolve coffee. Beat into butter mixture. On low speed, beat in 2 cups flour just until blended.
• Divide dough in half and shape into a disk. Wrap and chill until firm.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Have ready a 3 inch star cookie cutter. Roll dough on a well floured rolling surface to about 1/8 inch thickness. Cut out stars and place 1 inch apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 8 minutes or until crisp.
• Put 4 cups confectioners' sugar in a medium sized bowl, gradually stir in hot milk until smooth, stir in 3 tablespoons butter or margarine until blended then add remaining ingredients. Makes about 3 cups. Spoon icing into a corner of a plastic bag, snip off the tip of the corner, drizzle zigzag design on cookies.

COFFEE CRISPS

Steps:

• Line cookie sheet with parchment paper; set the cookie sheet aside.
• In a small bowl stir together water and coffee crystals or espresso coffee powder until dissolved; set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl beat butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds.
• Add sugar and salt, beat until combined, scraping sides of bowl occasionally.
• Add eggs and coffee mixture; beat until combined.
• Beat in as much of the flour as you can with the mixer using a wooden spoon, stir in any remaining flour.
• Drop dough by slightly rounded teaspoon 2 inches apart onto the prepared cookie sheet; spread dough into 2-inch circles.
• Bake in a 350 degree F oven for 9 to 11 minutes or until browned around the edges.
• Cool on cookie sheet set on a wire rack for 2 minutes.
• Transfer cookies to a wire rack; cool.
• When cookies are cool, fill a pastry bag fitted with a very small round tip with Coffee Icing.
• Pipe icing onto cookies in a zigzag pattern. Or, thin icing with additional whipping cream to make icing of drizzling consistency; use fork tines to drizzle icing over cookies ( If desired, sprinkle with crushed coffee crystals. Makes about 20 cookies).
• COFFEE ICING:
• Stir together 1/8 teaspoon instant coffee crystals or dash of espresso coffee powder and 1 tablespoon whipping cream until coffee is dissolved.
• In a small mixing bowl stir together 1 cup sifted powdered sugar, the coffee-cream mixture and enough additional whipping cream (1 to 2 tablespoons) to make icing of piping consistency.

CAPPUCCINO CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375F degrees.
• Mix all dry ingredients into large mixing bowl, thoroughly blend mixture with hands.
• Add butter, egg, and vanilla.
• Mix until all is blended.
• Shape into walnut size balls and place 2" apart on a parchment lined baking sheet.
• Bake for 12 to 15 minutes.
• Cool 5 minutes on baking sheet.
• Remove to racks to finish cooling.