Cookie Recipes - Valentino Cookies Recipe

  
 

Coffee and Cream Cookie Recipes - Valentino Cookies

Ingredients

  • 2/3 cup/100 g all-purpose/plain flour

  • 2 tbsp cornstarch/corn flour

  • 1tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder

  • 1/2 tsp baking powder

  • 1/8 tsp salt

  • 4 tbsp butter

  • 1/4 cup/50 g granulated sugar

  • 1 tsp coffee extract/essence

  • 1 tbsp milk or more as needed

  • 1/2 cup/125 ml Chocolate Frosting

Method:

  1. Preheat the oven to 375°F/190°C/gas 5. Butter two cookie sheets. Sift the flour, cornstarch, cocoa, baking powder, and salt into a large bowl.

  2. Use a pastry blender to cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in the sugar. Add the coffee extract and enough milk to form a stiff dough.

  3. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth. Roll out the dough to a thickness of 1/4 inch (5 mm).

  4. Use a heart-shaped cookie cutter to cut out the cookies. Gather the dough scraps, re-roll, and continue cutting out cookies until all the dough is used.

  5. Use a spatula to transfer the cookies onto the prepared cookie sheets, placing them 1 inch (2.5 cm) apart.

  6. Bake for 10-15 minutes, or until lightly browned. Cool on the sheets until the cookies firm slightly. Transfer to racks to finish cooling.

  7. Spread with the frosting. Draw the tines of a fork through the frosting to make decorative patterns.