Tea Cake Recipes - Coffee Raisin Cookies Recipe

Ingredients

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

• 1 tsp baking powder

• 1/4 cup/45 g golden raisins/sultanas

• 1/2 cup/125 g butter, softened

• 1/2 cup/100 g granulated sugar

• 1 tbsp coffee extract/essence

• 2 large eggs

• 1/2 cup/75 g confectioners'/icing sugar

• 2-3 tbsp boiling water

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Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 400°F/200°C/gas 6. Set out about twenty-four mini-cupcake paper cups on a baking sheet.

2. Stir together the flour and baking powder in a medium bowl. Stir in the raisins.

3. Beat the butter, sugar, and 2 teaspoons of the coffee extract in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium speed until creamy.

4. Add the eggs, one at a time, until just blended after each addition.

5. With mixer at low speed, gradually add the dry ingredients. Drop heaping teaspoons of the mixture into the baking cups.

6. Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the centers comes out clean. Cool the cookies completely on a rack.

7. Sift the confectioners' sugar into a medium bowl and add the remaining coffee extract and enough water to make a soft frosting. Frost the top of each cookie.