RECIPE - Cappuccino Cookies

*Courtesy Pinterest

YIELD: 2 Dozen

Ingredients

* 12 ounce pack of semi-sweet chocolate morsels, divided

* 1 1/2 tablespoon of instant espresso

* 1 teaspoon of boiling water

* 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour

* 3/4 teaspoon baking soda

* 1/2 teaspoon salt

* 1/2 cup butter, softened

* 1/2 cup of sugar

* 1/2 cup of brown sugar

* 1 large egg

* 1/2 cup of walnuts, chopped

Procedure
* Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

* Melt 1/2 cup of chocolate morsels over double boiler. (And for pity sake - PLEASE USE A QUALITY CHOCOLATE!)

* Dissolve the instant espresso with boiling water, set aside.

* Combine flour baking soda and salt in a separate bowl, set aside.

* In larger bowl combine butter, sugar, brown sugar and instant espresso mixture, beat until creamy.

* Add egg and melted morsels, mix well.

* Gradually add flour mixture.

* Stir in remaining 1 1/2 cups of morsels and walnuts. Mix well.

* Drop dough by level tablespoons, about 2 inches apart, onto ungreased cookie sheet.

* Bake 10-12 minutes.

Almond Mocha Cookie Bars - Recipe

*Recipe and picture courtesy of Folgers.com

BARS

Crisco^® Butter Flavor No-Stick Cooking Spray

1 cup slivered almonds

1 1/2 cups firmly packed light brown sugar

2/3 cup Crisco^® All-Vegetable Shortening
Or 2/3 stick Crisco^® Baking Sticks All-Vegetable Shortening

3 tablespoons Folgers Classic Roast^® Instant Coffee Crystals

1 tablespoon milk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 teaspoon almond extract

2 large eggs

1 1/2 cups Pillsbury BEST^® All Purpose Flour

1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1 cup miniature semi-sweet chocolate chips

GLAZE

1 cup powdered sugar

1 teaspoon Folgers® Instant Coffee crystals

1 tablespoon hot water

DIRECTIONS

HEAT oven to 350°F. Spray a 13 x 9-inch baking pan with no-stick cooking spray.

SPREAD almonds on baking sheet. Bake 7 to 10 minutes or until golden brown, stirring several times. Cool completely. Chop coarsely.

COMBINE brown sugar, shortening, coffee crystals, milk, vanilla and almond extracts in large bowl; beat at medium speed until well blended. Add eggs; beat well.

COMBINE flour, cocoa, salt and baking soda in medium bowl. Add to shortening mixture; beat at low speed just until blended. Stir in chocolate chips and reserved almonds. Spread mixture evenly in prepared pan.

BAKE 30 to 35 minutes or until set. Cool completely on wire rack. Cut into 2 x 1 1/2-inch bars.

STIR coffee and hot water until dissolved; let cool slightly. Combine powdered sugar and coffee in small bowl; stir until well blended. Add additional water, a little at a time, if frosting is too thick, or add additional powdered sugar, if frosting is too thin. Drizzle glaze over bars.

Taste of Hawaii - Disney's Aulani In-Room Celebrations feature Coffee

*Photo Courtesy of Disney

Disney has incorporated a little coffee into their in-room celebrations at their new resort, Aulani:

"Nibble on caramel sea-salt truffles, macadamia nuts, shortbread cookies, and chocolate-covered Kona coffee beans."

Chocolate-covered Kona coffee beans....

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