Coffee and Chocolate Shortbread is a simple and delicious gift you can bake in just a few minutes. Add a free printable gift tag for an easy present you can make anytime.
Shortbread Lover
My first taste of mocha shortbread was at a dear friend’s house in the Pacific Northwest. It was a cool and rainy winter day. We were drinking coffee while watching our toddlers play with cars and racetracks.
It was a perfect day in every way from the refreshments to the companionship.
Over the years I have baked coffee and chocolate shortbread many times. I have made these treats for cookie exchanges and to give to neighbors over the holidays… they are so good!
I’ve refined the simple recipe from a bar cookie to a more refined chocolate dipped shortbread biscuit. It is delicious both ways, but I prefer the fancier presentation when using it as a gift.
Easy Cookie Gifts
I enjoy baking Coffee and Chocolate Shortbread Cookies around the holidays. They are the perfect gift for all the coffee lovers in your life. I use round cookie cutter to make them fit into a beautiful coffee mug and add a delicious bag of coffee. It’s an affordable but touching gift.
You can download my free printable gift tags in the free printable library. I hope you like the coffee related sentiments, my kids and I had a great time thinking them up for teacher gifts.
Bonus tip: Visit your local Starbucks to purchase their American made mugs. I love giving them as gifts to support American jobs.
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This Coffee and Chocolate Shortbread Recipe is perfect for cookie exchanges and holiday gifts. Simple chocolate dipped mocha shortbread cookies are beautiful and tasty. Includes free printable gift tags for coffee lovers.
Ingredients
Coffee Shortbread
- 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoons instant coffee granules ((I use Starbucks Via))
- 2/3 cup butter ((softened not melted))
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Chocolate Glaze
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate morsels ((mini chips, 8 ounces))
- 1 tsp coconut oil
Instructions
- Cream butter and vanilla together, slowly stir in flour, sugar and coffee granules.
- Roll dough between sheets of parchment or wax paper until it is approximately 3/8-1/2 inch thick.
- Cut into circles using a cookie cutter or drinking glass.
- Place cookies on a parchment lined cookie sheet. Bake for 20-25 minutes at 325 degree Fahrenheit until lightly browned and firm. Let shortbread cool completely.
- Place chocolate chips and coconut oil in a microwave proof bowl. Heat on high for 30 seconds, stir well and then heat in 10 second increments stirring well between each heating until completely melted.
- Dip half of each cookie into the chocolate and place on a wire rack until chocolate glaze is firm.
- Store cookies in an airtight container once chocolate is solid. Place sheets of wax paper or parchment paper between layers to protect the glaze.
- Add a free printable gift tag, if desired.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 large cookie
- Calories: 184
Keywords: Chocolate Shortbread Recipe, Coffee Shortbread Recipe
I package the cookie filled mugs in cellophane or plastic and tie them with twine. It is pretty packaging that also keeps the baked goods fresh.
Free Printable Gift Tags
I hope you enjoy the cookies and my free printable gift tags. The PDF download includes one page with the sentiments and one page of decorative second layers. Print page one on solid colored card stock and page two on a piece of card stock in a patterned coordinating color.
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Corinne
Do you have to refrigerate the dough before baking? I’m making these for a cookie exchange this weekend!! So excited!
Bren
You can refrigerate if your kitchen is super warm or the butter was extra soft but it is not necessary.
Diane Watson
So I was searching for a coffee flavored cookie to make and stumbled upon yours. My brother and SIL were coming to visit and they both love coffee and shortbread so this was the clear choice.
Even though I totally botched this. And used more customary ratios (but ended up using too much butter to flour still anyway). They spread and kind of joined together and were ugly and misshapen, but I was short on time…rushing as usual, and I did the chocolate and put them in a container on the counter. Wasn’t long before my brother was poking around and opened the container asking what they were, I apologized for how terrible they looked, but he could not have possibly cared less and he said “Wow, these are good”…my SIL was next. She asked for the recipe. I explained my miscalculations but also my additions. To ensure it was a good coffee flavor I also used some coffee extract (lessening the vanilla and doing about 50/50) I also added some of the coffee granules to the melted chocolate (for both the dough and the glaze I put them in the coffee grinder to make it into a fine powder for the sake of mixing more uniformly).
I will be making these again for a ladies gathering, but will be taking my time and making sure presentation is up to snuff. Thanks for the great recipe.
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Diane
Just to clarify, I did use instant coffee, but I still put it in the coffee grinder just to give them a quite whiz and get it to a fine powder.
Francesca Bruzzese
Did you use salted or unsalted butter here? Thank you!
Bren
Unsalted, I prefer to add my own salt if needed.
Katie
This looks great! I’ll be making them this week. Are these doable with ground regular coffee beans, or does it need to be instant coffee for a specific reason? Texture maybe? I’m trying to figure out if I need to buy more ingredients. Thanks!
Bren
Regular coffee grounds are too hard and bitter (they are ground beans). Instant coffee is brewed coffee that is dehydrated so you get the coffee flavor with no bitter beans.
Jen
May I ask how Long can we keep these cookies as well as the cookie dimensions before baking? Otherwise, I’d really like to try this recipe!
Bren
The circle cookies pictured are about 4 inches in diameter and 3/8-1/2 inch thick. The size does not change much when baking. I store the cookies for about 5-7 days on the countertop (covered) or 2 weeks in the fridge (covered). (Though I’m not sure a batch has ever lasted 2 whole weeks!)
Jennifer
How long does it take the glaze to harden? Mine is still soft and it’s been 3 hours. Would it be okay to refrigerate so the chocolate hardens?
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Bren
It depends on the room temperature. Yes, you can refrigerate to speed up the process.
TerryASki
Can you freeze these? Would you freeze w/ or without glaze?
Bren
I’ve never tried freezing the cookies, if you want to try I would do it without the glaze.
Connie
Can’t wait to make these shortbread cookies, can you double the recipe. 😀
Bren
Yes, you can double the recipe.