Mocha Walnut Butter Cookies Recipes

MOCHA NUT BALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, cocoa and coffee granules; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Stir in pecans. Shape dough into 1-in. balls; place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets., Bake 14-16 minutes or until set. Cool on pans 1-2 minutes. Roll warm cookies in confectioners' sugar. Cool on wire racks.

MOCHA ALMOND COOKIES

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, sift together flour, cocoa, espresso, baking powder, and salt. With an electric mixer, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg until well combined; mix in cooled chocolate. With mixer on low, gradually add flour mixture, then ground almonds; beat in milk until just combined. Flatten dough into a disk; wrap in plastic. Freeze until firm, about 45 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line two baking sheets with parchment. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Pour confectioners' sugar (about 1/2 cup) into a medium bowl; working in batches, roll each ball in confectioners' sugar twice, letting each sit in sugar between coatings.
• Place on prepared baking sheets, 2 inches apart. Bake until cookies have spread and coating is cracked, 12 to 14 minutes; cookies will still be soft to the touch. Cool cookies on a wire rack.

MOCHA NUT BUTTER BALLS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Stir together the flour, cocoa, coffee crystals and salt; set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy. Mix in the dry ingredients just until blended. Stir in the pecans. Roll dough into 1 inch balls and place them 2 inches apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven, until the bottoms are lightly browned. Remove from cookie sheets and roll in confectioners' sugar while still warm. Store in a tightly covered container at room temperature.

MOCHA WALNUT CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups. Place 1 1/2 cups walnut halves in food processor. Cover; process 10 seconds or just until finely ground (do not overprocess).
• In large bowl, beat cake mix, water, oil, eggs, ground walnuts and 1 tablespoon of the coffee powder with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds. Beat on medium speed 2 minutes. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups.
• Bake 15 to 18 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• In large bowl, beat butter with electric mixer on medium speed until creamy. Gradually add powdered sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Beat in melted chocolate, whipping cream, vanilla and remaining 1 tablespoon coffee powder until well blended. Frost cupcakes. Top each with 1 walnut half. Store loosely covered.

MOCHA WHITE CHOCOLATE CHUNK COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine butter, sugars, eggs, instant coffee, and vanilla extract in a large bowl. Beat with an electric mixer until fluffy.
• Mix flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt together in a separate bowl. Pour over butter mixture and beat until combined. Fold in white chocolate chunks using a spatula. Cover dough and chill for 1 hour.
• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease 2 cookie sheets.
• Drop tablespoonfuls of dough onto the prepared baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges are lightly browned, 12 to 15 minutes. Allow to cool slightly before removing from the cookie sheets.

MOCHA SWIRL PEANUT BUTTER TOFFEE COOKIES

Steps:

• HEAT oven to 375 degrees F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper. Combine peanut butter, shortening, brown sugar, milk and vanilla in large bowl. Beat at medium speed of electric mixer until well blended. Add egg. Beat just until blended.
• COMBINE flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in medium bowl. Add to creamed mixture at low speed. Mix just until blended. Stir in toffee bits. Add chocolate hazelnut spread, swirling gently with spatula. Do not over mix. Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls 2-inches apart onto prepared baking sheet.
• BAKE 8 to 10 minutes, or until edges begin to brown. Cool 2 minutes on baking sheet. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.

DARK MOCHA COOKIES

Steps:

• HEAT oven to 325 degrees F. Combine flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt in medium bowl. Beat shortening, sugar and vanilla in large bowl on medium speed with electric mixer until fluffy. Beat in hazelnut spread until smooth. Add flour mixture and milk alternately to shortening mixture, beating until blended.
• USE 1 tablespoon dough to form 36 1 1/4-inch balls. Roll in cinnamon sugar. Place on baking sheet. Flatten dough with round cup to 1/4-inch thick.
• BAKE 10 to 12 mintues. Let cool 5 minutes. Remove to wire rack to cool completely.
• *Cinnamon Sugar is available in your grocer's spice aisle or you can make your own by combining 1 tablespoon sugar and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon.

MOCHA BUTTER BALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In bowl of a standing electric mixer beat together all ingredients except confectioners' sugar until just combined well. Form dough into 1-inch balls and arrange about 3/4 inch apart on baking sheets.
• Bake cookies in batches in middle of oven until just firm and beginning to brown, about 18 minutes, and cool on baking sheets 5 minutes.
• Sift confectioners' sugar into a bowl. After the 5 minutes cooling, toss balls, a few at a time, in confectioners' sugar, coating them well and transferring them as coated to trays to cool completely. (Before balls are stored or frozen, they can be coated lightly again in confectioners' sugar to keep them from sticking to each other.) Cookies may be stored between layers of wax paper in airtight containers up to 6 weeks frozen.

MOCHA NUT BUTTERBALL COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar well.
• Add Vanilla and cream till light and fluffy.
• Add flour coffee, cocoa, flour and salt.
• Mix well and add nuts.
• Shape in 1 inch balls.
• Put on ungreased sheets and bake 325 deg.
• for 15 minutes.
• Roll in confectioners sugar while warm and again when cooled.

MOCHA-WALNUT MACARONS

Steps:

• Place egg whites in a large bowl; let stand at room temperature 30 minutes., Preheat oven to 275°. Place confectioners' sugar, walnuts, cocoa and coffee in a food processor; process until finely ground and set aside., Add salt to egg whites; beat on medium speed until soft peaks. Gradually add superfine sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating on high after each addition until sugar is dissolved. Continue beating until stiff glossy peaks form. Carefully fold in walnut mixture until blended., Pipe or drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 1 in. apart onto parchment-lined baking sheets. Air dry for 30 minutes before baking. Bake 18-20 minutes. Remove macaroons from baking sheet to a wire rack; cool completely. Remove from parchment; store in an airtight container.

MOCHA SLICE COOKIES

Steps:

• Sift together flour, cocoa, salt, espresso powder, and cinnamon into a large bowl; set aside. Put butter and sugar into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle; mix on medium until pale and fluffy. Mix in egg and vanilla. Reduce speed to low. Add flour mixture; mix until just combined. Stir in cocoa nibs.
• Turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface; roll into a 2-inch-diameter log. Wrap in parchment; transfer to a paper towel tube to hold shape. Refrigerate until firm, at least 1 hour or up to overnight.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Unwrap log, and let soften slightly at room temperature, about 5 minutes. Brush with water, then roll in sanding sugar. Cut log into 1/4-inch thick rounds. Space 1 inch apart on baking sheets lined with parchment paper.
• Bake until centers are set, about 10 minutes. Transfer to wire racks; cool completely.

MOCHA WALNUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• In large bowl of mixer, thoroughly beat the butter, sugar, coffee and cocoa.
• At low speed, gradually add the flour.
• With a spoon, work in chopped walnuts.
• Shape into balls, using about 1/2 Tbsp each.
• Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 350° for about 8 minutes.
• Cool.
• Meanwhile, mix milk, 1/4 tsp instant coffee, butter and confectioners' sugar to make icing.
• Place small amount of icing atop each mocha cookie.
• Top with a piece of walnut, if desired.