Frosted Cinnamon-Mocha Cookies | Cookie Recipes

Frosted Cinnamon-Mocha Cookies | Cookie Recipes

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine -- softened
2 teaspoons instant coffee (dry)
1 egg
3 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate -- melted and
cooled
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
Mocha Frosting -- (recipe follows)
MOCHA FROSTING
1 teaspoon instant coffee (dry)
3 tablespoons hot water
2 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
2 cups powdered sugar
2 teaspoons water (2 to 3 teaspoons)
Heat oven to 350º. Beat sugar, butter, coffee and egg in large bowl
with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in
chocolate. Stir in remaining ingredients except Mocha Frosting.
Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto
ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until almost no
indentation remains when touched in center. Remove from cookie
sheet to wire rack. Cool completely. Frost with Mocha Frosting.
MOCHA FROSTING:
Dissolve coffee in 3 tablespoons hot water; set aside. Melt chocolate
and butter in 2-quart saucepan over low heat, stirring frequently;
remove from heat. Stir in powdered sugar, coffee mixture and 2 to 3
teaspoons water until smooth and spreadable.