Reviewed: Dec. 5, 2011

These were ok. I didn't taste the coffee flavor, and I used a known brand of coffee too so that disappointed me. I thought the 'glaze' was too thick more like a frosting which is fine but I tried piping it on and that was a pain, and it wasn't as sweet as I had expected.

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Jodi

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Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Taunton, Massachusetts, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 8, 2011

Mmmm!! I think this cookie just knocked the socks of all my other fave cookies! They're melt-in-your-mouth-take-you-straight-to-paradise delicious all in one bite! I made these small ... that I managed almost 90-100 of these without doubling them. Mind you, mine were not minuscule sized, they were just not 3/4 inch balls. :) I did 2 things differently, the first was to take the advise of the other reviewers and add 1 tbsp of hot water to the coffee granules to make them into a paste and add them to the butter-sugar-vanilla mixture. The other thing I did different was to not glaze them (coz we LOVE coffee) and just place a single milk chocolate chip over each cookie. So pretty! Also, I was in a hurry and my cookie dough seemed alright to work with it so I didn't chill it. They took exactly 18 minutes to turn a lovely mild golden. They were gobbled up at top speed at my place, and I salvaged the rest to fill up a med-size container to send off with my sister to college. The rest of the family's already begging for more, so I'm going to be making these again tomorrow! =) Oh and these are also definitely going on my holiday platter this year! Thank you Leitzel for this lovely find! And thank you reviewers for your reviews that encouraged me try this! =D

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ri2

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Apr. 21, 2011

This is a nice little shortbread cookie with good coffee taste. I followed the recipe for the dough and did not have any problem with pooling butter as another reviewer did. I did not make the frosting but made a semi-sweet ganache which complimented the cookie nicely. I marked it down slightly as I make a similar cookie that I believe is better. Thank you for sharing.

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Marie C.

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Jan. 30, 2011

I really liked the idea of these cookies since we love coffee. I wanted a butter type cookie not a shortbread so I added 1 large egg, kept the recipe the same otherwise, used Maxwell House instant coffee and the cookies had a good coffee flavour. I used a 1 tbsp scoop and got 42 cookies, at 13 minutes my cookies were done, will try 11 minutes next time, there was butter bubbling around the cookies which was off putting will add a little more flour next time. The cookies and frosting need to be warm as soon as they cool it is impossible to spread, will use a traditional ganache next time which is easier to use. Tasty recipe that needs some tweaking to make it work properly, will try again.

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the4taals

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Living In: Burlington, Ontario, Canada

Reviewed: Jan. 19, 2011

I don't drink coffee, so I thought that these really had a strong coffee flavor. My husband thought they were just right, but didn't care for the crumbliness and would have preferred a softer cookie. The dought was easy to work with after chilling. I didn't have any unsweetened chocolate, so I took another reviewers tip and used chocolate chips melted with milk and then added powdered sugar.

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mominml

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Living In: Moses Lake, Washington, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 10, 2011

I followed the main recipe as-is, except did only half the recipe. I didn't find it to have much of a coffee flavor (I used Taster's Choice Hazelnut and did grind the granules down to a fine powder) - so maybe even non-coffee drinkers would like this cookie. I was hoping it'd be a really pronounced flavor. I think I will make it again, but add more coffee to the main cookie and add it to the icing as well, and maybe I'll even go out a buy a decent instant coffee like Starbucks Via. For the icing, I actually followed reviewer NJtoAL's advice in her 1/18/2010 review - but again used half - 1/4 cup choc chips, 1 TBL butter, 1 TBL milk and powdered sugar until I got the consistency I wanted. With the half recipe I made 24 cookies with approx 2-inch diameters.

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GIRL40165

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Dec. 16, 2010

I really enjoy these, but they can be really potent depending on which instant coffee brand you use. My kids didn't like them much, but the grownups sure did!

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aopiuofc

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Crystal Lake, Illinois, USA

Reviewed: Apr. 3, 2010

Didn't have any powdered sugar on hand, so I just took regular sugar and put it in a food processor. Still came out great. My brother couldn't stop eating them, and really, he's all about healthy eating and whatnot, so he NEVER eats cookies! He made an exception for these. ; D

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satoshii

Living In: San Francisco, California, USA

Reviewed: Apr. 3, 2010

These are absolutely delicious cookies! I think using all butter is very important - I wouldn't recommend substituting. I also liked that they basically remain in whatever shape you put them on the cookie sheet, so you can put lots on a sheet and bake a couple dozen at a time. They were the first cookie finished off at my holiday party - and I was right in there w/my friends gobbling them up!

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elsa

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Detroit, Michigan, USA

Living In: Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 23, 2010

I was glad I had read some of the reviews, because I was concerned about the bits of instant coffee in the dough. I dissolved the coffee with 1/2 tbsp. of milk before adding to the mixture. The resulting cookie is basically a shortbread. I had no problem with the baking; 18 minutes in my oven and they were perfectly done. I thought the icing was a bit bland. I added a little Kahlua as one reviewer suggested, but I think it still needed a richer chocolate taste. I dipped the top side of the cookies while they were still warm into the icing, which adhered with no problem. I think these cookies are nice enough, just not "fabulous".

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