Kahlua Cookies Recipe
These Kahlua Cookies are delicious and perfect if you love coffee flavored desserts!
Servings 24
Calories 185kcal
Ingredients
- 1½ cups flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp kosher salt
- 1 tsp espresso powder
- 1 tsp coffee extract
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
- ½ cup unsalted butter softened
- ½ cup light brown sugar packed
- ¼ cup caster sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 Tbsp Kahlua
- 2 cups red orange, and yellow M&M's
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4 and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- In a small bowl combine flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, espresso powder, and salt. Set aside.
- In a standing mixer, beat together the butter and sugars until combined and fluffy.
- Beat in the egg, and coffee extract.
- Fold in the dry ingredients until combined.
- Fold in 1 cup of the M&Ms.
- Using a medium cookie scoop, scoop cookie dough into hands and roll into a ball.
- Lightly press down onto the dough ball to form a thick disk.
- Place a few more M&M's onto the top of the cookie dough rounds.
- Repeat steps with remaining dough.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 8-12 minutes.
- Remove from oven and transfer to a wire wrack to cool.
Notes
Since these contain alcohol, they are not suitable for children. You can omit the alcohol if you wish. Replace it with another liquid - milk, or brewed, cooled espresso or coffee should work. You can replace the M&M's with dark and white chocolate chips if you prefer.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 185kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 20mg | Sodium: 92mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 18g