Sparkling Coffee Snowflakes

Name: Sparkling Coffee Snowflakes
Yield: Makes 4 dozen cookies
Ingredients: 2 cups (10 ounces; 280 grams), all-purpose flour; 1/4 teaspoon, salt; 16 tablespoons (2 sticks), unsalted butter, softened; 1/2 cup packed (3½ ounces; 99 grams), light brown sugar; 1/4 cup (1¾ ounces; 50 grams), granulated sugar; 1/2 cup (3 ounces; 85 grams), semisweet chocolate chips, melted; 1 tablespoon, instant espresso powder; 1/2 cup (3 ounces; 85 grams), white chocolate chip, melted; 1/4 cup, turbinado sugar

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Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2011

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Shortbread cookies are okay. Shortbread cookies infused with coffee are better.

SERVESMakes 4 dozen cookies

TIME2 hours, plus 2 hours chilling and 35 minutes cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Microwaving the chocolate chips for these Sparkling Coffee Snowflakes proved faster and easier than using a double boiler. Turbinado sugar provided a faint molasses flavor and distinctive crunch, while a little espresso powder infused the S...

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