Vanilla Latte Cookies
November 3, 2011 | Print | E-mail | Filed under 12weeksofchristmascookies, cookie
Now that Halloween is over (and we’re halfway through the 12 Weeks of Christmas Cookies!), are you already planning for Thanksgiving? I know some who are already knee-deep in planning, and others who haven’t even thought about it yet. I’m somewhere in between; since it’s my turn to host again this year, I’ve been trying to put together a menu at least so that I can let people know what else to bring. So far it’s slow-going, although I do have a few ideas in mind. My mother-in-law’s cracked wheat rolls for one thing, those are a given! I’ve also been thinking about taking care of dessert this year – since I normally take care of the turkey, stuffing, gravy, and a side or two, I usually leave dessert to someone else. However, I’ve been thinking about running a pie week here on Sugarcrafter the week before Thanksgiving, with a different pie Monday-Friday. I’d like to know your thoughts and whether this is something you may be interested in, so please leave a comment or shoot me an e-mail to let me know! In the meantime, I hope you enjoy these soft vanilla cookies with a hint of espresso. They are perfect by themselves or dipped into your after-dinner coffee!
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 2/3 cup powdered sugar
- 1 Tbsp instant espresso
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 vanilla bean, split and scraped
- 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. In a large bowl, beat the butter on medium speed until smooth. Reduce the mixer speed and beat in the powdered sugar, espresso, vanilla, vanilla bean, and cinnamon.
Add in the flour, beating until combined.
Roll the dough into 1″ balls. Place them 2″ apart on the baking sheet and press to flatten slightly.
Bake about 12 minutes or until the edges are set. Transfer to a wire rack to let cool.
Store at room temperature for up to 3 days in an airtight storage container, or freeze for up to 3 months. Makes about 3 dozen cookies.
November 3rd, 2011 at 10:40 am
Those cookies look amazing they would be good with a cup of tea.
November 3rd, 2011 at 11:15 am
These cookies look delicious! I definitely am going to have to try them some time. And I think a pie week the week before Thanksgiving is a terrific idea!
November 3rd, 2011 at 11:42 am
Now you’re talking! I usually find sugar cookies to be the blandiest of the bland, but adding espresso makes me stop and take notice. Awesome.
November 3rd, 2011 at 11:46 am
I fully support a pie week. I also support these cookies (and second the recommendation of a cup of tea).
November 3rd, 2011 at 11:55 am
I can just taste these cookies, and I seriously want them for breakfast. I’d love a pie week, Tracy!
November 3rd, 2011 at 12:07 pm
We thought we were hosting Thanksgiving for a few hours–and then were told otherwise. Phew! During those few hours, I was feeling a little overwhelmed. Do you get stressed by hosting at all?
Your cookies look great, as usual, and a week of pies sounds awesome!
November 3rd, 2011 at 12:16 pm
I love baking with instant espresso! Makes the kitchen smell wonderful
November 3rd, 2011 at 12:34 pm
Ooh, I love vanilla lattes and I love cookies, so I have no doubt that I’d love these! They look so fabulous and light–yum! I’m totally interested in a pie week–sounds like fun!
November 3rd, 2011 at 1:41 pm
Love the idea of pie week, I need some new pie ideas and how to store until Thanksgiving!
November 3rd, 2011 at 2:53 pm
These sound awesome! I love the idea of a vanilla latte in cookies!
November 3rd, 2011 at 5:20 pm
Yes, please and thank you
those sound great!
November 3rd, 2011 at 6:41 pm
I love the idea of a pie week! What a great idea leading up to Thanksgiving!
November 3rd, 2011 at 7:36 pm
These look great! Can’t waiit to try them.
November 3rd, 2011 at 7:43 pm
Love these! They look so cute and rich without being so heavy…if that makes any sense. I definitely will try them! Going to pin for later.
November 3rd, 2011 at 7:54 pm
I’m hosting Thanksgiving again this year, too… Just ordered a turkey today! But, I haven’t gotten much further than that. I’m thinking I could use a few of these cookies to nibble on while I’m working on my menu!
November 3rd, 2011 at 7:54 pm
These look awesome! I’m going to have to whip up a bunch of them this weekend to go with a hot drink. We’re expecting rain, but I’ll bet you’re more in need of a hot drink than I am. Good luck with Thanksgiving! I’d love to see a pie week on Sugarcrafter!
November 4th, 2011 at 9:10 am
Great idea! I can’t wait to try them!
November 4th, 2011 at 9:41 am
Can’t wait to try these! And yes, bring on the pies! Thanksgiving is all about the pies for sure! (well, maybe Turkey and stuffing too).
November 4th, 2011 at 10:41 am
Just clarifying…you use expresso powder, not actual expresso (i.s. the liquid)…right? Thanks!!
November 4th, 2011 at 10:41 am
Espresso, not expresso…that’s just embarrassing!! *shame*
November 4th, 2011 at 10:46 am
Yummy! These look sooo good. I love the idea to have vanilla and coffee in a cookie. I am going to definitely make these; I know I would love them.
A pie week sounds fun! One of my favorite things about Thanksgiving is pie:)
November 4th, 2011 at 10:48 am
These cookies look great can’t wait to try them. I have just made your vanilla bean scone recipe it was just wonderful. I would like to see a pie week here also.
November 4th, 2011 at 12:23 pm
These sound absolutely scrumptious! Love the latte cookie idea!
November 4th, 2011 at 2:58 pm
I might just have to add this to my growing list of Christmas cookies! These sound delicious! Although pretty much anything with vanilla bean is great
November 4th, 2011 at 7:03 pm
These look delicious!
November 4th, 2011 at 9:17 pm
yum!! these look delish. i love vanilla. and lattes. and cookies!
November 5th, 2011 at 6:51 pm
Vanilla Latte Cookies…just reading the name makes me drool. I’m adding this to my “To-Make” list. I cannot wait until I get to bake Christmas cookies everyday!
November 5th, 2011 at 7:31 pm
those look like they are the perfect match for a glass of milk.
November 5th, 2011 at 10:01 pm
Do you need to line the sheet with parchment paper? I saw on another recipe that you need to line the sheet with parchment paper but when I did that, when I went to take the cookies out of the oven, I pulled the tray right out from underneath the paper and the cookies fell down into the bottom of the oven. I had to spend two hours cleaning out the burnt crumbles of cookie from the bottom of my oven.
Can I just spray the sheet with cooking spray or something?
November 6th, 2011 at 7:30 pm
These look amazing! I love using whole vanilla beans in baked goods. Bookmarked this to make during the holidays!
November 6th, 2011 at 9:34 pm
You can never go wrong with pie! I say go for it. I’ll be anxiously waiting to see what you come up with.
November 6th, 2011 at 11:24 pm
I just ate a cookie and I still totally want those.
November 7th, 2011 at 8:38 am
What a great idea! Thank you for this nice recipe!
November 7th, 2011 at 3:16 pm
Wendy – You are correct; I used espresso powder.
Paige – I’m sorry to hear about your bad luck with parchment paper! You can use a nonstick cookie sheet for these, and just spray it lightly with cooking spray. Hope that helps!
November 7th, 2011 at 8:22 pm
Those look fantastic. They might just be my new favorite! Come visit us. We have a terrific pumpkin cheesecake today.
November 8th, 2011 at 11:36 am
I can’t wait to make these! This is such an awesome idea. So winter-y. I love Christmas cookies
November 8th, 2011 at 3:56 pm
I have a coffee loving family and I know they would love a cookie with a hit of espresso like these.
November 8th, 2011 at 6:37 pm
i made this last night. delicious. I added an egg though because i added too much flour and the mixture was a bit dry (my fault, not recipe.) they are tops! forgot to bring them to work with me though… so now i get to dream about them all day!
November 8th, 2011 at 8:36 pm
They’re in the oven now! I’m so excited
November 9th, 2011 at 6:09 pm
these are calling out to me!!!
November 11th, 2011 at 9:08 am
This looks like the perfect thing to satisfy a sweet craving!
November 12th, 2011 at 11:43 pm
These look YUMMY!!!!!
November 12th, 2011 at 11:54 pm
those cookies look so good and sound amazing!
November 13th, 2011 at 5:10 am
Thank you so much for sharing this. Making “foodie” gifts for my awesome coworkers this year and was looking for something a little different. These will fit the bill perfectly.
November 13th, 2011 at 8:36 pm
Wow, these look great! Thank you for sharing!
November 14th, 2011 at 1:22 am
These look amazing, but I think I would be tempted to tweak them to get a crispy cookie so I could pair them with vanilla ice cream. A soft cookie just doesn’t hold up as well to ice cream in my opinion, and it seems like a match made in heaven.
November 14th, 2011 at 9:36 pm
WOW! Need I say more?
November 15th, 2011 at 1:19 am
Wow these are my favorite cookies thanks for the recipes.
November 16th, 2011 at 5:50 am
Mmmmm, yes please!!
November 17th, 2011 at 1:05 pm
If you were to top these with a frosting what flavor would you use?
November 18th, 2011 at 12:22 pm
Caroline – I’d probably make a vanilla-rum frosting. Hope that helps!
November 21st, 2011 at 9:00 pm
What about if you are trying to make these at high altitude? Should the temperature be higher or should I add more flour or butter to the recipe?
November 23rd, 2011 at 6:51 pm
These cookies came out awesome! I am so excited to bring these to offer my future family for Thanksgiving tomorrow! Thank you for sharing this.
November 23rd, 2011 at 11:41 pm
Mine tasted so bland and were super dry
I followed the recipe exactly
November 24th, 2011 at 12:25 am
trying again-I added a little milk. Hope it makes them a little more moist
November 24th, 2011 at 1:04 am
nope, still awful. I cant figure out what’s wrong………..
November 24th, 2011 at 10:02 am
Maddie – I’m very sorry to hear that! I might try adding in a little brown sugar (maybe 1/4 cup) along with the powdered sugar if the cookies were too bland for you. Hope that helps!
November 24th, 2011 at 6:30 pm
Oh these look amazing – I’m going to have to make them for the holidays – my staff will love them!
November 28th, 2011 at 3:20 pm
I made these the other day, and they were delicious! I thought it was strange at first no eggs were used and two cups of flour were, but they turned out great. Perfect match with a cup of coffee in the morning!
December 11th, 2011 at 2:18 am
These cookies didn’t turn out right at all :/
I don’t know if they are missing a specific ingredient whether it be baking soda or eggs or milk or something but they did not expand, they were crumbly, dry and just fell apart. They did not have a cookie texture. I can’t figure out what it is that was missing though.
December 13th, 2011 at 11:20 am
Ok I’m officially in love with these cookies, what a great recipe! Yum!!
March 1st, 2012 at 5:23 pm
The first batch I made were terrible – flat hard and dry… then I realized by comparing with other recipes that the LEAVENING was missing. I added baking soda & cream of tartar (baking powder) to the next batch and they came out perfectly! Thank you for the recipe. It’s basically my mother-in-law’s snickerdoodle recipe with the expresso & vanilla.
March 1st, 2012 at 5:31 pm
Roger – I did not use baking soda or baking powder in my cookies – but I am happy that worked for you!
July 31st, 2012 at 8:24 pm
No luck with these
I followed the recipe exactly and they came out hard and bitter and didn’t spread even a little. Really disappointed. It is the espresso powder right? Not just a tablespoon of already-made espresso?
July 31st, 2012 at 8:45 pm
Caitlyn – I’m sorry to hear that! Yes the espresso powder is what you want to use. They should spread out a little bit, but not a whole lot – they are similar in texture to a butter cookie.