Ingredients
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250 g plain flour
125 g cold butter, chopped
55 g caster sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg, lightly beaten
18 walnut halves
butter cream
185 g unsalted butter, softened
120 g icing sugar
1 tablespoon cocoa
1 tablespoon instant coffee granules
1 tablespoon hot water
125 g walnuts, chopped finely
coffee icing
160 g icing sugar
2 teaspoons instant coffee granules
1 tablespoon hot water
1 teaspoon butter
Preparation
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Sift flour into a medium bowl. Using only fingertips, rub in butter. Mix should look like fine breadcrumbs. Stir in sugar, vanilla and egg.
Knead dough on floured surface until smooth. Divide dough into 2. Roll one half between 2 sheets of baking paper until 3mm thick. Repeat with 2nd half. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 180 Deg C, 356 Deg F. Grease & line trays with baking paper.
Use the round cutter to cut out 36 cookies. Place on trays and bake for around 12 minutes. Cool on wire racks. Make butter cream.
When cool sandwich cookies together with walnut butter cream and refrigerate for 30 minutes. Make coffee icing.
Spread the top of each cookie with icing and top with a walnut half.
Butter Cream: Using an electric mixer and a small bowl, beat butter and sifted icing sugar until light and fluffy. Combine cocoa, coffee and water then beat into mix. Stir in walnuts.
Coffee Icing: Sift icing sugar into a small heatproof bowl. Combine coffee and water then stir into sugar. Add butter. Place bowl over saucepan of simmering water and stir until icing is glossy and spreadable.
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