Coffee Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup unsalted butter, slightly softened
1 1/4 cups sugar
1/2 cup instant coffee powder
2 tablespoons vanilla extract
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 egg yolks
2 1/2 cups cake flour, plus
3 teaspoons cake flour

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Cream the butter with an electric mixer on high speed until smooth (about 1 minute). Add sugar and beat on high until thouroughly blended (another minute).
In a separate bowl, mix the coffee powder, vanilla and egg yolks until the coffee is dissolved. Thoughoughly blend this into the butter/sugar mixture. Then add the flour and mix on high until well blened, about 1 to 2 minutes, scraping the sides of the bowl. Drop by the teaspoonful 1 1/2 to 2 inches apart onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake until lightly browned on the edges, about 16 to 18 minutes. Cool on the cookie sheet until they start to harden (about 3 to 5 minutes) and finish cooling on a wire rack. Store in an airtight container.