Coffee Cookies

These coffee cookies are incredibly flavorful and warmly spiced! This recipe is quick, easy, and perfect for any coffee and mocha lovers. These mocha cookies combine espresso and chocolate for an insane flavor combination!

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

• These coffee cookies are bursting with flavor.
• This quick and easy recipe takes only 20 minutes.
• No dough chilling required.
• Only one mixing bowl required.
• No need to brew any coffee. Try these Espresso Cookies with any leftover espresso powder!
• They are warm and cozy.
• Great for any occasion.
• The chocolate and espresso flavor combination is rich and deep.
• With using gluten free flour, this recipe is both gluten free and nut free.
• Check out these Brownie Mix Cookies for another fun sweet treat!

Ingredients & Substitutions

These are the main ingredients and substitutions for cafe coffee cookies. Scroll down to the recipe card for full ingredients list and instructions.

Use cold butter right from the fridge. Do not use softened or melted butter. This will create runny cookies. Beat butter with sugars until creamy.

Both white sugar and light brown sugar sweeten these cookies. I have not tried this recipe using coconut sugar, monk fruit sweetener or a low carb sugar.

The egg helps bind the cookies together. For an egg free option, replace 1 egg with ¼ cup unsweetened applesauce. For more helpful information, check out these Eggless Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Vanilla extract adds a great classic cookie flavor.

Both gluten free 1 to 1 flour and all purpose flour work well. Do not substitute almond flour, coconut flour, oat flour or cassava flour.

Baking soda helps these cookies rise slightly. Overall, these cookies are not thick.

A pinch of sea salt adds a great flavor to the dough. In addition, sprinkle some sea salt on top if desired. Highly recommend this!

Espresso powder adds that classic coffee flavor. Espresso powder is produced from roasted coffee beans. The beans are ground up, then brewed and dried. Finally, this is ground into a fine powder. Since this flavor is much more concentrated than typical coffee, a little bit goes a long way. For more mild, make these Latte Cookies.

Chocolate chips add a great balance to the rich and deep espresso flavor. Any type of chocolate works well.

Taste & Texture

These coffee cafe cookies taste like mocha! The cookies themselves have a strong espresso flavor, while the chocolate chips balance this out. Together, the flavored cookies and chocolate chips create a delicious mocha flavor.

These cookies are the perfect height. They are not too thick and doughy and not too thin and crispy. They have crispy edges and a soft center.

How to Make

Step 1

First, preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a baking pan with parchment paper.

Step 2

In the bowl of a stand mixer, add cold butter, white sugar and brown sugar. Beat for 2 minutes or until no clumps of butter remain.

Step 3

Then, add in egg and vanilla extract. Beat to combine.

Step 4

Add in flour, baking soda, sea salt and espresso powder. Stir until a thick dough is formed.

Step 5

Fold in chocolate chips.

Step 6

Use an ice cream scooper to scoop large balls of dough onto lined pan. Leave at least 3 inches of space between each ball of dough.

Step 7

Bake for 9 to 10 minutes or until cookies are just barely set in the middle.

Step 8

Finally, remove coffee cookies from oven. Allow cookies to cool on pan for 10 minutes. Then, carefully remove to a cooling rack. Sprinkle with sea salt if desired.

Expert Tips & Tricks

Use cold butter right from the fridge. Do not use melted or softened butter.

Beat butter and sugars until completely combined. This mixture will be creamy and contain no clumps of butter.

The cookie dough is somewhat thick.

Feel free to use less espresso powder for a more mild flavor.

Bake coffee cookies until just barely set in the middle. They are meant to be gooey!

Allow cafe cookies to cool on pan for 10 minutes. Then, carefully transfer to a cooling rack.

How to Serve & Store

Serve coffee cookies once cool enough to handle. They are delicious warm from the oven, cooled and even frozen!

These obviously pair well with a glass of coffee! These are the perfect cookies to eat with coffee. They are also great with hot chocolate or a glass of milk.

Since these cookies are so flavorful, they pair well with vanilla ice cream.

Store cookies covered at room temperature for up to 4 days.

Freeze for up to 2 months.

Frequently Asked Questions

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