astray recipes: Coffee chip drops

Categories: None
Yield: 36 Servings

Measure	Ingredient
1¼ cup	Light brown sugar, packed
¾ cup	Shortening -- butter
	Flavored
2 tablespoons	Brewed coffee -- cold
1 teaspoon	Vanilla extract
1	Egg
1¾ cup	All-purpose flour
1 tablespoon	French roast coffee beans
	Finely ground
	Or espresso coffee beans
1 teaspoon	Salt
¾ teaspoon	Baking soda
1½ cup	Semisweet chocolate chips
½ cup	Milk chocolate chips
½ cup	Walnuts -- coarsely chopped
36	Chocolate kisses --
	Unwrapped

Preheat oven to 375 degrees; place sheets of foil on countertop for cooling cookies. Place the brown sugar, shortening, coffee and vanilla extract in a large bowl. Beat on medium speed of an electric mixer until blended. Add the egg; beat well. Combine the flour, ground coffee, salt and baking soda. Add to the shortening mixture; beat on low speed just until blended.

Stir in the chocolate chips and walnuts. Drop the dough by rounded measuring tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake one baking sheet at a time for 8 to 10 minutes, or until the cookies are lightly browned and just set. Do no overbake. Place 1 candy in the center of each cookie. Cool for 2 minutes on the baking sheet. Remove the cookies to the foil to cool completely. Penny Halsey (ATBN65B).

Recipe By : Crisco Cookies for a Year of Celebrations From: Date: File

coffee chip drops