Latte Spritz Cookies

This spritz cookie tastes like your fancy latte order at the coffee shop thanks to the addition of coffee powder in the dough and a coffee-cream frosting. Serve them side-by-side for the best possible start to your day.

Latte Spritz Cookies
Photo: Carson Downing
Hands On Time:
30 mins
Total Time:
55 mins
Servings:
96

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoon instant espresso coffee powder

  • 1 tablespoon hot water

  • 1 ½ cup butter, softened

  • 1 cup sugar

  • 1 teaspoon baking powder

  • ¼ teaspoon salt

  • 1 egg

  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

  • 3 ½ cup all-purpose flour

  • 1 recipe Coffee Cream Icing

  • Edible gold glitter, fine sugar, luster dust, and/or instant espresso coffee powder

Coffee Cream Icing

  • ½ cup butter, sofftened

  • 1 7 ounce jar marshmallow creme

  • ½ teaspoon vanilla

  • 2 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder

  • 1 tablespoon instant espresso coffee powder

  • ½ cup powdered sugar

  • 2 tablespoon milk

Directions

  1. In a small bowl stir together espresso powder and 1 Tbsp. hot water. Set aside.

  2. Preheat oven to 375°F. In a large bowl beat butter with a mixer on medium to high 30 seconds. Add sugar, baking powder, and 1/4 tsp. salt. Beat until combined, scraping bowl as needed. Beat in egg, vanilla, and espresso mixture. Beat in flour until thoroughly combined.

  3. Force unchilled dough through a cookie press onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 6 minutes or until edges are firm. Let cool on a wire rack. Dip tops in or spread with Coffee Cream Icing; sprinkle as desired with glitter, sugar, luster dust, and/or instant espresso coffee powder. Makes 96 cookies.

Coffee Cream Icing

  1. In a large bowl beat butter with a mixer on medium 30 seconds. Beat in marshmallow creme and vanilla just until combined. Beat in cocoa powder and instant espresso coffee powder. Beat in powdered sugar and enough milk to make dippable.

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

73 Calories
4g Fat
8g Carbs
1g Protein
Nutrition Facts
Servings Per Recipe 96
Calories 73
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 4g 5%
Saturated Fat 3g 15%
Cholesterol 12mg 4%
Sodium 44mg 2%
Total Carbohydrate 8g 3%
Total Sugars 4g
Protein 1g
Vitamin C 0mg 0%
Calcium 6mg 0%
Iron 0.3mg 1%
Potassium 16mg 0%
Folate, total 8.8mcg
Vitamin B-12 0mcg
Vitamin B-6 0mg

*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

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