Cappuccino Cookies
- 1 cup butter softened
- 2 cups firmly packed brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 2 tablespoons coffee granules Instant
- 2 eggs lrgs
- 1 teaspoon rum extract
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 4 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon salt
- chocolate sprinkles or- melted
- chocolate optional
- BEAT butter in large bowl with electric mixer at medium speed until smooth.
- Add sugar; beat until well blended.
- HEAT milk in small saucepan over low heat; add coffee granules, stirring todissolve. Add milk mixture, eggs, rum extract and vanilla to butter mixture. Beat at medium speed until well blended.
- COMBINE flour, baking powder, nutmeg and salt in large bowl. Gradually addflour mixture to butter mixture, beating at low speed after each additionuntil blended.
- SHAPE dough into 2 logs, about 8 inches long and 2 inches in diameter.
- (Dough will be soft; sprinkle lightly with flour if too sticky to handle.)
- ROLL logs in chocolate sprinkles, if desired, coating evenly ('/3 cup sprinkles per roll). Or, leave rolls plain and dip cookies in melted chocolate after baking. Wrap each log in plastic wrap; refrigerate overnight.
- PREHEAT oven to 350"F. Grease cookie sheets. Cut rolls into '/4-inch-thickslices; place 1 inch apart on cookie sheets. (Keep unbaked rolls and slicedcookies chilled until ready to bake.)
- BAKE 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown. Transfer to wire racks to cool. Dip plain cookies in melted semisweet or white chocolate, if desired.
- Store in airtight container.
butter, brown sugar, milk, coffee, eggs, rum, vanilla, flour, baking powder, ground nutmeg, salt, chocolate sprinkles, chocolate optional
Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Cappuccino-Cookies-1649650 (may not work)