Coffee Cookies

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• � teaspoon baking soda
• a pinch of salt
• 125 gr softened butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 50 ml instant coffee, dissolved in 20 ml boiling water
• � cup golden syrup
• � teaspoon vanilla essence

Frosting

• 2 cups icing sugar
• 80 gr softened butter
• 1 teaspoon of instant coffee dissolved in 2 teaspoons boiling water.

Directions

1. Sift the flour, baking soda and salt. Add the butter and mix until crumbly texture.
2. In another mixing bowl mix together the sugar, coffee, syrup and vanilla essence. Add this to the flour mixture and combine until you have a manageable dough.
3. Press with cookie press into prepared baking tray, and bake for 8 � 10 min on 180 degrees Celsius.
4. To make the frosting, combine the icing sugar with butter and dissolved coffee, mix until fluffy.
5. Let cookies cool down before you ice. Makes 30 double cookies.