Cinnamon Toffee Coffee Cookies
I’m not sure about you, but after so many sandwiches last week, I was in the mood for a cookie.
Truth be told I have no idea where I came up with a notion to put toffee bits and coffee together in a cookie but I’m here to say that it works. Since making the compost cookies, I guess I have a mindset that absolutely nothing is off limits in cookie dough. So was born some cinnamon toffee coffee cookies.
Including fresh coffee grounds. Coffee is an every day, no exceptions, drink-it-black, first-thing-in-the-morning kind of habit in my brain. I started drinking it with my Grammy when I was no older than 8 and just never stopped. She taught me to drink it black, and with chocolate chip cookies dipped in. That’s legit, huh?
And that’s the way I have consumed it every. single. day. I was raised by a coffee-drinking family. I married into a coffee-drinking family. In fact, I decided that I was going to marry Paul when I found out he takes his coffee black. Match made in heaven, yes? And chances are, we’ll raise a coffee-drinking family.
People told me it would stunt my growth but I think I did just fine. Although I don’t dunk cookies in it every day anymore, I will take an excuse to eat a couple cookies with my coffee. So why not put the coffee inside the cookies? It’s necessary. And brilliant. And so rich and delicious.
Cinnamon Toffee Coffee Cookies
Yield: 3-dozen cookies
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 14 minutes
Chewy Toffee Coffee cookies featuring a sugary-y cookie base with spicy cinnamon, sweet toffee, and rich coffee flavor.
Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups unbleached bread flour (I use King Arthur)
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup butter, room temperature
1 1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 cup Heath toffee bits
3 tsp. fresh coffee groundsDirections:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line two large cookie sheets with parchment or Silpat liners. Set aside.
In a large bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt together and set aside.
In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream the butter and sugar until light in color, fluffy and airy, about 3 minutes. Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing until fully incorporated.
Slowly add the flour and mix just until combined, and until no white streaks remain. Stir in the toffee bits and coffee grounds.
Place the dough, in 1-inch balls, about 2-inches apart on the cookie sheets. Bake for 12-14 minutes until lightly browned on the edges but soft in the middle. Cook for a few minutes on the cookie sheet, and then cool completely on a wire rack.
Cassie's Notes:
Since beginning the Milk Bar Monday series, I have learned that I prefer bread flour in cookies (and lots of recipes) versus all-purpose. The extra protein in bread flour helps to bind to all of the butter in these cookies. All-purpose flour can be subbed for the bread flour, just add 3-4 more tablespoons of all purpose flour.Most grocery stores have Heath Bar Toffee Bits for sale in the baking aisle. If you can't find them, use any toffee bar, or buy a Heath candy bar and chop it up into bits for this recipe.
And make sure to use actual (unused) coffee grounds in this recipe, not instant coffee or instant espresso. Both will just dissolve in the recipe and you won't get the rich coffee flavor that I loved most about these cookies. I am a coffee lover so I probably could have added another teaspoon and been OK, but if you aren't as much of a fan, feel free to reduce the amount of coffee you add.
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Yessssss please.
I agree. “Brilliant!” These sound fabulous, Cassie!
Mmm love this idea!
Toffee and coffee in one cookie? Genius!
Love the toffee/coffee combo (and it RHYMES!!)
My husband is crazy about coffee. He would love these!!
These must taste like one tall, delicious, latte! What a great idea.
Those look so chewy and delish! Mmmmm….
These look great Cassie! I bet they are amazing with a hot cup of coffee! 😀
Haha, I love the way you talk about coffee. I’ve never really had coffee although I bake with it. Just smelling it gives me a headache so I haven’t tried. But coffee ice cream? Ooooh. Or coffee cheesecake?! Oh gosh. Now I want to get up and bake something coffee flavored. I’m a huge fan of Heath bars so these cookies sound pretty much perfect to me. And I love that little cookie / cupcake stand! Cute. 🙂
You had me at cinnamon! Sounds amazing.
Now this is my type of cookie! Coffee and toffee bits? Yes, please!
& I love your little mini stand you used for the cookie. Super cuteee!
I’m not a big coffee drinker but I love those little flecks in these cookies. Toffee and coffee sounds like a great combination.
Bring me some? K, thanks! 😉
well…now i’m just wishing i had some with my coffee right now! yum. 🙂
I’m game for anything toffee! Throw in some cinnamon and I call that absolutely heavenly!
I love the little coffee specks throughout the cookie. Looks like poppyseeds but I bet it’s a nice surprise biting into it when you find out it’s not 🙂
Ha – since you were 8?!?!? That’s dedication. These sound delicious. And love that you used the grounds!
These look great, Cassie! Perfect for dunking into a cup of milk. Mmmm! Love your notes about the bread flour, too. I never knew that it had an advantage over all purpose flour in that way. Thanks for the lesson!
Oh heck yes. Cassie, I loved your sandwich series, but I’m glad to see some cookies up in these parts!
Yes, yes, yes! Would you send me a couple dozen please? Pretty please???
I was wondering how long it would be before someone made a version of compost cookies…and used coffee! They look great!
I grew up in a coffee drinking family too, but I’ve never developed the habit. People told me it would happen in college or law school, but I just never learned to like the taste. That said, I LOVE to use coffee in baking projects so these cookies are right up my alley!
Coffee and toffee? Oh hecks to the yes!
I love what you did here, Cassie! Coffee & toffee are perfect together, and combining them in a cookie is such a good idea.
yes, Cassie… NOTHING is off limits in cookie dough! These look awesome Cassie! Love the cookie recipes you come up with.
I have a serious obsession with Toffee, and these cookies look amazing. Not I just want to make Compost Toffee :0
These look delicious Cassie!!
Yum I copied down the recipe !!!My cookie dessert next in my lineup of the week .
these cookies turned out gorgeous! i actually gave up drinking coffee a while ago (once i realized that i never really liked it, + just drank it out of habit, ha!) but i still love its flavor in foods – ice cream, cookies, even on rubs for meat. i bet i’d looove these. yum!
I’m a black coffee drinking girl too! And these cookies look heavenly!!
oh man, these look good!
I am always in the mood for cookies and these look amazing!
These sound delicious! Love the combination of flavors in this cookie and I’m totally with you on the need for coffee in the morning!
That is one big bite! I could probably eat it in one whole one, then gobble the rest down just as fast. This looks delicious!
These are brilliant! Two of my favorite things all together as one. Love your tip about bread flour. I’ll have to try that. I can’t wait to whip up a batch of these!
Mmm, any food makes me feel like a cookie, and these look like such a perfect texture!
I’m crazy impressed with these cookies…and your black coffee drinking. My husband has been trying to get me to give up creamer since we got married 3 1/2 years ago…and had no luck yet! We’d both love these cookies though 🙂
Wow, these cookies look out of this world!! Yum!!
These cookies are fabulous!!!
And they rhyme toffee… coffee…
perfect pair!!!
I’d dip em in a cup of black coffee…indeed I would. I love toffee bits (I’m obsessed with putting them on my frozen yogurt) and think the combo of toffee and coffee is brilliant 🙂
Whoa… toffee and coffee?!
Sandwiches..now cookies… I think you are starting to get all my favorite food groups covered. 🙂 These look great Cassie!! Have a wonderful week. 🙂
These cookies look so good! I love toffee!
Love it Cassie! Toffee, coffee and cinnamon. Works for me!
Oh yes, such a nice treat after having good sandwiches! I drink coffee black too! I’ve never dip cookies in it though. Got to try it (after kids leave the house!). 😉 Toffee in the cookies sounds wonderful. I have a cup of coffee with me, all I need is these yummy cookies!
What a fabulous recipe, these look absolutely delicious!! 🙂
Toffee in cookies is my favorite!
Oh, I so agree nothing is off-limits when it comes to cookie dough! What a wonderful flavor combo with the toffee and coffee!
What a great combination! I am not a huge coffee lover, but I love the flecks it gives the cookie
Toffee coffee! YUM! Great combination. they look just perfect Cassie! 🙂
The name alone has me hooked! I’m a sucker for a good food rhyme 😉 Can’t wait to give these a try!
DEcadent is an understatement!! I could use these right about now! Hop a flight to Santa Barbara, I’ll provide housing, you provide these cookies!
oh Cassie, you have combined all 3 of my favorite flavors in one cookie and i love you for it!! seriously, coffee flavored anything with toffee and cinnamon is such a matchmade in heaven!!
Coffee with cookies dunked into is is the best way to drink coffee in my opinion!
I love coffee & love it even more in cookies! These look awesome Cassie!
Coffee flavored anything has me drooling all the time. For reals 😀