Two-Tone Coffee and Cardamom Cookies

These cookies are very buttery despite using non dairy butter. I made a variation before, using golden vegetable shortening, and the cookies were also buttery. - In other words, if you do not have diet restriction nor living plant-based, dairy butter would definitely also give wonderful buttery result :)

You can subs the coffee granules with decaffeinated coffee, if you prefer so.

Give this recipe a try, I have a strong feeling you will be hooked. The combination of coffee, cardamom, and dark chocolate really compliment each other, if I may say so myself :)

• 1 c and 1 tbsp flour
• 1/4 c and 1 tbsp sugar
• 115 g vegan butter/yellow vegetable shortening
• 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
• 4 green cardamom, crushed
• 1/4 tsp each instant coffee granules, flax meal, chia seed

• Mix dry ingredients in a bowl, set aside
• In a separate bowl, beat butter with 1 tbsp sugar
• Beat in vanilla
• Beat dry mixture into whipped butter a little at a time to combine, then knead with hands
• Roll dough flat and cut with cookie cutter
• Bake cookies at preheated 350 F for 8 mins (convection oven)
• Cool cookies on rack then dip cookies in melted dark chocolate (100 g, melted in microwave at 30 seconds interval)