Vietnamese Coffee Marble Cookies

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Vietnamese Coffee Marble Cookies

If you ever wondered what Vietnamese coffee would taste like in cookie form, look no further than these Vietnamese coffee marble cookies. Filled with sweet condensed milk and smokey espresso powder, these marble cookies are the perfect personification of not too sweet. Included in this post are tips on how to get that pretty marble effect and how to make sure your cookies are perfectly round, so it looks like they just came out of a bakery every time!

Prep Time20

Cook Time12

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Asian, Vietnamese

Diet: Vegetarian

Keyword: Vietnamese coffee marble cookies

Servings: cookies

Calories: 211kcal

Author: Becca Du

Equipment

Ingredients

1 ⅔ cup all purpose flour
½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt
½ cup unsalted butter softened, room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar plus ½ cup for rolling
1 egg
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 tbsp espresso powder see note!
1 tbsp condensed milk

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Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (177 degrees C).
Prep 2 baking sheets by covering them with parchment paper.
Combine 1 ⅔ cup of all purpose flour, ½ tsp of baking soda, ½ tsp of baking powder, and ¼ tsp of salt in a small bowl. Mix and set aside.
In a separate bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, whisk together ½ cup of unsalted butter and 1 cup of granulated sugar until well combined.
Add 1 egg and 2 tsp of vanilla extract to the mixer. Mix until combined.
Combine the dry ingredients from step 1 with the wet ingredients. Mix until just combined.
Scoop out 2/3 of the dough into a separate bowl. Add 2 tbsp of espresso powder and mix until the dough is completely brown. To the last 1/3 of the cookie dough, add 1 tbsp of condensed milk. Mix until just combined. See note below for more details on how much espresso powder to use.
Take 2 tbsp of dough from the espresso dough and 1 tbsp from the condensed milk dough, and combine them into 1 cookie dough ball. Each ball should be ~50 grams.
Add ½ cup of granulated sugar to a small bowl. Coat the dough ball in granulated sugar. Repeat this process until you run out of cookie dough.
Bake the cookies for 12-14 minutes until the edges are slightly brown.

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Notes

I used King Arthur Espresso Powder for my recipe which is a high quality espresso powder and as a result, has a strong espresso flavor. I also don't like espresso flavor that's too strong which is why I used 2 tbsp. If you are using a different espresso powder or if you like a stronger espresso flavor, use 3-4 tbsp of espresso powder.

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