Coffee biscuits: 3 recipes for making them at home

Ideal for a tasty breakfast, perhaps with a perfect caffellatte, but also for a mid-afternoon snack, accompanied by a nice hot cup of green coffee. You’ve guessed it! We’re talking about coffee biscuits, delicious little treats that are easy and quick to make at home: read on to find out how to make them at home with three recipes to meet a variety of different tastes.

Melt-in-the-mouth coffee biscuits

Let’s begin with a recipe for the classic melt-in-the-mouth coffee biscuits, crunchy outside and soft inside. You can store them for several days in a biscuit tin, or a glass cookie jar.

Ingredients

• 270 gr plain flour
• 100 gr butter
• 90 gr sugar
• One small cup of espresso (about 40 ml). The ideal coffee to use for this type of recipe is one with a balanced aroma and a sweet flavour, such as the Classic Blend for moka
• 1 egg
• 1 sachet of vanilla powder
• Half sachet of vanilla-flavoured raising agent
• 1 pinch of salt
• Sugar as needed
• Icing sugar as needed

Preparation (3 hours)

1. Begin making these crumbly coffee biscuits by making a coffee with the moka pot, pouring it into a ceramic bowl and leaving to cool in the fridge for about 15 minutes.
2. Mix the butter with the sugar in a bowl. When creamy, add the egg, salt and cold coffee. Now you can mix everything up with a stand mixer, continuing to stir.
3. Add the flour, the raising agent and the vanilla powder, taking care to mix the mixture well. When the dough is dense and smooth, cover it with clingfilm and leave in the fridge for about an hour.
4. When the hour is up, roll into small golf ball-sized portions, roll first in the sugar and then in the icing sugar.
5. Place the balls on a sheet of baking paper in a baking tray and bake the biscuits at 180°C for about 15 minutes. When baked, leave to cool. Then serve your delicious melt-in-the-mouth coffee biscuits with pride!

Coffee and almond biscuits

The next recipe for healthy, natural home-made biscuits is for coffee and almond biscuits. Ready to bake?

Ingredients

• 250 gr plain flour
• 150 gr brown or white sugar
• 80 gr almond flour or ground almonds
• 60 ml vegetable oil
• 10 gr raising agent for cakes
• 1 egg
• 1 small cup of espresso (about 40 ml). For this recipe, we recommend using a sweet coffee with a refined finish such as the award-winning 100% Arabica Blend for moka or in compatible capsules
• 1 sachet of vanilla powder
• 1 pinch of salt
• Coffee beans as needed
• Sugar as needed

Preparation

1. Place the egg and sugar in a bowl, mixing for a few minutes.
2. Then add all the other ingredients one at a time, continuing to stir the mixture until it is smooth.
3. Take a small piece of dough (about 30 gr) and roll it in the sugar, repeating this step until all the dough is used up.
4. Place the sugar-coated biscuits on a lined baking tray, leaving some space between them. Add the finishing touch by placing a coffee bean on every biscuit, then place the biscuits in an oven heated to 180°C for about 15 minutes.
5. When the 15 minutes are up, leave the coffee and almond biscuits to cool, then serve.

Coffee biscuits without butter and eggs

Now it’s time for a lightweight yet delicious version, also perfect for those who follow a vegan diet. Let’s discover the recipe for coffee biscuits without butter and eggs.

Ingredients

• 250 gr plain flour
• 80 gr white or brown sugar
• 60 ml vegetable oil
• 40 gr dark chocolate
• 4 gr raising agent for cakes
• 2 small cups of espresso (about 80 ml). If you have leftover coffee made with the moka you can use it up in this recipe, otherwise we recommend a bold, creamy blend like our Intense coffee capsules
• 1 teaspoon of soluble coffee
• A few coffee beans for decoration

Preparation

1. To make these coffee biscuits without butter and eggs, begin by mixing the flour, raising agent and sugar together in a mixing bowl.
2. Add the espresso, the soluble coffee and the oil.
3. Knead the dough well with your hands.
4. Create small balls of dough and place them on a baking tray lined with baking paper, flattening them slightly.
5. Bake in an oven pre-heated to 180°C for about 15 minutes.
6. Having left the biscuits to cool, melt the dark chocolate over a bain marie and place the coffee beans on the top as decoration before the chocolate solidifies.

What do you think of your home-made coffee biscuits? Now it’s time for a grand classic, revisited to make it suitable for the young and the young at heart alike: discover how to make child-friendly, coffee-free tiramisu.