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Christmas coffee bean cookies with cocoa

Name: Christmas coffee bean cookies with cocoa
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: About 100 cookies
Cuisine: Slovak
Ingredients: 200 g Butter; 200 ml Cream; 4 tbsp Warm milk; 5 tbsp Instant coffee; 200 g Powdered sugar; 3 tbsp Cocoa powder; 650 g All-purpose flour

Coffee bean-shaped Christmas cookies made with instant coffee, cocoa, butter, and cream, baked at 180°C (350°F). Makes about 100.

Slovak cuisine · Christmas cookies and baking · Quick recipes in 35 minutes · Translated from Slovak · October 24, 2026

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Recipe at a glance

Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 12–15 min
Total time: 30 min
Temperature: 180 °C (350 °F)
Servings: About 100 cookies
Difficulty: Easy

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These Christmas cookies with instant coffee and cocoa are shaped to look like real coffee beans. The instant coffee is dissolved in hot milk, then mixed with cream, cocoa, and flour into butter creamed with sugar. The dough is shaped into balls, and a groove is pressed into the center of each with a skewer.

They bake for 12 to 15 minutes at 180°C (350°F), and the whole recipe takes about half an hour. Coffee lovers and others alike will enjoy them.

Ingredients

Butter 200 g
Cream 200 ml
Warm milk 4 tbsp
Instant coffee 5 tbsp
Powdered sugar 200 g
Cocoa powder 3 tbsp
All-purpose flour 650 g

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Instructions

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Dissolve the instant coffee in the hot milk. Cream the butter with the sugar, pour in the cream and dissolved coffee, then add the cocoa and flour and mix until the dough holds together.
Shape the dough into balls and place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Press a groove into the center of each ball with a skewer to make it look like a coffee bean.
Bake in an oven preheated to 180°C (350°F) for approximately 12 to 15 minutes.

Tip: Roll the balls between your palms into slight ovals and press a deeper groove with the skewer, as it will partially close during baking. This will make the cookies look like real coffee beans.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per piece, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 51 kcal
Protein: 0.8 g
Carbohydrates: 7.4 g
of which sugars: 2.1 g
Fat: 2.1 g
of which saturates: 1.2 g
Fiber: 0.2 g
Salt: 0.0 g

Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Vianočné kávové zrná s instantnou kávou a kakaom