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If you love the warm, comforting flavors of cinnamon and coffee, you’re going to adore these cinnamon coffee cookies! They offer a delightful mix of both ingredients that’s simply irresistible. Soft, fluffy, and chewy coffee cookies are tasty with a mug of coffee or a cup of tea. I typically whip them up during the holiday season, but honestly, they’re absolutely perfect any time of the year. This recipe makes about 18 cookies, so feel free to double up if you think they’ll disappear alarmingly fast (they usually do!)
These coffee cookies have cinnamon and coffee flavors. They’re light, fluffy and sweet, as well as being very simple to make, even if you don’t bake much.
If you love the flavor of coffee in recipes, you might also like these coffee cake muffins, a juicy coffee-rubbed steak, or these simple coffee cake cookies.
Why You’ll Love It
A 30-minute recipe: You can have these cookies on the table in under half an hour!
They’re so tasty: The coffee and cinnamon flavors are just so good.
A versatile snack: These coffee cookies pair with pretty much any beverage and they’re a nice dessert, a sweet treat or brunch addition. You can even bake up a batch as a gift!
Coffee Cookie Ingredients
A complete list of ingredients and amounts can be found in the recipe card below.
Strong coffee: Coffee is one of the main flavors in these coffee cookies. For a less bold flavor, use weaker brewed coffee. For a rich coffee flavor, use strong coffee.
Ground cinnamon: The earthy, warm flavor of cinnamon is so good in these cookies.
All-purpose flour: One of the main ingredients (yes, you can sub gluten-free flour).
Baking soda: To achieve a light airiness.
Sugar: Use both light brown sugar and white sugar (granulated sugar) for sweetness. You can use dark brown sugar in place of the light brown sugar if you want.
Egg: To bind the cookie dough together.
Salt: A pinch of flaky sea salt or kosher salt makes the sweet flavors pop.
How to Make Chewy Coffee Cookies
For more detailed instructions with weights and measurements, jump to the printable recipe card.
Make the cookie dough: Whisk the flour with the baking soda, salt, and cinnamon in one bowl and the butter and sugar in a second. Add the egg to the butter mixture and then add half the dry mixture, the coffee, and the remaining dry mixture.
Chill the dough: Refrigerate the dough for 15 to 20 minutes (optional but a good idea).
Shape and bake the cookies: Scoop dough balls using a cookie scoop and arrange on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Bake for about 10 minutes or until the edges are golden brown.
Cool and serve: Cook the cookies on the cookie sheet for a few minutes and then place them on a cooling rack to cool completely.
Substitutions and Variations
Gluten-free option: If you want a gluten-free version, use gluten-free flour (this is my favorite!)
Coffee: Swap the strong coffee for espresso (espresso powder mixed with boiling water) or diluted instant coffee powder.
Another spice: Swap the ground cinnamon for ground cloves, nutmeg or allspice.
Add an extract: Vanilla extract or almond extract would be good in these coffee cookies.
Glaze them: Top the cookies with a vanilla, caramel or coffee glaze.
A subtler coffee flavor: Increase the cinnamon to ½ teaspoon to make the coffee taste more subtle.
Espresso chocolate chip cookies: Add chopped chocolate chunks (dark chocolate is good) to make chocolate chip coffee cookies. You could also try white chocolate chips.
Serving Suggestions
With brunch: Enjoy these sweet coffee cookies with savory items, perhaps a breakfast burrito, some crispy bacon and air fryer potatoes.
As a snack: Wash them down with Dalgona coffee or a mango smoothie.
For dessert: You can serve your cookies by themselves or pair them with colorful no-churn ice cream.
How to Store Cinnamon Coffee Cookies
Store: Keep the cookies in an airtight container at room temperature. They should stay fresh for up to 5 days.
Freeze: You can freeze the uncooked dough balls in Ziploc bags or freezer-safe containers for a few weeks.
Thaw: Defrost the uncooked dough balls in the refrigerator overnight and proceed with the recipe.
Top Tips
Use a hand mixer: Using a hand mixer to mix the butter and sugar gets more air into the mixture, which results in a lighter and fluffier cookie. You can also use a Danish dough whisk (I have this one!)
Don’t overmix: Mix only until the flour is incorporated. Further mixing beyond that point might make the cookies dense.
No overcrowding: Don’t overcrowd the cookie sheet. You should have 6 to 8 cookies per batch so they bake evenly.
Coffee Cookie Recipe FAQs
Yes. You can refrigerate it for up to 24 hours or you can freeze it for several weeks before thawing and proceeding with the recipe.
You don’t have to but I would recommend it. That way, the cookies are less likely to spread out too much during baking. They only need about 15 minutes in the fridge.
They are quite fragile until they’ve cooled completely, but you can try one while it’s still warm if you simply can’t resist!
Cinnamon Coffee Cookies Recipe
Coffee Cookies
Equipment
- Cookie Scoop Medium
Ingredients
- 1½ Cups all purpose flour
- ½ Teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ Teaspoon salt
- ¼ Teaspoon ground cinnamon, optional
- ½ Cup butter, at room temperature
- ½ Cup white granulated sugar
- ¼ Cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1 egg
- ¼ Cup strong coffee, cooled
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl, cream the butter, sugar, and brown sugar.
- Add the egg and mix until integrated.
- Add half of the dry mixture. Mix until the flour is almost incorporated.
- Add the coffee, and mix well.
- Add the remaining of the flour mixture. Mix well.
- Refrigerate the dough for 15 to 20 minutes (optional but recommended).
- Scoop the dough into balls, using a medium-sized cookie scoop.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 9 to 11 minutes. The edges will be set and golden and the middle will be soft.
- Allow the cookies to cool on the cookie sheet for 2 to 3 minutes then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely before serving.
Notes
Don’t overmix: Mix only until the flour is incorporated. Further mixing beyond that point might make the cookies dense.
No overcrowding: Don’t overcrowd the cookie sheet. You should have 6 to 8 cookies per batch so they bake evenly.
Nutrition
Perfect for coffee lovers, these mouthwatering coffee cookies boast a rich coffee flavor along with earthy warmth from cinnamon plus sweetness from both white and light brown sugar. They are light, fluffy and sweet, and pair beautifully with a mug of coffee or hot chocolate or with a cup of tea. You can tweak the recipe if you want to try dark chocolate coffee cookies or try other spices or extracts in the mix.
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Bella Bucchiotti
Bella Bucchiotti is a Canadian-based syndicated food, travel, and lifestyle writer, photographer, and creator at xoxoBella. She founded xoxoBella in 2015, where she shares her love for food, dogs, sustainability, fitness, crafts, outdoor adventures, travel, and philanthropy to encourage others to run the extra mile, try new recipes, visit unfamiliar places, and stand for a cause. Bella creates stress-free and family-friendly recipes for weeknight dinners and festive feasts.
The coffee flavor pairs so well with the cinnamon. Perfect with my morning latte!
Such a delightful treat! These cookies were perfect with my morning coffee.