Cookie of the Week

This week - Cappuccino Chocolate Bites.  Just that perfect little cookie when you need some coffee and chocolate.  These cookies are so fragile, that you need to be extremely delicate when you slather on the filling to turn them into sandwiches.  The delicacy follows through in the light coffee flavor of the shortbread cookie and the whipped chocolate ganache' that fills them.  All in all - YUM.

However, these cookies have a lot of "wait" time - mix the dough, chill for 30 minutes, sit for 10 minutes, roll the dough, (and if you re-roll the dough for more cookies, it needs to chill - again - for 10 minutes) freeze for 10 minutes, bake for 10 minutes, rest for 5 minutes, move to racks and let cool.  Mix the ganache, chill for at least 30 minutes, whip, spread and chill some more.  Not a quick cookie.  And it's not a large batch.  I used 1 3/8 " round cookie cutters, and was only able to eek out 18 sandwiches.  That's a small cookie - maybe a bit larger than the end of your thumb.  Don't count on making these to take to a cookie exchange.

Notes:  I had some leftover mousse from the cupcakes which made a delicious sandwich filling as well.  When I whipped up the chocolate ganache for the filling, my bowl and beaters were still warm from the dishwasher and the frosting "broke".  Still tasty, but a bit grainy where it wouldn't have been if  my tools had been even room temperature.