CHOCO-HAZELNUT LATTE COOKIES

Choco-Hazelnut Latte Cookies image

Prize-Winning Recipe 2009! Love hazelnut coffee? Create the same latte flavor in a deliciously easy, addictive chocolate cookie.

Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens

Categories Dessert

Time 1h25m

Yield 32

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

1 pouch (1 lb 1.5 oz) Betty Crocker™ sugar cookie mix
1/3 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
3 tablespoons instant coffee granules or crystals
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
3 tablespoons hazelnut-flavored syrup for beverages (from 12.7-oz bottle)
1 egg
1 1/2 cups toasted hazelnuts, chopped*
1 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
2/3 cup Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy chocolate frosting (from 1-lb container)
4 1/2 teaspoons hazelnut-flavored syrup for beverages (from 12.7-oz bottle)

Steps:

Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, stir together cookie mix, cocoa and instant coffee. Add butter, 3 tablespoons syrup and the egg; stir until soft dough forms. Stir in 1 cup of the nuts and the chocolate chips.
On ungreased cookie sheets, drop dough with rounded 1 1/2 tablespoon-size cookie scoop or by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart. Press each mound to flatten slightly.
Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until set. Cool 3 minutes; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.
In small bowl, stir frosting and 4 1/2 teaspoons syrup. Spread about 1 teaspoon frosting on each cookie. Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup nuts.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 190, Carbohydrate 22 g, Cholesterol 15 mg, Fat 2, Fiber 1 g, Protein 2 g, SaturatedFat 3 1/2 g, ServingSize 1 Cookie, Sodium 85 mg, Sugar 14 g, TransFat 1 g