Coffee Cocktails and Star Biscuits

⏱ 35 mins 🍽 Makes 40 biscuits 🌶 british ✅ Easy 🏷 Drink

This recipe creates a delightful pairing of homemade star biscuits and a creamy coffee cocktail. The biscuits are buttery, vanilla-scented treats, stamped into star shapes and baked until golden. They are served alongside a simple yet elegant cocktail made with strong coffee, Kahlúa liqueur and a float of double cream, finished with a dusting of cocoa powder. It's a charming British combination ideal for finishing a special meal.

Coffee Cocktails and Star Biscuits

Ingredients

  • 200g soft butter
  • 140g caster sugar
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 280g plain flour plus a little extra for rolling
  • 50ml strong coffee cooled
  • 1 tbsp Kahlúa
  • 2 tbsp double cream
  • cocoa powder for dusting

Method

  1. Combine the soft butter, caster sugar, egg yolk and vanilla extract with a wooden spoon until mixed. Work in the plain flour, using your hands at the end to form a smooth dough on a lightly floured surface.
  2. Roll the dough out, working in halves if preferred, and use a cutter to stamp out 5-6cm star shapes. Re-roll the trimmings to yield roughly 40 biscuits. Cut a small 2cm by ½cm triangle from one point of each star. Place on baking parchment-lined trays, cover with cling film and refrigerate for 30 mins.
  3. Preheat the oven to 200C/180C fan/ gas 6. Take off the cling film and bake the biscuits for 8-12 mins until they turn golden. Allow to cool before dusting with icing sugar. These baked biscuits are suitable for freezing for up to 3 months.
  4. Pour the cooled strong coffee and Kahlúa into a Martini glass. Gently pour the double cream over the back of a teaspoon so it floats on top of the coffee. Finish with a light dusting of cocoa powder and serve with a star biscuit perched on the glass rim.

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories78 kcal
Fat4 g
Saturates3 g
Carbs9 g
Sugars4 g
Protein1 g
Sodium24 mg

Recipe details

Skill levelEasy
CategoryDrink
Cuisinebritish