Coffee Rice Bubble Cookies

Original Recipe By Amy Beh

120g butter
1 Tbsp honey
75g castor sugar
½ tsp vanilla essence
¾ tsp instant coffee granules
75g plain flour
¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda
¼ tsp salt
30g rice bubbles
25g chopped macadamia nuts

Lightly grease baking trays with corn oil and preheat oven to 180°C.

Sift together flour with bicarbonate of soda. Cream butter, honey, sugar, essence and instant coffee granules until light.

Fold in sifted dry ingredients and salt, and stir in rice bubbles and chopped macadamia nuts to mix. Make small balls of dough and arrange them on prepared trays. Press down to flatten with a fork.

Bake for 12-15 minutes or until golden. Leave the cookies on the trays for 4-5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

Coffee Walnut and Raisin Loaf

Original Recipe by Amy Beh

300g high-protein flour, sifted
10g milk powder
7g instant yeast granules
40g castor sugar
¼ tsp salt
1 egg yolk
140g water
¼ tsp instant coffee granules
2 tbsp fresh orange juice or rum (if preferred)
25g yellow raisins
25g black raisins
50g walnuts, chopped
20g butter, at room temperature
3 extra walnuts, chopped, for sprinkling over the loaf

Glaze 1 tbsp milk

Combine flour, milk powder, sugar, salt and yeast in the bowl of an electric food processor.

Add in the egg yolk. Process well. Mix water, instant coffee granules and fresh orange juice or rum (if preferred) together, then pour into the flour mixture. Process on medium speed for 5 minutes. Add in butter and beat well on medium speed for 15-20 minutes until the dough is smooth and elastic. Mix in raisins and walnuts.

Shape into round balls and leave in the mixing bowl, covered with a piece of damp tea-towel, to proof for 40 minutes until it doubles in size.

Divide the dough into 4 equal portions. Roll each into a small roll and place on a lightly greased loaf tin. Leave aside, covered with cling film wrap, to proof for 30 minutes or until doubled. Brush with milk and sprinkle over with the extra chopped walnuts. Bake in a preheated oven at 200°C for 25 minutes or until doubled.

Brush with milk and sprinkle over with the extra chopped walnuts. Bake in a preheated oven at 200°C for 25 minutes or until cook.