Coffee Shortbreads
"I know that the essence of shortbread is its buttery plainness, and that adding coffee should be all wrong, but it is – convincingly – so very, very right. Instant espresso powder (a baking essential for me) is needed for these; regular coffee granules would not melt in properly, though you could bash them to a powder, if that's all you can find. I like to press a walnut half into each fat patty as I go; it gives the baked cookies, by then fairly large flattish discs, an elegant look with their nut-defined cen..."
INGREDIENTS
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60 grams golden (or regular) caster sugar
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125 grams soft unsalted butter
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2 teaspoons instant espresso powder
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¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
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150 grams plain flour
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½ teaspoon baking powder
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¼ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
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approx. 14 walnut halves
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