Title: Coffee chip drops
 Categories: None
      Yield: 36 Servings
 
  1 1/4 c  Light brown sugar, packed
    3/4 c  Shortening -- butter
           Flavored
      2 tb Brewed coffee -- cold
      1 ts Vanilla extract
      1    Egg
  1 3/4 c  All-purpose flour
      1 tb French roast coffee beans
           Finely ground
           Or espresso coffee beans
      1 ts Salt
    3/4 ts Baking soda
  1 1/2 c  Semisweet chocolate chips
    1/2 c  Milk chocolate chips
    1/2 c  Walnuts -- coarsely chopped
     36    Chocolate kisses --
           Unwrapped
 
  Preheat oven to 375 degrees; place sheets of foil on countertop for
  cooling cookies.  Place the brown sugar, shortening, coffee and
  vanilla extract in a large bowl. Beat on medium speed of an electric
  mixer until blended. Add the egg; beat well.  Combine the flour,
  ground coffee, salt and baking soda.  Add to the shortening mixture;
  beat on low speed just until blended. Stir in the chocolate chips and
  walnuts. Drop the dough by rounded measuring tablespoonfuls 2 inches
  apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake one baking sheet at a time
  for 8 to 10 minutes, or until the cookies are lightly browned and
  just set.  Do no overbake. Place 1 candy in the center of each
  cookie.  Cool for 2 minutes on the baking sheet. Remove the cookies
  to the foil to cool completely. Penny Halsey (ATBN65B).