Coffee Lovers' Breakfast Bites

The other day, I woke up and had breakfast with a cup of coffee. However, my brother made too much and we had a couple of cups leftover in the coffee maker. I put some in the refrigerator for iced coffee tomorrow, but I still had some left. I decided to bake something with the java and I did: Coffee Lovers' Breakfast Bites. Not only do these breakfast bites have coffee (caffeine) in them, but they are egg-free!

Coffee Lovers' Breakfast Bites

Tired of drinking the same coffee drink in the morning? Try these yummy, pull apart, breakfast snack bites that will satisfy your sweet tooth as well as your caffeine fix! 

Prep Time: 15 min

Cook Time: 20 min

Serves: 16 breakfast bites

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 5 tablespoons butter, refrigerated
• 2/3 cup coffee, room temperature
• 1 teaspoon brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon butter, melted

Baking Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom of an 9-inch square baking pan.
2. In a large bowl,  combine flour, white sugar, baking powder, and salt.
3. Using the back of a mixing spoon or your hands, cut the butter into the dry mixture until the mixture has a crumb (coarse meal) texture.
4. Add the coffee into the dry mixture and stir to form a dough.
5. Scoop 1/16 of the dough into a ball and place in the prepared baking pan. Repeat until you form 16 balls.     Note: The balls of dough will touch in the pan.
6. Combine the 1T of melted butter, cinnamon, and brown sugar in a small bowl. Drizzle the balls with this cinnamon-sugar mixture.
7. Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until light brown and toothpick inserted into bread comes out clean.
8. Cool in the pan on a wire rack before serving.
9. Enjoy!