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Fairtrade Coffee Shortbread

October 8, 2014 By All That I'm Eating 15 Comments

It’s #befair fortnight until 12th October which is all about asking the question, “Are we really as fair as we think?”. The Fairtrade Foundation is working to make us aware of small acts of fairness that can make a big change; like switching your morning coffee to a fair trade coffee. The people at the Fairtrade Foundation sent me a variety of coffees to try and I set about making a fair bake. This recipe for chocolate and coffee shortbread uses fair trade chocolate, sugar and coffee.

Fairtrade coffee shortbread

Ingredients

You will need (for 12 pieces of shortbread):

  • 180g plain flour
  • 50g caster sugar
  • 150g softened butter
  • 40g dark chocolate, chopped
  • 1 tbsp ground coffee

Method

Preheat an oven to 160C and lightly grease a baking tray.

Put all the ingredients into a bowl and beat together to form a dough.

Knead the dough lightly then form into a rough 20cm circle on the baking tray. Prick the top all over with a fork then put into the oven for around 45 minutes or until golden brown.

Mark into pieces while still hot and leave to cool before cutting up.

Faritrade coffee

I opened the Grumpy Mule coffee to try first as I think it has a great name! I’m looking forward to trying the rest; there’s a style and strength for everyone and all of them are fair trade.

dark chocolate and coffee shortbread

This chocolate and coffee shortbread has a classic combination of flavours and was lovely with a Saturday afternoon cup of coffee. Even better that it was guilt free and, although it’s not much, my small act of fairness made a change. It doesn’t take a lot for me to ensure that the sugar, chocolate, coffee (and more!) that I buy are fair trade and I want to carry on my small acts of fairness.

Find out more about the Fairtrade Foundation by taking a look at their website.

Thank you to the Fairtrade Foundation for the coffee. All opinions and words expressed are my own.

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Comments

  1. Avatarania says

    October 8, 2014 at 08:11

    Looks delicious!

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  2. AvatarChoc Chip Uru says

    October 8, 2014 at 10:41

    This shortbread is my favourite 😀
    I love coffee flavour in my cookies!

    Cheers
    Choc Chip Uru

    Reply
  3. AvatarNava Krishnan says

    October 8, 2014 at 14:49

    This shortbread I think I should be able to make. I love coffee and anything made with it.

    Reply
  4. AvatarAngie@Angie's Recipes says

    October 8, 2014 at 15:59

    It looks melt-in-mouth! I love the add of coffee.

    Reply
  5. AvatarJohn@Kitchen Riffs says

    October 8, 2014 at 17:07

    Grumpy Mule really is a great name? Who could resist that? Not me! Nor could I resist this delish looking shortbread. Super recipe — thanks so much.

    Reply
  6. AvatarRosa says

    October 9, 2014 at 06:05

    They must taste wonderful! I love shortbreads and coffee flavored treats.

    Cheers,

    Rosa

    Reply
  7. AvatarPam says

    October 9, 2014 at 14:38

    Mmmm. It looks and sounds delicious.

    Reply
  8. AvatarEmma @ Bake Then Eat says

    October 11, 2014 at 19:33

    You know I have never tried coffee shortbread, I am going to try it now, yours looks lovely!

    Reply
  9. AvatarFiver Feeds says

    October 11, 2014 at 21:25

    Looks really delicious, thank you for this lovely idea for making shortbread!

    Reply
  10. AvatarSandhya Hariharan says

    October 11, 2014 at 23:55

    That shortbread is just fab .. and to top it all its got Coffee too !!

    I am running a book giveaway at my space . Do participate to win this fantastic vegetarian book.
    https://sandhyas-kitchen.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/tibits-at-homea-book-review-giveaway.html

    Reply
  11. AvatarAmy (Savory Moments) says

    October 13, 2014 at 10:50

    What a great idea to use coffee in a shortbread – I bet it was really tasty! We always try to buy fair trade coffees.

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  12. AvatarShu says

    October 13, 2014 at 23:31

    Never really had a thing for coffee but I go absolutely nuts for coffee in desserts and pastries. This looks great Caroline!

    Reply
  13. AvatarEmma | Fork and Good says

    October 14, 2014 at 13:35

    How have I not seen flavoured shortbread before? I want this. All of it. Love your use of fair trade ingredients too 🙂

    Reply
  14. AvatarMark Willis says

    October 17, 2014 at 15:07

    How come “Be Fair” gets a whole fortnight, when most things only get a day or possibly a week? Is that fair??? 🙂

    Reply

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  1. Pukka Teas for Fairtrade Fortnight - All That Im Eating says:
    March 1, 2015 at 17:36

    […] tea for a while and it has the fair trade logo on and everything! Last year I made some Fairtrade shortbread to use as many fair ingredients as possible and I wanted to raise awareness of Fairtrade Fortnight […]

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