On Mar 16, 9:10*pm, Bryan > wrote:
> On Mar 16, 9:01*pm, (Steve Pope) wrote:
>
> > Polly Esther > wrote:
> > >There are some cookie recipes I want to try that call for instant coffee
> > >granules. *The last time I tried to drink instant coffee was in New Orleans
> > >about 50 years ago. *I suspect they boiled shrimp in the water they used to
> > >make the coffee. *Mercy!
> > >Do any of you use instant coffee granules in your cooking and is one
> > >brand better than another? *
>
> > I prefer using brewed coffee. *(Assuming the recipe has X amount of
> > liquid you can replace with brewed coffee.)
>
> I agree 100%. *Instant coffee is nasty.
>
>
>
> > S.
>
> --Bryan

Using brewed coffee is not always practical, like when I make Mocha
Truffles. Truffles are composed only of chocolate, cream and perhaps
butter (IOW primarily only fats) so adding lots of water in the brewed
coffee would muck up the truffle recipe quite a bit. I like using
freeze dried espresso in my Mocha Truffles for maximal coffee flavor.
Works well and tastes great.

And Bryan, if you can devise a method of making truffles from brewed
coffee, please enlighten me. The first time I made Mocha Truffles I
tried using finely ground Kona coffee beans (not brewed), but the
grind was not fine enough and the results were gritty truffles.
Perhaps of the coffee beans were ground with the coca nibs the grind
would be fine enough, dunno.

John Kuthe...