On 3/16/2011 6:53 PM, Polly Esther wrote:
> There are some cookie recipes I want to try that call for instant coffee
> granules.

Speaking as a coffee snob (I hand-grind my beans a cup at a time,
doubtlessly annoying my cubicle neighbors):

I haven't looked for it in many years, and have no idea if it is even
still sold, but there is (was?) an instant coffee sold by Spice Islands
that was highly drinkable. I would have no qualms about using it in a
recipe.

I wonder whether it would really make a difference in cooking, however.
I've never noticed a difference between using, say, Harvey's Bristol
Cream vs. Thifty Rancid Cream in a recipe that called for a few
tablespoons of sherry.

Art