Recipe (using instant coffee)

To be truthful, the best part of waking up has never already been immediate coffee in our cups. But it doesn't mean that espresso powder (or any other type of immediate coffee, your option) cannot make other foodstuffs as exciting as incorporating pepper flakes to pizza for the first time. In fact, senior meals editor Rick Martinez swears by Medaglia d'Oro espresso dust to incorporate coffee flavor to sauces, marinades, and frozen dessert in a-pinch. Below are a few of your favorite techniques to doctor up the most popular meals with espresso powder or immediate coffee.

Matt Duckor

Marinades

Brew instant coffee-and marinate your steak on it. Boom.

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Milkshakes and Smoothies

Next time you're blending an electric morning meal your fitness friends could be happy with, lace it with a sprinkle of espresso powder for coffee taste and a good start.

An oatmeal latte like this you could be yours. Picture: Rochelle Bilow

Rochelle Bilow

Oatmeal or Cereal

Add a tablespoon of espresso powder towards normal plate of oatmeal or cereal with milk and appreciate the secret of combining your break fast as well as your morning coffee.

Malted chocolate ice cream with cocoa coffee crumbs. Photo: Ture Lillegraven

Ture Lillegraven

Ice-cream Crumbles

If you're already making a crumble for the top of a baked great or even to sprinkle together with ice-cream, include espresso powder towards the blend to work in coffee flavors.

Brownies with salted caramel sauce. Picture: Matt Duckor

Batter

Martinez states it's fair game to sub similar amount of brewed coffee (using about 1 teaspoon espresso dust for one sit down elsewhere) for liquid in a baked good. Or, simply add espresso powder to the batter (for a quart of batter, try just as much as 2 to 3 tablespoons) like the chocolate-coffee brownies recipe above.

Frozen Dessert Base

For each and every quart of ice cream base, mix up to three tablespoons of espresso powder for that tastes-like-an-ice-cream-shop quality you desire to.