Coffee Butter

Stir up some Coffee Butter for a delicious way to add sweetness and flavor to toast, bagels, pancakes, cinnamon rolls and more!  

 COFFEE BUTTER

• 1 stick butter (1/2 cup)
• 3 Tbsp Coffee Syrup

 

Let butter come to room temp. Stir in Coffee Syrup until smooth (few mins). Spread on bagels, toast and more -- or use in recipes in place of regular butter.

 

Refrigerate to keep fresh, but bring to room temp and stir again before using.

 

 

Ricotta Raspberry Coffee Rye Toast

Toast is hot, literally and figuratively, there are so many combinations and options. Here I have Marble Rye + homemade ricotta + raspberries + a drizzle of coffee syrup = 🔥! So delicious !!

 
You don't need a recipe, just pile on ingredients as you see fit. But if you want to make your own ricotta - it is very easy to make and seriously life changing. I often eat it warm on a Triscuit and it's definitely on my "five foods you'd bring if stranded on a desert island" list. I use Ina Garten's recipe: 

Ricotta Ingredients

• 4 cups whole milk
• 2 cups heavy cream
• 1 tsp kosher salt 
• 3 Tbsp vinegar (I use white, I'm sure you could get fancy)

Equipment

• Sieve or strainer
• Cheesecloth or extra large coffee filter (wet before straining)

Combine milk, cream and salt in a large saucepan and bring to a strong simmer (watch it as it can boil over and then you have a serious mess on your hands).  Once simmering, remove from heat, add 3 Tbsp vinegar, stir and let sit a minute or so. Strain through cheesecloth (or I use a large coffee filter in a sieve) for about 20-30 minutes (the longer you strain, the thicker it will get). Try it warm 🤤 or put it in the fridge for later. ❤️☕️

Carameloffee Corn

Carameloffee Corn is a delicous caramel popcorn made with Coffee Syrup, so it has an extra delicious zing.

(Recipe adapted from "How to Make the Best Caramel Popcorn" on thekitchn.com)

Ingredients

• 10-12 cups popped popcorn  (ideally, hulless popcorn like this)
• 3/4 cup unsalted butter 
• 1 cup Coffee Syrup 
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 

Arrange two oven racks in the top and bottom third of the oven and preheat oven to 250°F. Line baking sheets with parchment or silicone mats.  

Make caramel sauce. Combine Coffee Syrup and butter in a medium size pot over med-hi heat. Boil and - monitoring with a candy thermometer - bring temp to at least 250°F (up to 300°F. )

Add vanilla, salt, baking soda. Remove pot from heat, add  vanilla, salt, and baking soda, and stir until combined. The mixture will bubble up significantly. Continue stirring until you get a thick, glossy sauce.

Combine caramel sauce and popcorn. Slowly pour caramel sauce over popcorn while stirring the popcorn (it helps if  you have a partner for this step — one person pouring while the other stirs the popcorn). Continue stirring the sauce into the popcorn until all the kernels are coated.

Bake the caramel popcorn. Divide the popcorn between two baking sheets, spreading it out into an even layer. It's ok if  the popcorn clumps together. Bake for one hour, stirring every 15 minutes and breaking up any clumps.

Let cool completely. Let the popcorn cool completely on the baking sheets. Break it up and serve immediately or store in an airtight container for up to a week.

Easy 5-Minute Mocha Fudge

This delicious fudge is so creamy and chocolatey, you won't believe how easy it is to make!

• 12 oz dark chocolate chips (2 cups) 
• 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk
  
• 2 oz (4 Tbsp) Coffee Syrup 
• ¼ cup (4 Tbsp) butter 
• 1 tsp vanilla extract 
• [optional] 1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans 
• [optional] Maldon flaky sea salt

Line a loaf pan with parchment paper.

Combine chips, milk, Coffee Syrup, butter and vanilla in medium glass bowl. Heat in microwave for 90 seconds. Stir to combine, heat another 90 seconds. Stir again - fold in nuts if desired.  Pour into prepared pan (or candy cups or sturdy cupcake papers) and spread evenly.

Chill at least 2 hours until firm (or not), sprinkle with sea salt if desired.

Slice into squares. Store in airtight container in refrigerator.

Sweet & Spicy CoffeeQ Sauce

• 1 1/2 cups ketchup
• 1 cup Coffee Syrup 
• 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar 
• 1 1/2 Tbsp worchestire sauce
• 2 1/2 tsp dijon mustard
• 2 tsp paprika
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder 
• 1 tsp onion powder 
• 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
• 1 1/2 tsp kosher salt
• 1 tsp black pepper
• 1 tsp liquid smoke 

Combine all ingredients in a sauce pan, whisk to combine. Bring to a boil and simmer 5 minutes. Add to pulled pork or grilled chicken (refrigerate unused sauce).

Old Fashioned Joe Cocktail

 

• 1.5 oz Bourbon
• ¼ oz Coffee Syrup
• 2 dashes cherry or plain bitters

Mix all and garnish with orange slice and maraschino cherry.