Tag: Baking with coffee

According to several baking recipes, homemade espresso blondies typically use 1 to 3 tablespoons of instant espresso powder to achieve a rich, deep coffee flavor without altering the final texture. This contrasts sharply with coffee shop beverages, leading many to ask: exactly how much espresso is in a blondie?

According to Serious Eats, caffeine is heat-stable up to 460°F (238°C), a temperature higher than standard baking temperatures, confirming that recipes containing instant coffee or espresso powder will indeed have caffeine. This means that the answer to 'do espresso muffins have caffeine?' is a definite yes, with the final potency depending on several factors.

According to Nielsen-Massey, just one teaspoon of their Pure Coffee Extract contains approximately 20 mg of caffeine. This confirms that yes, standard coffee extracts contain caffeine, though the exact amount can differ based on factors like the coffee beans and extraction process.