Ingredients

• 6 pounds pork spareribs, cut into serving-size pieces
• 1 pinch salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 1/2 cup molasses
• 1/3 cup vinegar
• 1/4 cup prepared mustard
• 1/4 cup water
• 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tablespoon instant coffee granules
• 1/2 teaspoon hot pepper sauce (such as Tabasco®)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Arrange ribs in a shallow roasting pan; season with salt and black pepper.
3. Bake ribs in preheated oven for 1 hour.
4. Mix molasses, vinegar, mustard, water, Worcestershire sauce, instant coffee granules, and hot pepper sauce together in a bowl. Brush generously over the ribs.
5. Continue baking ribs, basting with sauce every 15 minutes, until the meat pulls away easily from the bone, about 1 additional hour.