July 16, 2005
Awesome Waffles
Kristen got me a waffle iron two Christmas's ago, and in all that time I've been looking for a really good basic waffle recipe.
The first ones I tried were the easy pancake mix variety, which tasted exactly like pancakes, not bad, but not waffles. Next, I tried the more complicated recipes that came with the waffle iron. One of them included lemon juice which I thought was an odd choice, but the waffles were pretty good. Still, it wasn't the sort of recipe that makes you want to go through all the effort.
Finally, we found a recipe on Myra Fitch's homepage. She said it was her favorite recipe which actually came with her waffle maker years ago. It was by far the best waffles we've tasted, they were light and flaky with that perfect waffle flavor
1 3/4 cup Flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 tbs sugar
3 eggs
7 tbs veg oil
1 1/2 cups milk
Preheat the waffle iron. Sift dry ingredients into a medium sized bowl (I actually dump the dry ingredients and whisk them for a couple of minutes).
Seperate the eggs, putting the egg whites in a small bowl. Beat the egg whites until they are stiff.
Add the egg yolks, oil and milk to the dry ingredients. Beat until there are no lumps in the batter. Then fold in the egg whites using a spatula.
Recipe makes about 8 9in waffles.
I realize the seperating and folding of the egg whites sounds like a lot of extra work, but it's definitely worth the effort. This step has been in all the better waffle recipes I've tried and it seems to be one of the key differences between waffles that taste like waffles and waffles that taste like "square pancakes."
posted by John at 2:25 PM
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