Wonderful Waffles!

[kevin313]

Last weekend we decided to make waffles and I always use this basic recipe.

I know most of us own waffle irons - some of us probably have dozens (Hans!) - but how often do we make the crispy golden treats? I say we plug those waffle irons in and get down to business!



http://cavalcadeoffood.blogspot.com/2013/04/wonderful-waffles.html

 

[norgeway]

I have probably 50!

And 49 of them stick!!!LOL, no really, i have a pet Sunbeam and a General Mills i use most often.

 

[twintubdexter]

An interesting (and true) waffle story...

Having grown up in San Jose where Eggo (now part of Kellog's) started, my Uncle was friends with Frank Dorsa, one of the original founders of the company. My Aunt Martha worked on the original waffle production line in 1953. This was no "How It's Made" thing with batter going in one end and tons of waffles coming out the other side.

Aunt Martha sat at the inside edge of a big rotating carousel of hot waffle irons, the normal round kind you see in thrift stores today. A machine dumped batter on the iron and closed the top. The waffle slowly cooked until it got around to my Aunt where she used a heavy fork to open the iron and then she flipped the waffle on to a conveyor belt on the other side. Aunt Martha refered to this set up as "Dante's Inferno."

One day when she was having a "Bad Hair Day" the waffles started sticking...no Teflon in 1953. She pressed the supervisor call button for several minutes but no one came. Super-frustrated she just sat back as the machine continued to dump batter on top of waffles. When the supervisor finally showed up she screamed "MARTHA!" Aunt Martha says "man, those babies were coming around about 6" thick!" She didn't worry, this was a union job.

Kevin, nice video as always. Anything you would throw in that waffle iron would come out gourmet.

 

[frigilux]

Hooray for the homemade waffle; simple and delicious. One of these days it'll be chicken 'n' waffles for supper. Thanks, Kevin!

 

[countryguy]

Kevin,

I bought a waffle maker a few years ago and have only made waffles a few times, each time being a disaster because the batter oozed out all sides of the waffle maker creating one big mess to clean up. I tried a couple of different recipes, used less batter, poured it only in the centre of the waffle iron, etc. but still the same results. After watching your video, I decided to give your recipe a go and all I can say is thanks! The batter did not ooze out and no more mess created! And they tasted great too.

Gary

 

[jeffg]

Speaking of the Bay Area, there's a place in Scotts Valley called Mollies that has the best waffles we've had anywhere. Their food is otherwise mediocre if not sad so I can't even recommend the place, but we've been trying to sweettalk them out of their waffle recipe for years. They guard it like a nuclear bomb secret. It's definitely a yeast batter, and they mentioned it's made the night before and allowed to rise several hours before use. If anyone has similar recipes for yeast batter waffles please share.

 

[tomturbomatic]

If you have the Fleischman's Yeast recipe booklet, there is a recipe in it for yeast batter for waffles.

 

[jeffg]

Thanks! It's one of first recipes we tried, and if you replace the sugar with honey it's also the closest we've found to Mollie's. The other apparent trick is to use malted barley flour (and maybe a bit of cornmeal?) instead of all-purpose. Still we've never been able to duplicate the exact taste or texture.

 

[tomturbomatic]

I found a recipe for raised waffles or pancakes in the Betty Crocker Cook Book on page 58 in the BREADS section. From looking at the recipe, I think you could add a packet of yeast to your usual pancake & waffle mix. There was a note that if you were using self-rising flour, you just omit the salt in the recipe. The yeast will provide the leavening so the loss of the hot rise action in the self-rising flour or in the box mix as the mixture sits while the yeast generates gas is no loss.