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crispy waffles

Waffles! They totally deserve the exclamation point. Pancakes have their place, but waffles? Waffles have built-in maple syrup and whipped cream/butter receptacles! No contest.

It’s 5:30 on a Saturday morning, and I’m waffling. Go to bed, or make waffles?

Ahahahaha! Ha ha! Ha. Ahhhh.

[crickets]

I think I’ll go to bed. (Mostly because, if I go downstairs, I’ll have to address the path of destruction that The Beagle left behind. Zack, your rice crackers are no more!)

This post goes out to everyone who’s about to wake up and start their weekend off right…with a hot, crispy, preferably maple-syruped-and-whipped-creamed-and-or-buttered-all-to-hell waffle.(!) With coffee.

waffle with butter and maple syrup (and coffee!)

the recipe

Waffles

makes about 3 large belgian waffles via Orangette

  • 3/4 cup 90 g all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup 30 g cornstarch
  • 1/2 teaspoon 2.5 mL baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon 1 mL baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon 3 g table salt
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons 6 g sugar
  • 1/2 cup 120 mL whole milk
  • 1/2 cup 120 mL buttermilk
  • 1/3 cup 80 mL vegetable oil
  • 1 large 50 g egg
  • 3/4 teaspoon 4 mL vanilla extract
  1. Whisk together flour, cornstarch, baking powder, soda, salt, and sugar.
  2. Add milk, buttermilk, oil, egg, and vanilla, whisking well until only a few (if any) lumps remain.
  3. Cover and let rest at room temperature for about 30 minutes.
  4. Preheat your waffle iron to medium-high (5 on a machine with a dial from 1-7.) You don't need to grease the waffle iron, the oil in the batter will be sufficient.
  5. Cook waffles until crisp and golden.
3/4 cup 90 g all-purpose flour
1/4 cup 30 g cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon 2.5 mL baking powder
1/4 teaspoon 1 mL baking soda
1/2 teaspoon 3 g table salt
1 1/2 teaspoons 6 g sugar
1/2 cup 120 mL whole milk
1/2 cup 120 mL buttermilk
1/3 cup 80 mL vegetable oil
1 large 50 g egg
3/4 teaspoon 4 mL vanilla extract
whisk dry
add wet
rest 30 min
preheat iron
cook

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Waffles makes about 3 large belgian waffles
  • 3/4 cup 90 g all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup 30 g cornstarch
  • 1/2 teaspoon 2.5 mL baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon 1 mL baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon 3 g table salt
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons 6 g sugar
  • 1/2 cup 120 mL whole milk
  • 1/2 cup 120 mL buttermilk
  • 1/3 cup 80 mL vegetable oil
  • 1 large 50 g egg
  • 3/4 teaspoon 4 mL vanilla extract

Whisk together flour, cornstarch, baking powder, soda, salt, and sugar.

Add milk, buttermilk, oil, egg, and vanilla, whisking well until only a few (if any) lumps remain.

Cover and let rest at room temperature for about 30 minutes.

Preheat your waffle iron to medium-high (5 on a machine with a dial from 1-7.) You don't need to grease the waffle iron, the oil in the batter will be sufficient.

Cook waffles until crisp and golden.

— via Orangette

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