Hopefully you have a loving, caring significant other because you'll need to start making them on Saturday.
Real waffles do not come in cardboard boxes from your supermarket’s freezer section. They are born from flour, sugar, butter, milk, salt and love and the ingredient that makes spur-of-the-moment morning waffles possible - yeast.
You may not want to make these waffles because you may think that anything with yeast in it sounds too complicated. It's time to change that perception. Not only are yeast risen waffles amazingly simple, they're the best waffles you'll ever taste. Crisp, golden brown, light, and slightly tangy. Not only that, you probably have all the ingredients in your fridge right now. Even though these waffles aren't overly sweet, forgo the syrup and the powder sugar. All you'll need is a little butter.
A crunchy waffle is all about surface area, and for that, American-style waffle irons rule. For the most bang for your buck, go out and get the Salton Toastmaster Cool Touch Waffle Maker; it makes four square waffles at a time and cost less than $30.
This is recipe is base on the The Fannie Farmer Cookbook: Anniversary by Marion Cunningham. Most of the work is done the night before so you can sleep in and still have waffles for breakfast the next morning.
Yeast Risen Homemade Waffles
- ½ cup warm water
- 1 package active dry yeast (2 1/4 teaspoons = 1/4 ounce)
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 2 cups milk, room temperature
- ½ cup(1 stick) unsalted butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 whole eggs
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
Add the milk, butter, salt and flour and beat until smooth. Cover the bowl and let stand at room temperature overnight.
To Prepare the Waffles: When ready to make waffles, preheat the waffle maker.
Add the eggs and the baking soda to the waffle base and beat until just mixed. The batter will be thin. Pour half the batter at a time into the hot waffle maker and cook until golden brown and crisp.
Note: The batter base will keep for several days if refrigerated. Do not add the eggs or the baking soda until you are ready to make the waffles.
Makes 8 waffles
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