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beverly
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I haven't made waffles for years. This is because Porter doesn't particularly care for them, I find them too unhealthy to go through the bother for, and no one else cared before.

Yesterday my daughter wanted waffles. She wanted 'em bad.

I have an old belgium waffle iron that we got as a wedding present 7 years ago. I had sliced strawberries and whipped cream in the fridge. I got a recipe off the internet that looked decent and set out.

Now, it doesn't matter if it is a beglium waffle or a regular one, for some reason I can never get them perfect. You know, to fill in the whole shape, edges and top.

This time I had to deal with the whole separating eggs issue. I never know if I folded them back together well enough. This time an emergency forced me to wait, and the batter began to separate back out again on its own. To make matters worse, while I usually get some runoff, this time it was insane!

In the end, they were flat, flabby and eggy, not crisp and fluffy. So how do you do it, Hatrack, how do you make a perfect waffle? Is it a dream to which no mere mortal can hope to aspire?

[ May 06, 2005, 06:19 PM: Message edited by: beverly ]

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I'm not experienced in making waffles, but this might help.
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I didn't know waffles were hard. My dad makes the kind with the small ridges, not the Belgian kind. He uses the bisquick method with buttermilk. Mmmmm.
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These might, too.
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ketchupqueen
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This one looks particularly good and easy.
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Lost Ashes
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Honestly, after trying to do them from scratch, I gave up and got a box of the Aunt Jemima mix. Works like a charm.

Save the work portion of waffles for cleaning the waffle iron.

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rivka
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I have made wonderful waffles from scratch. Somewhere I have a great recipe that rises in the fridge overnight, and makes lovely waffles -- fluffy on the inside, crispy on the outside.

But really, I find a good mix makes waffles that are almost as good as scratch. I like Arrowhead Mills' multigrain pancake and waffle mix, and their other varieties are nice as well.

[ May 06, 2005, 08:26 PM: Message edited by: rivka ]

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ketchupqueen
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rivka, would this be it?
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rivka
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It looks similar. Without mine in front of me (and I think it's buried in my boxes in the garage) I can't be sure, but I don't think it's quite the same.

It looks good, though. [Smile]

[ May 06, 2005, 09:27 PM: Message edited by: rivka ]

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This looks like an easy ... recipe.
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rivka
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*snicker* For toaster waffles, Eggo's aren't bad. But there's no question they don't measure up to the real thing.

Then again, on anything but a Sunday morning, they're as close as we get. [Big Grin]

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Actually, DaG did. I was just replying to his link. [Smile]
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