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Yeasted Crispy Waffles

Ingredients

  • ½ cup warm water
  • 2 ¼ teaspoons yeast (one packet)
  • 2 cups milk warmed (best if not nonfat, but it will work..I say begrudgingly)
  • 1 stick or ½ cup butter, melted and cooled slightly
  • 1 teaspoon table salt
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 large eggs lightly beaten
  • ¼ teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla my addition and totally optional!

Instructions

  1. Pour the water into a large mixing bowl and stir the yeast into the water. Let stand to dissolve and proof for 5 minutes.

  2. Add the milk, butter, salt, sugar, and flour, and stir until well blended and smooth. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap, and let it stand overnight (or if doing the quick method, for about an hour).

  3. Pre-heat your waffle maker to your desired setting. In my house, the kids are opposite ends of the spectrum (naturally!), so I careen wildly back and forth between 3 and 7. I prefer mine on the darker side, so no son, I cannot in good conscience go lower than a 3! You do not need to grease your waffle iron. Repeat, you do not need to grease your waffle iron. If you have a nonstick waffle iron (I am pretty sure 99% of them come that way now), it is better if you don't, as that leads to the impossible to clean up gunk.

  4. Just before cooking the waffles, add the eggs and baking soda, and stir to mix well, add vanilla and stir that in too and then cook in your waffle iron to desired done-ness level (higher than a 3 if you are making them for me please!). The batter will be very thin, and that is totally okay--they will rise beautifully into the most crispy and yeasty waffles. Almost a croissaffle if you will. ENJOY!