Waffles - Plain or Bacon

Waffles for Two

1 cup flour
1 tablespoon sugar*
1 ½  teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt*
1 cup s milk
2 ½ tablespoons oil
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla*

Mix together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl.

In a separate bowl or glass measuring cup, stir milk, egg, oil, and vanilla together.

Add to dry ingredients, mix until smooth.

Let batter rest for 5 minutes.  Use a scant ½ cup per waffle.

Makes 3-4 waffles.

NOTES: 

* These are optional ingredients.  The sugar gives the outside a little bit more browning, and the salt and vanilla are just to enhance the flavor.   If you use a lot of butter and syrup you might not notice their absence.

INSTRUCTIONS WITH PHOTOS:

Stir the dry ingredients together.   I like to use a whisk, it breaks up any lumps and stirs it up nice and evenly.

Now, here's a trick I learned from my mom...

Measure the milk into a glass measuring cup.
Like the  Pyrex Prepware Measuring Cup

Add the egg, oil, vanilla (or any other liquid you're mixing in) and stir it up with a fork. 

 

There... you just saved yourself from washing another mixing bowl. 

Pour the milk mixture into the flour mixture, and beat until smooth.   A rotary egg beater works great here, and I'd use one if I knew where mine was... 

 

Let the batter rest for five (5) minutes.

Use about ½ cup per waffle.  A scant half cup.  Pour it out the cup but don't scrape the cup...

Better yet, follow the recommendations for your waffle maker.  There's no shame in reading the instructions, after all, it's not a computer...

OPTION:

Sprinkle some bacon bits on top before closing the lid.  Those are Bacon Crumbles from Costco, highly recommended...

The syrup can hardly wait...

This assumes non-fat milk, no bacon, and a total of four waffles made from the recipe.   

It also assumes you only ate one waffle!
Nutrition information from www.caloriecount.com

Gritty Waffles

Waffles in Spaaaaaace!!!!!   

You can eat them in the air, you can eat them anywhere!

OK, not really.... but as I've mentioned before, my counter tops are icky and don't make a good background.  I didn't think to put down a towel or a placemat before taking the picture, and I ate the waffle already... so, Photoshop.

I finally found a decent waffle maker.  Thin, classic waffles, not Belgian waffles.  It's a Cuisinart Round Classic Waffle Maker (Duh!)  

"Gritty Waffles" have corn meal in them.  They are really good, with just a touch of gritty corn flavor.  Serve with butter and syrup.  This recipe is for two, and makes 3-4 waffles.   You can double the amounts for a full batch.   

Be sure to smooth the batter around a little with the back of a spoon or a rubber scraper, to prevent SKIMPY WAFFLES like this one.  I did that to the first waffle of the batch, and it was lovely and round... but I didn't take a photo, and Mr. Giddy ate it, so there we all over again.

GRITTY WAFFLES FOR TWO 

½  cup all-purpose flour

½  cup cornmeal

1 teaspoon baking powder

½  teaspoon baking soda

¼  teaspoon salt

2½  Tablespoons vegetable oil*

1 egg

1 cup low-fat buttermilk**

Mix flour, cornmeal, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together. 

In a separate bowl***, mix buttermilk, egg, and oil together.  Pour into the dry mixture, and stir until combined. 

Pour ½ cup batter onto the hot waffle maker.  Smooth the batter out evenly before closing the lid.    

Serve with butter and syrup. Makes 4 waffles.

NOTES:

*   The actual amount for this recipe is 2 Tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons, but you can eyeball it.  If doubling, use 1/3 cup oil. 

**  I tried this with a milk+vinegar substitution, but the batter was pretty thin.  It tasted OK, but try it with regular buttermilk. 

*** To save washing another bowl, I used my mom's trick of the two-cup Pyrex measuring cup.   Measure out 1 cup of buttermilk, add the egg and oil, and mix up with a fork. 

I set my waffle maker to "high", your mileage may vary.

This assumes low-fat buttermilk and a total of four waffles made from the recipe.   

It also assumes you only ate one waffle!
Nutrition information from www.caloriecount.com