Homemade waffles can be crispy and soft, fluffy and thin, with a vanilla or rum aroma. This dessert is delicious both by itself and with all kinds of sweet fillings and additions: with condensed milk, jam, jam and honey, sour cream, whipped cream, hot chocolate. While the dessert is hot, waffles can be shaped and decorated in an original way for serving.
Homemade crispy waffles: a classic recipe
You will need:
- butter - 200 g;
- wheat flour - 200 g;
- sugar - 200 g;
- chicken egg - 5 pcs.;
- potato starch - 3 tbsp. l.
Cooking process step by step
Turn on the waffle iron to heat up. Melt butter until liquid, or soften at room temperature until soft. Combine melted butter with sugar and rub thoroughly. Add eggs, mix well.
If desired, speed up the process by whisking the contents with a blender. Add starch to the dough. It will give the waffles a characteristic crunch and sandiness. Then add the sifted flour. Stir well or whisk with a blender. The dough should turn out to be thin in consistency, similar to sour cream.
Start baking your waffles. The waffle iron should already be warmed up. Pour 1 tbsp into it. l. dough, spread over the entire surface. Bake the waffle until golden brown on both sides. If desired, you can serve them with jam, honey or condensed milk.
Homemade creamy waffles
You will need:
- flour - 1/2 cup;
- eggs - 4 pcs.;
- butter - 125 g;
- sugar - 3-4 tbsp. spoons;
- cream - 4 tbsp. spoons;
- water - 1 glass;
- vanilla sugar to taste.
Cooking process in stages
Mix softened butter with sugar and vanilla sugar. Divide the eggs into yolks and whites. Whisk the egg yolks and salt until fluffy and transfer to the mixture with softened butter.
Beat the resulting mixture with a mixer until a thick foam forms. Mix the sifted flour with baking soda and a little water. Then put it in the egg-oil mixture and mix thoroughly.
Then pour in the remaining water, cream and mix until smooth. Whisk the chilled egg whites into a fluffy froth, gently pour into the dough and stir gently with a wooden spatula. Fry the waffles for 2-5 minutes in a preheated electric waffle iron.
Viennese waffles: homemade recipe with milk
You will need:
- sugar - 200 g;
- flour - 1 glass;
- eggs - 4 pcs.;
- butter - 120 g;
- milk - 2.5 cups;
- dry yeast - 1/2 tbsp. spoons;
- rum or rum essence;
- vanilla.
Step by step cooking process
Separate the yolks from the whites. Beat the yolks until thick foam and combine with flour and salt, using a mixer at this stage if possible. Warm milk to room temperature, melt butter. Pour milk and butter into the dough, stir so that no lumps remain in the dough.
Add rum or rum essence, salt, vanilla, sugar, dry yeast to the dough. Enter the protein foam, mix again and leave the dough to infuse for about 20 minutes. Pour a tablespoon of dough into the middle of the waffle iron and bake the Viennese waffles until golden brown.
Belgian waffles at home
This recipe is used to bake waffles by street vendors in Brussels, using a special ingredient for the dough - sparkling mineral water.
You will need:
- butter - 150 g;
- wheat flour - 300 g;
- sparkling mineral water - 100 ml;
- chicken egg - 3 pcs.;
- milk - 1 cup;
- sugar - 3/4 cup;
- baking powder for dough - 1/2 teaspoon.
Step-by-step cooking process
Crack the eggs, separate the yolks from the whites. Beat the whites with a mixer until standing peaks, adding a pinch of salt to them. Refrigerate the protein foam. Melt the butter and heat the milk until warm.
Combine the yolks with sugar and stir. Pour oil to the mass, salt, mix again. In a separate container, combine flour and baking powder, add milk in a thin stream and add the sugar-yolk mixture.
Then add protein foam and carbonated mineral water to the dough. When the mixture has become a homogeneous consistency without lumps, bake homemade Belgian waffles in a special waffle iron.
Homemade waffles with condensed milk
You will need:
- margarine - 200 g;
- condensed milk - 1 can;
- starch - 1 glass;
- eggs - 2 pcs.;
- flour - 1 glass;
- soda slaked with vinegar - 1/3 tsp.
Mash the margarine, stir all the ingredients in a deep bowl, make sure that the dough does not become runny. If you wish, you can break the eggs separately, dividing them into white and yolk and beat until fluffy. And only then gently mix into the rest of the dough.
Put a tablespoon of dough on the working surface of the waffle iron and bake. Before the first waffle, grease both sides of the waffle iron, then no butter is required. To make the waffles the same color, follow the baking process without leaving, but better with a clock with a second hand.
Once the waffle is ready, remove it onto a plate and roll up. You can serve this way, or you can fill with anything you want. Waffles according to this recipe remain crispy for a long time.
Homemade waffles with sour cream: a quick and easy recipe
You will need:
- flour - 1 glass;
- butter - 1 tbsp l;
- sour cream 33% - 1/2 cup;
- eggs - 5 pcs.;
- sugar - 5 tbsp. l.
Separate the whites from the yolks and refrigerate. Mash the yolks with sugar until white, add not hot melted butter, sour cream to them, mix everything. Gradually add the sifted flour and stir well until smooth. Beat the chilled whites into a thick foam and add to the resulting mass, gently stir the dough from top to bottom. Place a tablespoon of dough on a waffle iron and cook until golden brown.
Sweet homemade waffles
You will need:
- wheat flour - 1 glass;
- chicken eggs - 5 pcs.;
- sugar - 1 glass;
- margarine - 200 g.
Beat eggs with sugar. Melt the margarine and add it to the eggs when it has cooled down. Gradually add all the sifted flour to the egg mixture, kneading the dough thoroughly after each portion. The consistency of the dough should be like sour cream. Bake sweet homemade waffles in a special waffle iron until golden brown.
Loose waffles with lemon
You will need:
- potato flour - 1 glass;
- margarine - 100 g;
- granulated sugar - 1/2 cup;
- lemon - 1 pc.;
- egg - 3 pcs.
Whisk the eggs and sugar in a deep bowl. Melt margarine, chill slightly and pour into beaten eggs, stirring quickly. Gradually add potato flour to the mixture, stir so that there are no lumps. Then add the grated lemon zest and stir again. Put a tablespoon of dough on a preheated waffle iron and bake the waffles until golden brown.
Homemade shortbread waffles: an easy recipe
You will need:
- flour - 2 cups;
- butter - 30 g;
- chicken egg - 1 pc.;
- sugar - 1/2 cup;
- water - 0.5 l;
- salt and soda - on the tip of a knife;
- vanillin to taste.
Leave the oil at room temperature beforehand so that it softens well. Mash it with sugar, add an egg, soda, salt, vanillin, beat everything well. Add half the indicated volume of ordinary water, add sifted flour and mix thoroughly. Gradually add the rest of the water to the dough until you get a homogeneous dough with the consistency of sour cream. Bake homemade shortbread waffles in a special waffle iron until tender.
