Waffles

I made one blog post in 2013. I'm going to do better this year. I miss writing on the internet. In the past year I've found myself drifting away from consuming short-form writing on Twitter and Facebook to return to enjoying longer form posts on blogs and to a lesser extent on Google+, Tumblr and Medium. So here I am.

This morning I made waffles. While I don't have the actual recipe my dad used when I was growing up, found and used a recipe that uses that technique - beaten egg whites. For four of us I doubled this recipe and had way too much batter:

Ingredients:

• 1¾ cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 Tbsp granulated sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1¾ cups whole milk
• ¼ cup vegetable oil
• 2 oz (½ stick) whole butter

Preparation:

1. Melt the butter - on the stove at low heat or in the microwave. Let it cool but not solidify.
2. Separate the eggs.
3. Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt.
4. Beat the egg whites until they're stiff. Add the sugar and continue beating until it forms peaks.
5. Beat the yolks by hand, then mix in the milk, oil and butter.
6. Mix the liquid ingredients into the dry ingredients.
7. Fold the beaten egg whites into the batter. Don't over mix - they're going to make those waffles fluffy.
8. Make waffles with your waffle iron on its hottest setting.

You could add half a teaspoon of vanilla extract to the liquid ingredients but I generally don't.

This morning I served them with bacon, fresh raspberries, butter, maple syrup and boysenberry syrup.