Plain Waffles

While I was growing up, my family ate a late lunch every Sunday after church at my grandparent's house. One of my favorite Sunday meals was waffles. Being able to eat something so delicious for a late lunch was amazing, especially since it was so obviously a breakfast food! I would sit at the table waiting with such anticipation for the first waffles to be done. Then I would, by some magical ability, eat up to 8 waffles.

The waffles my grandma made were always soft and fluffy. In my opinion, no other waffle recipe makes waffles that taste nearly as good. I recently found the original recipe that she used. It is from a GE "Grill and Waffle Baker" instruction manual and recipe booklet. There is no date anywhere in the booklet, but it is rather old!

Plain Waffles (Printer-friendly PDF Version)
2 egg whites
2 egg yolks
1 2/3 C milk
1/4 C vegetable oil
2 C flour
1 T sugar
1/2 t salt
3 t baking powder

Place egg whites into a mixing bowl and beat at high speed until stiff. Set aside.

Mix egg yolks, milk, and oil in a mixing bowl until combined. Stir flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder together. Add this mixture to the egg yolk mixture and mix together until well blended. This can be done with a mixer or by hand.

Fold egg whites into the batter. The batter will be a bit lumpy.

Preheat waffle maker. If your waffle maker has a temperature setting, set it at a medium temperature. Add waffle batter to preheated waffle maker, spreading the batter evenly over the grids. The amount of batter you use will vary depending on the size of your waffle maker, so use your best judgment!

Remove cooked waffle from waffle maker. Add butter, powder sugar, syrup, chocolate chips, or anything you like! I prefer butter and powder sugar.

I have a waffle maker that makes 4 waffles at a time and this recipe makes 4 batches of waffles, or 16 waffles.

Approximate nutrition facts per waffle: 110 calories, 4..6g fat, 13.5g carbs, 225mg sodium, 3g protein.