28.09.2007. 07:24
I have just returned from several weeks in Belgium and France. Stayed in Brussels for nearly a month and loved the Belgian waffles (gaufres) sold on the street. I, too, would love to know how they make them with the crunchy sugar. It is brown and crunchy on top of the waffles which makes them absolutely delicious. I ate some with just powdered sugar on them holding them in my hand like a funnel cake but much better than a funnel cake. Does anyone know the secret of the crunchy sugar on the waffle?
thank you so much i could not find it on any other web site
OK, great recipe, but how many mL of milk/mineral water?
umm this was a failure.. we are not as skilled as we thought we were
<3 waffle queens
I AM FROM BELGIUM AND I KNOW HOW WILL TASTE THE WAFFLE , SO LET'S TRY TO DO NOW .
I suggest adding less yeast, the current amount they recommend makes the waffles extremely bitter.
OMG I EAT WAFFLES FOR BREAKKY!!! THEY ARE DA BEST!!!!
We'll see how this recipe pans out...exciting stuff. I am going to use bread mixes from when I had a breadmaking machine and oven that worked. Now, I just have a stovetop, microwave and waffle maker. So far, when I needed to bring cornbread to a meal, I made cornbread waffles. Last week I used cinnamon bread mix to make cinnamon waffles, but today I'm going to try this wonderful idea of a European waffle.
I've never eaten Brussels or Belgium or other fancy waffles. I do know from making pancakes crispiness can be attained by adding oil to the pan and increasing the temperature, but it sounds as if the stiff egg whites in this recipe are going to help achieve this if the wafflemaker allows some of the steaming heat to dissipate while baking.
I will use this recipe as a guide; using Krusteaz kosher white bread mix instead of the flour and sugar, but adding 15 mL sugar to batter, adding 2 mL vanilla extract to mixed egg yolks, mixing warm skim milk with yeast (doubled amount because previously unopened yeast jar expired two years ago--I hope it doesn't make the batter bitter), substituting 180 mL Greek light blueberry yogurt for some of the arbitrary amount milk in the batter, sprinkling 5 mL cinnamon into it, and allowing to rise a couple hours while I do some errands on this last day of 2009. But, I will get some chocolate while I'm out, and we'll see what whipped cream, raspberry jam, and chocolate do for lunch. Mmmm. I can hardly wait.
I'm anticipating that there may just be a slight problem. I have a small wafflemaker, so my concern is that some of the waffles will get sodden or soggy while others are cooking.
Thanks for posting the recipe and allowing comments. I've learned a lot from the various contributors.
This is such a yummy recipe! My husband was blown away. We had them for dessert! They are so light and crunchy, really great flavor! waffle house places can kiss my butt!
Trying this as I write...
A recommendation to the author for people like me - please add the fact that we have to let the batter rise for a minimum of 30 minutes at the beginning of the recipe - I didn't read through all the directions before starting... now I have to wait and we're all hungry. Been waiting for 18 minutes so far and still no obvious increase in volume. Putting the (steel) bowl in low temp oven to raise more.
Hopefully they turn out - I guesstimated at the yeast amount, since I buy it in a jar rather than packets (and no scale), same goes for the vanilla sugar - I just added some vanilla extract (liquid) and some white granulated sugar.
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waited nearly 40 minutes, no obvious rising (maybe not enough yeast?). Cooked first two... they didn't puff up like store bought waffle mix in the cooker. My 4 year old daughter is the guinea pig.
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C'est Bon! she says (we're bilingual). I agree, with the one little bite I tried so far.
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They take ~twice as long as the pre-mix to cook with my cooker (probably not hot enough).
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ok, ate some - tres good. :) Cooking the rest for the freezer. Also had some pork breakfast sausages with them.
I tried the recipe and it was great!!! I even made some for my dog adn she told me she loved them. One thing I tried doing is replacing the egg white with cream of asparagus, and they came out fantastic. I also added a teaspoon of soy sauce to my maple syrup and that was just AMAZING!!! try my product...
I had a Belgian waffle in Brussels and it was sooooo good topped with strawberries and chocolate. I'm gonna give this recipe a try.
I was really happy with the recipe. Try using half a cup of tofu rather than the butter. Also, once the waffles are done, deep fry them and they will taste delicious.
Thanks for posting a true Belgian waffle recipe. I've had these in Brussels and Antwerpen. YUM!!!
Hate the chemical leavening. Ick. Give me yeast please...
During a recent trip to Belgium, walking through Antwerp, something sweet in the air grabbed me. I followed my nose through the cobbled pavements, past the chocolate shops to an opening in the wall. Here i got to try the most amazing combination of hot waffle and ice cream! Messy snack for a public place, but i scoffed it before it melted! That same night i tried another with banana, whipped cream and chocolate sauce! Waffles, where have you been all my life?!
Since returning, i've tried the packets for the toasters but they're just not the same. I would like to someday get a waffle iron and do it myself properly. And so today i found myself googling belgian waffle recipe.......thanks.
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