SERVES 8
TOTAL TIME: 40 minutes
The number of waffles this recipe yields will depend on the size and style of your waffle maker; this recipe makes about 5 cups of waffle batter. If not serving the waffles straight from the waffle iron as they finish cooking, place them on a wire rack, cover with a clean kitchen towel, and keep warm in a 200-degree oven; remove the towel and let the waffles recrisp in the oven for several minutes before serving. The sugar sprinkled onto the waffle iron hardens as it cools, so you’ll want to clean the waffle iron while it’s still hot. Serve with whipped cream.
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1¼ |
cups (6¼ ounces) all-purpose flour |
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½ |
cup (3½ ounces) sugar, plus extra as needed |
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2 |
teaspoons baking powder |
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½ |
teaspoon salt |
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1 |
cup milk |
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3 |
large eggs |
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4 |
tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled |
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1 |
teaspoon vanilla extract |
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2 |
pints (4 cups) vanilla ice cream |
1. Whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt together in bowl. Process milk, eggs, butter, and vanilla together in food processor until smooth, about 5 seconds. Add flour mixture and pulse to combine, about 10 pulses; transfer to bowl.
2. Meanwhile, heat waffle iron according to manufacturer’s instructions. Spray hot waffle iron with vegetable oil spray and sprinkle with ½ teaspoon sugar. (If your waffle iron makes 2 waffles at a time, sprinkle ½ teaspoon over each side.) Spread appropriate amount of batter onto hot waffle iron and cook until golden brown, about 3 minutes; transfer to plate. Repeat with remaining batter. Serve waffles hot with ice cream.
VARIATIONS
GINGERBREAD DESSERT WAFFLES WITH ICE CREAM
Although brown sugar is substituted for granulated sugar in the batter, continue to use granulated sugar when dusting the waffle iron. These waffles are especially good with ginger or pumpkin ice cream.
Substitute ½ cup packed dark brown sugar for granulated sugar and add 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon, 2 teaspoons ground ginger, 1 teaspoon ground cloves, 1 teaspoon ground allspice, and 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg to flour mixture. Add 2 tablespoons molasses to food processor with milk.
BROWN SUGAR–PECAN DESSERT WAFFLES WITH ICE CREAM
Although brown sugar is substituted for granulated sugar in the batter, continue to use granulated sugar when dusting the waffle iron. These waffles are especially good with cinnamon or butter pecan ice cream.
Substitute ½ cup packed dark brown sugar for granulated sugar and add ½ cup toasted pecans to food processor with flour mixture.
DOUBLE CHOCOLATE DESSERT WAFFLES WITH ICE CREAM
These waffles are especially good with mint chocolate chip ice cream.
Add ¼ cup Dutch-processed cocoa to flour mixture. Add ½ cup chopped semisweet chocolate, melted, to food processor with milk.