Waffles

Waffles

2 cups sifted flour
3 tsp. baking powder
1 1/2 tbsp. sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
3 eggs (separated)
1 1/2 cups 1% milk fat milk
5 tbsp. shortening (melted)
1 tbsp. powdered sugar

Preheat waffle iron. Sift together dry ingredients; make sure mixed well. In a bowl, combine the beaten egg yolks, shortening and milk; add in the dry ingredients and mix until smooth. Fold in the stiffly beaten egg whites. Pour the batter into the hot waffle iron being careful not to overflow and cook until golden brown and crisp. Serve warm.

*Johnna's tip: There's nothing like warm waffles in the morning. Waffles are actually one of the easiest and quickest breakfast foods to make. Save some of the batter for another day by refrigerating in a Ziploc container (*you should keep no longer than 3 days after making the batter).

*Johnna's tip, tip: Toppings options (ohh, the toppings...;-)= Whipped cream, strawberries, warm honey and of course, sweet maple syrup;-)

*Johnna's tip, tip, tip: Who would've thought fried chicken and waffles make a good combination?? Well they do and the folks at Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles and Glady's Knight & Ron Winan's Chicken and Waffles have made it the staples to their restaurants. Try this at home with your waffles: using your favorite fried chicken recipe (*we all have one...;-), make the fried chicken and make the waffles last, serve together and have a breakfast-chicken food feast. Also, fried fish and waffles isn't a horrible idea either...we wonder who's going to take that idea and run with it just like the good folks at Roscoe's did with chicken and waffles...hmm...

Picture source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffle