Classic Homemade Waffles
After I read Amy Poehler’s Yes Please
I love the weirdness and quirkiness of all the characters. They are all so strange in their own ways from their relationships, weird mural designs, and anger towards opossums. And poor, poor Jerry! No one understands his awesomeness!!
Plus, it’s about city government, which Price and I are just starting to get involved in, serving on the Conservation Commission and Planning board, respectively. Our monthly meetings won’t compare to their full time jobs in the Parks and Recreation Department but I’m sure there will still be silly moments that will remind me of the show in some way or another.
And Leslie Knope is just such a great character. She is so blindly optimistic that it’s sad and beautiful. I wish that more people in public office were like her so that the world would be filled with more parks and things like that. She just wants for a more, more, more. But her positive, hard-working approach is refreshing and fun. Plus, we share the same birthday! (January 18th!!!!) and we both ‘effing love waffles.
I seriously love waffles. They are crispy on the outside, and light and airy on the inside. They aren’t grossly dense like
For the last few years I’ve done some food centric themes that has resulted in some fun and creative recipes. I’ve done NASCAR themed recipes, Amanda and I did Thirsty Thursday post to make a drink recipe every week, and then I just did The Year of Pies when I shared a pie recipe every Friday. And I’m hoping to keep up with a waffle recipe every week this week… Waffle Wednesday.
Price might call off the wedding in June with this insanity, but we’ll see how this goes. Fingers crossed!
I’m starting this adventure with a simple waffle recipe. It’s a classic. It’s a great recipe to satisfy a waffle craving. Nothing too jazzy about it. But you will get amazing waffles. I swear. I have been using this recipe for years because it’s so good and you’ll always have everything you need right at home. It just works with its golden crispy outside and soft, tender inside.
Plus, they freeze so, so well. Just lay them out on a single layer on a baking sheet and put that in your freezer. Once they are all frozen store them in a zip-loc bag or plastic container. I reheat them by putting them on our pizza stone (which always hangs out in our oven), or just directly on the oven rack. I put our broiler on low and after a few minutes I flip them and they are done soon after that. You can also just toast them but I don’t bother bringing out storage.
It’s going to be an adventure making all these waffles. I swear we might go crazy but that it will be fun. And delicious.
Classic Homemade Waffles
Makes 12-14 4″ Square Waffles (Qty will vary per waffle iron)
Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 3/4 cups milk
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Process
- Preheat waffle iron.
- Vigorously whisk the eggs in large bowl until fluffy.
- Mix in flour, milk, vegetable oil, sugar, baking powder, salt, and vanilla extract until just smooth.
- Spray the preheated waffle iron with a non-stick cooking spray.
- Ladle 1/4-1/3 cup of the batter the onto hot waffle iron. Cook until golden brown. Serve hot iwth butter & syrup.
Slightly adapted from All Recipes
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