“Daddy” Waffles From the kitchen of Perry Ohren
So let me be clear, this is what my kids call them. It emanates way back when from the Tassajara Bread Book. I’ve been making these for 30 years.
Ingredients:
Directions:
3 egg yolks ¼ cup canola oil 1 ¼ cups milk (I mostly use buttermilk, but any milk, or what the kids call “milk” nowadays (coconut, almond…], can work) 1 Tbs vanilla 2 cups flour/dry ingredients (any combination of these or others will work/knock yourself out) I use: 1 cup unbleached white flour ½ cup whole wheat flour ½ cup cornmeal 1 Tbs baking powder Pinch of salt 3 very ripe bananas
Mix together (with a mixer if you are so inclined, but a fork works well for me): egg yolks, canola oil, milk, vanilla Stir all dry ingredients into above. Mash bananas and stir into above. (If you don’t like bananas take a pass on this, but I think it’s bananas which put the Daddy into the Daddy Waffle.) Beat egg whites until peaks are stiff and fold this into the above. (I know this is fussy, but it makes for a better and fluffier waffle. Having written that, 24 out of 25 times I don’t do this and simply use 3 eggs instead of 3 egg yolks above. Please don’t tell anyone.) Use your waffle iron if you know how. I serve this with lots of butter, toasted pecans and real maple syrup. Whipped cream and sliced strawberries and chocolate chips have made appearances. Some like yogurt too. If you use non maple syrup on these, please don’t let me know. Leftover batter can be made into pancake batter by adding more liquid. The whole recipe can be a pancake recipe if you change the 1 1/4 cups of “milk” to 2 cups.
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