Yield: 6 servings
Measure | Ingredient |
---|---|
2 cups | Sifted flour |
3 teaspoons | Baking powder |
½ teaspoon | Salt |
3 \N | Eggs, separated |
1½ cup | Milk |
5 tablespoons | Melted shortening |
Mix and sift dry ingredients. Combine beaten egg yolks, milk and shortening; add to dry ingredients, beating until smooth. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Pour a spoonful of batter into each section of a hot waffle iron. Bake until Brown.
APPLE: Add 1⅓ c chopped uncooked apples, ⅛ ts cinnamon and 1 tb sugar to waffle batter before folding in egg whites. BACON: Sprinkle diced bacon over the batter after it has been poured on the iron.
BANANA: Add 1 tb sugar and and 1 c thinly sliced bananas to batter.
CHEESE: Add 1 c grated Cheddar cheese to batter. CHOCOLATE: Add 2 oz.
(squares) chocolate, melted and 1 tb sugar to batter before folding in egg whites. CHOCOLATE-NUT: Add 2 oz. (squares) chocolate, melted; 1 tb sugar; ½ c chopped nut meats and ½ ts vanilla to batter before folding in egg whites. COCONUT: Add 1 c shredded coconut and 1 tb sugar to waffle batter. HAM: Add ½ c finely chopped ham to batter before folding in egg whites. LEMON OR ORANGE: Add 2 ts of grated lemon or orange rind to batter before folding in egg whites.
NUT: Add ¾ c broken nut meats to batter before folding in egg whites. SOY: Add 1 ½ c of soy flour, and decrease sifted flour to 1 ½ cups. *From the Culinary Arts Institute Encyclopedic Cookbook* Submitted By MICHELLE BRUCE On 12-29-94