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Recipes
There are many different waffle recipes available. Most recipes are for
cake-like soft waffles. The taste of the waffles can be varied using
various different spices and ingredients. For example a hint of salt,
ground cloves, chopped or ground nuts and almonds, raisins, small
pieces of apple, cinnamon, cardamom, anise, ginger powder, coriander
or grated lemon peel or lemon juice can be added. The waffles can be
refined with a drop of alcohol. Rum or Cherry is especially
recommended. Serve the waffles with icing sugar or sugar &
cinnamon. Strawberries with whipped cream or hot cherries are also
very tasty.
Fine Waffles for Sunday
Ingredients:
250 g butter, 200 g sugar, 3 eggs, 1 packet vanilla sugar,
1 tablespoon rum, 125 g ground almonds, 450 g flour, ca. 180 ml water
(if necessary), grated lemon peel or 1 Mini bottle lemon essence, ½
packet baking powder.
Preparation:
Combine butter, sugar and vanilla sugar and mix until
creamy. Then add the eggs one after the other. Add baking powder,
which should be mixed into the flour, and the water alternately and the
rum last. Instead of whole eggs just the egg yolks may be used. Beat
the egg whites to a stiff cream and fold it into the waffle mixtures as the
last step. The mixture should be thick but still flow freely from a spoon.
Waffles from Westfalia
Ingredients:
200 g butter or margarine, 75 g sugar, 1 packet vanilla
sugar, 3 – 4 eggs, 350 g flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1 packet
ground or chopped nuts or almonds, 1 tablespoon rum.
Preparation:
Same as fine waffles