What's For Breakfast? - Waffles!
Hello Folks!!!
You may eat them sweet or savoury, with your
fingers or a fork, soaked in syrup or sprinkled with sugar, but we agree- waffles
are wonderful. Got an instant craving? Then keep reading to make yourself some crispy
yet light and fluffy waffles.
During my school days, weekends during hols were
meant for sleepovers and fun time with my friends. As soon as the exams were
over and the school bell rang, the silent corridors turned noisy, and we would
run across the passage to meet at our secret hideout- the wooden bench under
the tree. That beautiful spot brings memories even today. Most of our ideas
came to life over there. It was where we shared our snacks, planned our next
adventure, and waited for our parents to pick us up on sunny afternoons.
Though we were experts in addition and
subtraction, we were still trying luck with multiplication and long division. Our
love for creativity, precision and challenge made us 9-year-olds work better at
certain subjects. Whether it was arithmetic, designing or cooking, whenever our
minds got tangled in a mess of incomprehensible terms and metrics, we always
tried to throw in some of our own intelligible contributions.
Dawning with many possibilities, the next morning
we woke up at our friend’s house. After a night of storytelling and games, we
were so hungry that we were ready to swallow even a mountain. My friend’s mother was busy, so we decided to
make some pancakes since we saw a jar of marula jam on the kitchen counter. All
of us pretended to be great chefs since Home Economics was a mandatory subject.
Alas! our arithmetic went wrong somewhere and unexpectedly we ended up with excess
batter. Our heads went wibbly wobbly, giving us many crazy ideas. The tall shelf
with the pans caught my attention and I soon remembered the cooking show where a
funny pan with tiny compartments was used to make light crispy square pancakes.
That day ended up with us having waffles for
breakfast and attempting it wasn’t as difficult as the name sounded back then!
I’m sure that with all those faulty and muddled recipes, we have now learnt how to transform a patchy batter into impressively beautiful waffles. Don’t shy
from trying out something creative because you never know what mysteries lie in
the corner, waiting to be unravelled.
RECIPE Makes:
5 batches
INGREDIENTS
1.All purpose flour- 1 cup
2.Sugar- 1tbsp
3.Butter (melted)- 2 tbsp
4.Milk- ¾ cup
5.Egg -1
6.Vanilla extract – 1 tsp
7.Baking powder- 2 tsp
8.Salt – ½ tsp
INSTRUCTIONS
1.Put the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a large bowl and combine.
2.In another bowl, add the eggs, milk, oil and vanilla extract and mix
well.
3.Once mixed, pour this into the large bowl with your dry ingredients.
4.Heat your waffle iron and spray some oil onto it.
5.Pour the batter and cook both sides evenly until they become golden
brown.
6.Once done, tumble in your
favourite toppings- ice cream, maple syrup, blueberries,etc and it’s good to go straight into your mouth!!
Fontastic writing of your cooked up adventures!
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