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Tuesday night around dinner time, I found myself hungry and without a plan for dinner. I wandered around my kitchen, opening and closing cabinet doors, gazing into the vegetable bins of the fridge, looking for inspiration. My eyes landed on the box of multi-grain pancake/muffin/waffle mix sitting on the top shelf of the cabinet and I knew that nothing was going to hit the spot like a plate of waffles. I stirred up a bowl of batter and pulled out my own vintage waffle iron (I'm slightly embarrassed to admit that I own three of these guys, but they work so much better than the ones on the market these days and you never know when you'll come across one, so I make a point of buying them when they cross my path for $5 or less). The waffles came off the maker with a perfectly browned and crisp exterior, the perfect vehicle for real maple syrup.
If you're interested, I've got a waffle mix recipe after the jump, as well as some tips for better waffles.
photo by Marisa McClellan Waffle Mix
8 cups whole wheat pastry flour
2 cups whole wheat flour
1 1/2 cups buckwheat flour
1/2 cup stone ground cornmeal
1 1/2 cups oat flour (you can make this in your blender or food processor with regular old rolled oats)
2 cups buttermilk power
5 tablespoons baking powder
2 tablespoons baking soda
1 cup sugar or sucanat
2 tablespoons salt
For one batch of waffles (or pancakes)
Beat together 2 eggs, 1 cup of milk and 2 tablespoons of canola (or other vegetable oil). When combined, fold in two cups of the mix. Cook as you would any other waffle batter.
Tips for waffles
Oil the iron well, using a pastry brush to distribute the oil completely.
Let the the iron get really hot before you pour on the batter.
I use a four-square iron and apply the batter in a four-leaf clover pattern with a large mixing spoon, working out from the center of the iron.
Use a spoon, not a pitcher to apply the batter, you will have so much more control over the amount of batter you are putting down.
Be prepared to toss the first waffle that comes off the iron, as it is often a little too greasy.
When you think the waffle is ready to come off the iron, give the top of the iron a gentle lift. If it doesn't raise easily, let the waffle have another minute or so. The worst thing is to have your waffle split in half.
Enjoy!
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7-29-2007 @9:57PM Marisa Small said... Marisa, I have been enjoying your posts in the recent weeks. I am always intrigued when I meet someone with the same name, but am more impressed about your love for waffles! I grew up with a dad making waffles and pancakes for breakfast and love to keep up with the tradition to this day. I am sorry to admit that I rarely have waffles for dinner, but may be fun to start a new trend. Thanks, Risa
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7-30-2007 @2:39AM MJ said... Breakfast for dinner and dinnner for breakfast, have done it many times! Much fun to eat what u want no matter the time of day. Some days i crave homemade pancakes and a good country sausage on the side for dinner, cant do it without the meat!
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7-30-2007 @6:50AM Angela said... Okay, it's 640 AM here and your have this picture of
waffles staring me in the face. Stomach just howled
at me because you're such a tease!
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8-01-2007 @11:46PM Vanessa said... Waffles from a mix...ugh!
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8-01-2007 @11:47PM Marisa McClellan said... In my defense, it was a pretty good, whole grain mix from Trader Joe's. Definitely not Bisquick or something like that.
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8-02-2007 @12:26AM Vanessa said... That was harsh...sorry. But I just don't get the mix thing...especially in terms of being a food blogger.
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8-02-2007 @12:15AM Marisa McClellan said... All I can say is that food bloggers are humans with busy lives and don't always have time to pull together mixes from scratch (even if we'd like to). I definitely prefer to make my own mix, but often times it doesn't always happen, which is why I like knowing that there are a couple of good ready-made mixes out there I can call on.
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8-02-2007 @5:13PM MJ said... Flour, oil, eggs, buttermilk, and baking powder.Ive used this recipe for years the older it gets the better. I Always make a triple batch ,store it in a jar up to a week. Light and yeasty texture! The only mix I will buy is hungry jack buttermilk pancake. It is so worth it to make your own. You could also sttore the dry stuff in a bag un fridge and add your eggs and buttermilk when you want to make pancakes.Sorry for the long comment passionate about food!
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