Waffle Makers

Ok, anyone here like waffles?
Ok, now who likes waffles and tries to make them at home, only to be disappointed every time because they don't cook consistently, they are like lead weights with no taste and get worse if you don't consume them within 6.7 seconds of taking them off of the waffle iron?

I hae had several waffle makers and have tried many recipes, but they just turn out as unappetizing calorie-loaded filler food most of the time. However, recently I stayed in a hotel that had a self-serve breakfast with a couple of waffle makers and cups of batter. It was the kind of waffle maker that you flip when cooking and they were very good.

Last week I saw an ad for a home model of this commercial waffle maker by Waring, and I went out and bought one. I tried one of their booklet recipes and served breakfast for 6 this morning. Ding Ding! This is it, the Holy Grail...beautifully cooked, crisp on the outside, soft on the inside, light and full of taste.

If you love waffles and want to make good ones at home, go out and get the Waring Pro WMK300 Belgian Waffle Maker...it's $79.99 at Amazon and I got it for that price minus a 20% coupon discount at a local Bed Bath & Beyond store. Waffles will most certainly be on the menu more often at our house!

http://www.goldenmalted.com/retailindex.htm has a great pancake and waffle batter. Probably the same on used at the hotel. I was staying at a Homestead Suites hotel last week and the waffles were excellent. This is what they used. I've also used this batter at home.

Bob,

Thanks for the heads up! I had a Cuisinart that I liked for about a month or two but then apparently was possessed or something. It went from turning out perfect waffles to either burning them or undercooking them. While I am not a big waffle fan, there is just something really wonderful about the hot, fresh ones that are made by your own two hands.

Kim

Hi,

For years, I served my nieces pancakes before going to school. At one point I considered serving waffles for variety. Until I read the recipes for waffle batter vs pancake batter. To obtain the crispness, waffle batter has considerably more butter. In the Joy of Cooking, they advised you could adjust the level of crispness by adding more or less butter.

Since the girls were not complaining about pancakes every day, I decided to table waffles. Nobody noticed I never added melted butter to the pancake dough, either. In my case, it was early morning laziness and nobody seemed to miss or notice 2 tablespoons melted butter were missing.

Cathy2 wrote:Since the girls were not complaining about pancakes every day, I decided to table waffles. Nobody noticed I never added melted butter to the pancake dough, either. In my case, it was early morning laziness and nobody seemed to miss or notice 2 tablespoons melted butter were missing.

Cathy,

I've made pancakes nearly every weekend and holiday morning for as far back as I can remember, but I only have just had access to a microwave since moving into this latest apartment. This of course meant I could try adding some melted butter into my pancake batter. I do flavor my pancakes, but nonetheless, I couldn't tell the difference between with melted butter and without. That includes all the variations -- cinnamon pecan, orange with white chocolate, and so on -- and since I'm cooking for one and used 2 Tbs of butter myself, it's a small enough batch of batter that I think I'd notice any real difference.

Bob

Bob S. wrote:I have made pancakes nearly every weekend and holiday morning for as far back as I can remember, but I only have just had access to a microwave since moving into this latest apartment.
Bob

Ah, the challenges of the English language. I had to read this post three times before I realized that it's not about making pancakes in the microwave since that's all you have I kept thinking "how does he do that?"

Ann Fisher wrote:

Bob S. wrote:I have made pancakes nearly every weekend and holiday morning for as far back as I can remember, but I only have just had access to a microwave since moving into this latest apartment.
Bob

Ah, the challenges of the English language. I had to read this post three times before I realized that it's not about making pancakes in the microwave since that's all you have :D I kept thinking "how does he do that?"

If I have to obfuscate to get readers to linger over my posts, obfuscate I shall! :)

Seriously, as you surmised, Ann, the only role the microwave plays is indeed the melting of the butter.

Bob