YIELD: AROUND 16 WAFFLES
(DEPENDING ON WAFFLE MAKER SIZE)
INGREDIENTS:
4 large eggs
3 1/2 cups milk
1 cup olive oil (or melted butter)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract (or 2 teaspoons vanilla essence)
4 cups plain flour (all-purpose flour)
3 tablespoons baking powder
2 tablespoons sugar (optional)
pinch salt, finely ground
METHOD:
1. Whisk eggs for a few minutes, until they're thick and foamy.
2. Add all of the other ingredients to the whisked eggs.
3. Whisk batter until smooth.
4. Pre-heat your waffle maker.
5. Pour the prepared batter into the pre-heated waffle maker.
6. Cook waffles until golden.
7. Serve waffles hot with your favourite toppings.
8. Store leftover waffles in an airtight container, in the refrigerator for up to 3 days (or freeze up to 3 months, with baking paper between layers, if desired).
9. Reheat frozen waffles in a toaster until hot and crunchy.
FLAVOUR IDEAS:
- Blueberry Waffles - add a few blueberries to the batter in the waffle maker;
- Choc Chip Waffles - add a sprinkle of chocolate chips to the batter in the waffle maker;
- Chocolate Waffles - add 2 tablespoons cocoa powder at step 2 above;
- Cinnamon waffles - add 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon (or extra, to taste) at step 2 above;
- Vanilla waffles - as above.
SWEET WAFFLE TOPPING IDEAS:
- Ice-cream
- Maple syrup;
- Whipped cream;
- Banana;
- Banana, kiwifruit and strawberries;
- Blueberries;
- Blueberries and strawberries;
- Cherries and cream;
- Chocolate, banana and espresso sauce;
- Cinnamon and raisin;
- Coffee crumble, cinnamon granola, craisins and caramel;
- Hazelnut and chocolate sauce;
- Hazelnut, chocolate and peanut butter;
- Honey and walnut;
- Lemon sauce and slivered almonds;
- Mango;
- Pandan and coconut jam;
- Peanut butter;
- Pecans;
- Strawberries;
- Strawberry and chocolate sauce;
- Strawberry jam;
- Vegemite and butter.
SAVOURY WAFFLE TOPPING IDEAS:
- Bacon;
- Bacon and egg;
- BBQ chicken and cheese;
- BBQ pork, bacon, ham and chorizo;
- Chicken, bacon, ranch, jalapeno and diced tomato;
- Egg;
- Egg and sausage;
- Ham and cheese;
- Ham, chicken, cheese sauce and honey dijon mustard;
- Hot dog, sauerkraut, bacon, jalapenos, pickles and 1000 island dressing;
- Mushroom and cheese;
- Okonomiyaki;
- Omelette;
- Pizza toppings i.e. salami, cheese, etc;
- Sausage;
- Sausage and cheese;
- Sausage, chorizo and fresh rocket.
