Shop counters offer us a wide range of various confectionery products, including waffles. But, no matter how tasty and beautiful they are, the aroma and taste of homemade waffles in any case surpasses the product being sold. If it seems to you that it is impossible to cook waffles at home, you are mistaken, the recipes of waffles, of course, cannot be called simple, but there is nothing difficult in their production. You only need to try home-made waffles once and this delicacy will be a frequent guest at your table.
Chocolate Waffles - General Principles
The composition of the wafers traditionally includes flour, eggs, butter, liquid base (water, milk), cocoa or chocolate. You can replace some products with others, put something less, something more, add flavoring flavors, additional ingredients.
All components are kneaded or whipped, then the dough is poured in small portions into a special waffle iron or into a frying pan.
Much depends on the recipe and the type of waffles, your taste preferences, so we proceed directly to the cooking process.
1. Classic Chocolate Waffles
Ingredients:
• cocoa - a little less than half a glass;
• about half a pack of butter;
• egg - 2 pieces;
• 250 grams of sugar;
• a glass of milk;
• flour - incomplete glass;
• vanillin, salt - on a pinch;
• vegetable oil - to lubricate the waffle iron.
Watering:
• a half bar of milk chocolate;
• milk - 230 ml.
Cooking Method:
1. Pour the sifted through a sieve of cocoa powder into the previously melted and slightly cooled butter and mix thoroughly until a homogeneous thick consistency.
2. Separate the whites from the yolks.
3. Pour sugar into egg yolks, whisk with a little whisk and pour into cocoa with butter.
4. Add sifted flour and stir.
5. Pour in the milk.
6. In a separate dry cup, beat the whites with salt until strong foam. 7. Shake whipped whites in the dough and gently mix everything with slow movements from the bottom up.
8. Heat the electric waffle well and coat with vegetable oil.
9. Spread a little spoon of cooked dough, flatten.
10. Close the waffle iron, hold for about four minutes, open and check for readiness.
11. Hooking the waffle with a fork, carefully remove it from the waffle iron and put it on a flat plate to cool.
12. Bake the remaining waffles in the same way.
13. Prepare a watering: break milk chocolate into a small cup, pour in milk. With constant stirring, melt the chocolate to a delicate shimmering texture.
14. Pour all baked waffles with prepared watering and serve tea.
2. Chocolate waffles with baking powder for dough
Ingredients:
• incomplete glass of flour;
• salt, baking powder - on a pinch;
• 250 grams of sugar;
• cocoa - one handful;
• milk - 200 ml;
• butter - a small piece;
• two eggs;
• vegetable oil for lubricating the waffle iron.
For watering:
• vanillin - pinch.
• butter - a small piece;
• 250 grams of powdered sugar;
• milk - a little less than half a glass;
To decorate:
• A handful of black currants, 2 strawberries.
Cooking Method:
1. In a bowl of the right size to mix all the bulk ingredients.
2. Add eggs to the mixture, pour in milk and melted cooled butter, mix well.
3. Prepare a sauce for watering: combine the soft butter with powdered sugar, vanilla, milk, mix well to a thick consistency.
4. Put a bit of dough on the hot, greased with vegetable oil, bake for about three minutes.
5. Pour the baked waffles with cooked watering, garnish with fresh black currants and strawberries.
3. Vienna Brownie chocolate waffles
Ingredients:
• bar of dark chocolate;
• butter - 130 g;
• 2 large eggs;
• 6 large spoons of sugar;
• 2 large spoons of cocoa;
• half a teaspoon of vanilla; • instant coffee in powder - 10 grams;
• 15 large spoons of flour.
Cooking Method:
1. In a deep metal bowl to break the bitter chocolate, add a piece of butter and, stirring, melt a couple.
2. In a dry clean bowl, mix coffee, cocoa, sugar, eggs, vanillin, pour in a creamy-chocolate mass and mix well.
3. Pour the flour and mix until a homogeneous viscous consistency.
4. Put a little dough on a hot electric waffle machine, bake for a couple of minutes at a high temperature.
5. Cut baked waffles into triangles.
6. Serve on a flat plate, sprinkle with powdered sugar if desired.
4. Chocolate waffles with nuts and berry sauce
Ingredients:
• butter - one pack;
• a little more than half a glass of sugar;
• 1 egg;
• a little more than half a glass of flour;
• cocoa - a small handful;
• sesame - pinch;
• hazelnut - 1 handful;
• vegetable oil - to lubricate the waffle iron.
For syrup:
• sugar - 20 grams;
• water - 20 ml.
For the sauce:
• a little less than half a glass of powdered sugar;
• 5 berries fresh strawberries.
Cooking Method:
1. In a large bowl, beat lightly melted butter with egg and sugar.
2. Add flour, cocoa and chopped hazelnuts in a blender.
3. Pour a little sesame, mix everything well.
4. Put the dough with a spoon in a small amount in a heated, greased with vegetable oil electric roaster and bake for three minutes.
5. Prepare a sugar syrup: boil a little water with sugar over a small fire. Spoon remove the foam and cool.
6. Prepare the sauce: grind strawberries in a blender to a puree-like state. Mix the berry puree with the prepared syrup, pour the icing sugar and beat with a mixer.
7. Put baked waffles on a flat plate, pour over berry sauce.
5. Chocolate waffles with coconut chips
Ingredients:
• 4 eggs;
• sugar, flour - 1 glass without a slide;
• the floor of the packaging of cream margarine;
• vodka - 15 ml;
• coconut chips - the floor of the pack; • peanuts - 1 handful;
• cocoa - a little less than half a glass.
Cooking Method:
1. Combine eggs with sugar and beat until white and dissolve all the sugar grains.
2. Melt the margarine, cool, add to the eggs, pour in vodka.
3. Pour the prepared flour, stir well.
4. Pour the coconut chips, mix.
5. Peanut peeled, chopped in a blender and poured into the dough along with cocoa, mix (if the dough turned out very thick, you can pour a tablespoon of mineral water or milk into it).
6. On a hot waffle iron put a little dough, bake for about three minutes.
7. Roll each baked waffle with wet hands with a straw.
8. Serve on the table. At will, each waffle can be filled with some kind of cream or boiled condensed milk.
Ingredients:
• wafer bread - 200 grams.
For filling:
• “anniversary” cookies - a little less than half a kilogram;
• half a pack of butter;
• 6 large spoons of powdered sugar;
• 2 eggs;
• cocoa - three large spoons.
Cooking Method:
1. Make the filling: Smash the “anniversary” cookies into small pieces and grind in a blender. Stir with lightly melted butter. Beat the eggs, add cocoa and icing sugar, mix well until smooth.
2. On one waffle loaf, spread the cooked stuffing, make a second loaf. And so to do in several layers.
3. Squeeze the wafer rolls a little with your hands, put in a deep dish and let stand in the refrigerator for several hours.
4. Cut the finished loaves into small rectangles and serve with tea.
Chocolate Waffles - Tricks, Tips
1. Chocolate in the recipe can be replaced with real cocoa powder and vice versa.
2. Instead of sour cream, homemade mayonnaise or fatty well-whipped natural cream can be included in the waffles.
3. Do not forget to sift all the dry ingredients, such as flour, cocoa, vanillin, so the dough will be airier, softer, without any lumps. 4. Melt the butter, not boiling, conveniently in the microwave or in a water bath.
5. The more butter, the softer the waffles.
6. Butter can be replaced with margarine, but in this case the product should be of high quality.
7. For a special flavor and exquisite taste in the dough, you can add a little rum or brandy.
8. Tasty waffles, if you add some chopped nuts to the dough, you can use walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts or peanuts.
9. Adding natural flavors such as vanilla, cardamom, cinnamon, star anise, etc., will also help to improve the taste of the delicacy.
10. You can reduce the calorie content of waffles by using water instead of milk.
11. Before baking, be sure to whip the dough again, the waffles will taste better.
12. Bake waffles only on well warmed waffle maker or mold. Conventional utensils should be carefully greased with oil; there is no need to grease dishes with a non-stick coating: the butter entering the dough will not allow the waffles to stick.
13. Do not put ready waffles on each other, they stick together, soften, having lost their appearance. It is better to cool them on a laid tabletop or board. Fold the product with a pile after complete cooling.
14. Waffles are served as an independent dessert, filling with various fillings or watering with condensed milk, ice cream, jam, honey, and peanut mixture.
15. Waffles are delicious, filled with creams, condensed milk, curd mass, berry jams. Remember that you should wrap the waffles in a hot tube, they will break down when they cool down.
16. Cake from waffles should not be kept for impregnation so that the waffles do not settle and not lose their intrinsic crunch and original shape.
