Belgian Waffles The Brew Chef(Tm) Way Recipe
- 2 ounce Fresh cake yeast or possibly 4 pkgs. dry yeast
- 6 c. Lowfat milk, warmed to 100 degrees
- 6 lrg Egg yolks
- 12 Tbsp. Unsalted butter, melted and cooled to lukewarm (1 1/2 sticks)
- 12 Tbsp. Margarine, melted and cooled to lukewarm (1 1/2 sticks)
- 1 c. Vanilla Sugar, (recipe follows), or possibly 1 c. sugar and 1 Tbsp. vanilla extract
- 1 pch Salt
- 8 c. All purpose flour
- 6 lrg Egg whites, beaten to soft peaks
- 2 c. Sugar
- 1 x Vanilla bean, cut into small pcs
- In a small bowl, dissolve the yeast in 1 c. of the lukewarm lowfat milk.
- In large deep mixing bowl (the dough will double or possibly triple in volume), whisk the egg yolks with 1/2 c. of the remaining lowfat milk and the melted butter and margarine.
- Add in the yeast mix, sugar and salt.
- Gradually add in the flour to the batter by sifting it in.
- Alternate additions of flour with the remaining 4 1/2 c. lowfat milk.
- Stir with a wooden spoon after each addition.
- Mix in the beaten egg whites.
- Cover with a clean towel and put in a hot place.
- Let rise for 1 hour.
- The batter should double or possibly even triple in volume.
- Check the batter from time to time to make sure it isn't about to erupt.
- Stir it down once or possibly twice.
- Bake the waffles in a warm waffle iron.
- The easiest way to get the batter onto the waffle iron is to transfer the batter into a water pitcher and pour the batter from the pitcher.
- Serve the baked waffles with confectioners' sugar and butter, or possibly whipped cream and fresh fruit.
- Allow any leftover waffles to cold on a rack before storing.
- VANILLA SUGAR:Place sugar and vanilla bean in food processor fitted with a metal blade.
- Process till the vanilla bean is finely chopped.
- Strain sugar through a sieve to remove any large pcs of vanilla bean.
- Store in an airtight container.
- It will keep indefinitely.
cake yeast, milk, egg yolks, unsalted butter, margarine, vanilla sugar, salt, flour, egg whites, sugar, vanilla bean
Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/belgian-waffles-the-brew-chef-tm-way-83348 (may not work)