My MotherS Waffles
- 1 ounces fresh cake yeast or 2 packages active dry yeast
- 3 cups milk, warmed to 100 F
- 3 large egg yolks
- 12 tablespoons (1.5 sticks) unsalted butter, melted and cooled to lukewarm
- 1/2 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (combined)
- Pinch of salt
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 large egg whites, beaten to soft peaks
- For Serving:
- Confectioner's sugar
- Unsalted butter at room temperature
- Whipped cream
- Sliced fresh fruit
- 1.tn a small bowl, dissolve the yeast in 1/2 cup of the lukewarm milk
- 2.tn a large, deep mixing bowl (the dough will double or triple in volume), whisk the egg yolks with 1/2 cup of the remaining milk and the melted butter and margarine. Add the yeast mixture, sugar, and salt.
- 3.tradually add the flour to the batter by sifting it in. Alternate additions of flour with the remaining 4 1/2 cups milk. Stir with a wooden spoon after each addition.
- 4.told in the beaten egg whites.
- 5.tover with a clean towel and put in a warm place. Let rise for 1 hour. The batter should double or even triple in volume.
- 6.take the waffles in a hot waffle iron.
cake yeast, milk, egg yolks, unsalted butter, sugar, salt, allpurpose, egg whites, s sugar, butter, cream, fresh fruit
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/my-mother-s-waffles-50075757 (may not work)