Dutch Stroopwaffels

• Dutch Stroopwaffels
• 250g plain flour, sifted
• 100g soft brown sugar
• 200g softened unsalted butter
• 10 g fresh yeast
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• Pinch of salt
• Treacle syrup (recipe below)
• Other filling suggestions - toffee syrup, nutella, dulce de leche, caramelised white chocolate spread, almond spread
• Treacle Syrup
• 600g light treacle (Golden syrup)
• 300g cane sugar or light brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 100g cold butter, diced

1. To make the waffel dough: Put the sifted flour into a bowl. Slice the butter into the flour using 2 table knives until the mixture resembles large clumps. Dissolve the yeast in 2 tablespoons of warm water and stir into the flour.rnrnAdd the egg and soft brown sugar and knead on a lightly floured surface to a soft, smooth dough, about 10 minutes or less. Add more flour by the teaspoonful till the dough comes together and looses its stickiness. Place in a bowl, cover and leave to rise for an hour (at least). {My dough rose marginally both times I made this recipe. It didn't appear to suffer though and it tasted excellent so no yeasty, horrible taste'}
2. To bake waffles: heat up your waffle iron once the dough is risen. Divide it into about 15 pieces of roughly equal size. Roll each piece to form slightly flattened balls. {With my peculiarly shaped waffle maker, I made 5 at a time.}
3. Place on the waffle iron and close them, to flatten out a bit. In my case, this didn't result in them completely filling out the iron, so I used a spoon to help spread them out so they could take on the heart shapes of the mould.
4. Sit back relax...eat some...then get into the kitchen and make some more.
5. To make the syrup (best made once the dough is 'risen' and ready to be baked): bring the treacle, cane sugar and cinnamon to a boil while stirring then simmer for 10 minutes.rnrnStir the cubes of butter into the treacle. Once thickened, take off the heat. Continue stirring while the treacle cools and thickens into a paste.

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Taken from food52.com/recipes/14795-dutch-stroopwaffels (may not work)