Home Style Waffles Recipe

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Home Style Waffles!

Home style waffles are called Haushaltswaffeln or feine Waffeln in Germany.

Ingredients for home style waffles:

  • 250 g (8.81 oz) of margarine oder butter
  • 250 g (8.81 oz) of sugar
  • 500 g (17.63 oz) of all purpose flour
  • 6 egg yolks
  • 6 egg whites
  • 500 ml (16.9 oz) of milk
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons of Dr. Oetker baking powder (OR) baking powder
  • grated lemon peel of 1 lemon
  • 2 packages of Dr. Oetker vanilla sugar (OR) 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

Preparation of home style waffles:

Separate your eggs with an egg separator. Using your handheld mixer beat the egg whites until stiff. In a separate bowl add the egg yolks, sugar, grated lemon peel and vanilla sugar or vanilla extract and mix until creamy. Melt the butter or margarine, add slowly to the egg mixture and beat until smooth.

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Mix the flour with baking powder and sift it into a bowl. Taking turns to alternate add in the flour and then lukewarm milk to the egg mixture until it is all used. Fold in the beaten egg whites using a dough blender.

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Heat up your waffle maker and use it as explained in the manual. Fill about ½ cup of batter on the bottom of the waffle maker close it and cook until golden and crisp.

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You could sprinkle some powdered sugar over the finished home style waffles and serve it with whipped cream and/or fruit.

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