Alton Brown Yeasted Waffles Food

HOMEMADE BUTTERMILK WAFFLES

Steps:

• Heat a waffle iron according to the manufacturer's directions.
• Whisk together the flours, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar in a medium bowl.
• Whisk the eggs and butter together in another bowl, and then whisk in the buttermilk.
• Add the wet ingredients to the dry and whisk to combine. Rest the batter for 5 minutes.
• Lightly coat the waffle iron with nonstick spray. Ladle the recommended amount of waffle batter onto the iron according to the manufacturer's recommendations. Close the iron top and cook until the waffle is golden on both sides and is easily removed from the iron. Serve immediately or keep warm in a 200ºF oven until ready to serve.

THE BEST BUTTERMILK WAFFLES

Steps:

• Preheat a waffle iron to medium-high.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, eggs and vanilla. Whisk the buttermilk mixture into the flour mixture until a batter is formed. Whisk in the butter until incorporated, being careful not to overmix the batter.
• Spray both sides of the preheated waffle iron with nonstick cooking spray. Pour in enough batter to lightly cover the surface of the iron, about 1/3 to 3/4 cup, depending on its size. (Take into consideration that the batter will spread once the lid is closed.) Close the iron and cook until the waffles are a deep golden brown and slightly crisp, about 5 minutes. Repeat with the remaining batter. (If the waffle iron has a well-seasoned or nonstick surface, it may not be necessary to spray it between each batch.)
• Serve the waffles immediately with butter, syrup, jam, berries or yogurt.

SOURDOUGH WAFFLES

Steps:

• Combine the starter, milk and flour in a medium bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Rest for 8 hours at room temperature, until the batter is light, full of bubbles, and roughly doubled in size. (If you'd like to make these for breakfast, you can refrigerate the batter overnight after this 8-hour rest.)
• Stir the egg yolk, butter, sugar and salt into the starter mixture until just combined and set aside.
• Beat the egg white and cream of tartar with a hand mixer on high until stiff peaks form, about 1 to 2 minutes, then fold the egg white into the batter using as few folds as possible to keep it from deflating (see Cook's Note). Rest the batter at room temperature for 20 minutes.
• Heat a Belgian waffle iron on medium heat. When hot, lightly coat both plates with nonstick spray. Ladle the recommended amount of waffle batter onto the iron according to the manufacturer's recommendations and cook until crisp and golden brown. Serve immediately or cool on a rack and wrap in plastic wrap followed by foil and freeze for up to 3 months.
• To begin: Mix together 125 grams flour and 125 grams water with a clean hand in a medium glass bowl. Cover the bowl with a tea towel and let sit undisturbed at room temperature until the mixture is full of bubbles and has nearly doubled in size, usually 2 to 3 days. During this time, yeasts and bacteria from the air and from the flour and probably from you will set up housekeeping in the bowl (see Cook's Note).
• For daily feeding: Peel back any crust that may have formed and transfer 20% of the culture (50 grams) to a clean, wide-mouthed jar. Stir in 100 grams flour and 100 grams water, loosely screw on the lid and stash at room temperature for 24 hours. (The culture will have a stinky-sour smell at this point.) Discard the rest of the original mixture.
• Repeat step 2 every 24 hours for 5 days. By then the culture should smell yeasty-sweet-sour, which means you're ready to put the starter to work. The waffles are to be made with the discarded percentage of starter.

BASIC WAFFLE

Steps:

• Heat waffle iron according to manufacturer's directions.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the flours, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and sugar. In another bowl, beat together the eggs and melted butter, and then add the buttermilk. Add the wet ingredients to the dry and stir until just combined. Allow to rest for 5 minutes.
• Ladle the recommended amount of waffle batter onto the iron according to the manufacturer's recommendations. Close iron top and cook until the waffle is golden on both sides and is easily removed from iron. Serve immediately or keep warm in a 200ºF oven until ready to serve.

SWEET POTATO WAFFLES

Steps:

• Put cubed sweet potatoes in a steamer basket. Place the basket in a large pot of simmering water that is no closer than 2 inches from the bottom of steamer. Allow potatoes to steam for 20 minutes of until fork tender. Mash cooked potatoes and set aside.
• In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt and set aside.
• In another bowl combine the sweet potatoes, milk, brown sugar, butter, and grated orange rind. Stir the sweet potato mixture into the flour mixture and thoroughly combine. Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. Gradually fold egg whites into batter 1/3 at a time. The batter will be thick. Using a No. 20 disher (scoop), place 2 scoops of batter onto a preheated, oiled waffle iron, and cook until lightly browned, about 5 to 6 minutes.

GOOD EATS WAFFLES (ALTON BROWN)

Steps:

• Whisk dry ingredients.
• In separate bowl, whisk eggs and butter. Then add in buttermilk.
• Plug in waffle iron.
• Pour in wet ingredients and stir with a spatula. Do not overstir, the batter should be lumpy and have bubbles.
• Let the batter sit for five minutes.
• Spray waffle iron with Pam spray.
• Pour in batter and cook.

GOOD EATS CHOCOLATE CHIP WAFFLES (ALTON BROWN)

Steps:

• Whisk dry ingredients (except chocolate chips).
• In separate bowl, whisk eggs and butter. Then add in buttermilk.
• Plug in waffle iron.
• Pour in wet ingredients and stir with a spatula. Do not overstir, the batter should be lumpy and have bubbles.
• Stir chocolate chips inches
• Let the batter sit for five minutes.
• Spray waffle iron with Pam spray.
• Pour in batter and cook.

CRISPY BUTTERMILK WAFFLES

Steps:

• Prepare the batter and refrigerate at least 8 hours before baking--all day to have waffles for dinner (try over under ice cream), OR overnight to have them for breakfast.
• Make the batter in the morning OR evening:.
• Combine and whisk together the dry ingredients in a large bowl: flour, yeast, sugar and salt. Combine the melted butter and milk (or buttermilk). Add the mixture to the dry ingredients. Whisk eggs and vanilla together in a separate small bowl. Add the egg-vanilla mixture to the other mixture, and whisk until well-combined. Cover with plastic wrap and stick in the fridge until tomorrow morning.
• That evening OR following morning:.
• Prepare waffle iron as usual. Stir the batter to deflate it (it should be puffy and frothy). Add to waffle iron the same way you would other batter, keeping in mind that this batter will rise more than batters that use baking powder instead of yeast.
• Makes 4-6 large round waffles.
• NOTE: This recipe is easily made with milk OR buttermilk.