Saturday, March 17, 2012

Recipe for Apple Cinnamon Waffles

By Ben Panny


This recipe takes advantage of a favorite flavor combo, apples and cinnamon, to make waffles great enough to coax you out of bed on a weekend morning. They are good for a chilly autumn evening, too. Egg whites give these waffles a light and soft feel. Cider syrup turns them into something unique. For the apple, choose a sweet, red variety like Jonathan, Rome or Honeycrisp. An electric mixer tends to make short work of this recipe, but a hand mixer is fine, too. Recipe yields 12 waffles.

Apple Cinnamon Waffles Ingredients:

1 1/2 cup flour

2 tablespoons sugar

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

2 eggs, separated

1 1/4 cup milk

3 teaspoons vegetable oil

1 cup chopped apple

Vegetable cooking spray

Cider syrup

Directions:

Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and cloves in a medium bowl and set aside. Separate the eggs (see the tip below). Employing a mixer, beat the egg whites at high speed until stiff peaks form after you pull away the blades. Set aside.

Inside a big bowl, combine the yolks, milk and vegetable oil. Beat at medium speed till the combination is totally blended. Gradually stir in the flour mixture. Fold in the egg whites.

Employing cooking spray to coat the waffle iron will help prevent the batter from sticking. Let the iron to preheat, then pour in about 1/4 cup of the batter. Bake until the steam stops rising from the waffle iron, about 5 minutes. Serve the waffles with cider syrup.

Cider Syrup 1 1/2 cup apple cider, unsweetened 1/3 cup brown sugar, firmly packed 10 cloves, whole1 stick cinnamon

Combine the cider, sugar, cloves and cinnamon stick inside a tiny saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring on occasion, until the mixture reduces to about 3/4 cup, about 20 minutes. Take out the cloves and cinnamon.

Tip: Separating eggs is simple. Over a bowl, carefully crack the egg into halves, letting the yolk slide into one of the halves. Pass the yolk from one half to the other. As you pass the yolk, egg white will slip in to the bowl. Keep passing back and forth till only the yolk remains.

Tip: Waffles are one of those foods that seems challenging to beginning cooks. The trick is to make friends with your waffle iron, to understand when it really is is ready to take on the batter and to understand when the waffle is ready to come off the grill. That just takes a bit of practice. Don't be concerned, the mistakes might be delicious, also.




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