Waffles, reinvented...

[scuzzo]

Another post made me remember one of my favorite cookbooks given to me by someone special. It's still available on Amazon...

http://www.amazon.com/Waffles-Morning...

There are many great recipes, many of them are waffle recipes for lunch, dinner or dessert. I've made many and highly recommend this.

Have you made any non-breakfast waffles? Discuss.

[eamcd]

I have this book too -- I haven't pulled it out in a while. Now I'll have to dig it out to remember which I've made. I know I'd done more of the breakfast ones, but I do remember making a cornbread one of some sort.

Thanks for the reminder!

[reannd]

So I saw this thread & requested the book immediately from the library.

Make smoked salmon & dill waffles for dinner last night (added spinach bc I like it in there, too).. topped with cream cheese or sour cream, simply WONDERFUL & super easy. Totally recommend that.

[landrew]

brownie batter cooked in the waffle iron topped with a good vanilla ice cream is the best....

[happybellynh]

Just regular brownie batter? No modificatins? Wow- will definitely have to try that!

[karykat]

What if you are the kind of person who likes the kind of crusty chewy top you get on top of brownies. Is that the effect you get with the waffler? You have my full attention.

[landrew]

Yup, it is just regular brownie batter, cooked the same way you would cook a waffle. On my iron, it is until the light goes out. They turn out great - slightly crispy on the outside, but tender inside and the perfect vehicle for a scoop of ice cream. The crispiness isn't quite the same as a regular brownie - it isn't shiny, or crackly. It comes out more like the kind of crispiness you get with a regular waffle. i've heard you can do this with cornbread as well, but haven't tried it yet

[ChristinaMason]

Excellent idea! (Sorry, I know this thread is old...but still!)

[scuzzo]

Hey, great idea! I just like trying to find new ways to use the waffle baker, so it's not a "unitasker" as Alton Brown would put it.

My favorite new idea, that I put in a much earlier thread is to cut 1/2 inch slices of eggplant, dip in beaten egg, roll in parm, then bake in waffle baker. Really, really good. Zuchinni works too. And it's low carb.

[toodie jane]

after all....a waffle iron is the original panani machine--with more crispy goodness.

[scuzzo]

That's it! Browning adds flavor, so greater surface area to brown results in more flavor.

[greygarious]

I just bought the 2006-2008 Cook's Country Annuals on eBay and am having fun going through them, more for the tips than for the recipes. One of the former was to make cornbread on the wafflemaker. The tip suggested 10 minutes but of course the timing may vary from make to make.

[chowser]

I've made the pizza waffle. It was okay. I'd prefer either pizza or waffle not together.

[maplesugar]

Your post made me think of an old sitcom where they referred to going out for "chicken and waffles" I wonder if anyone ever made a chicken waffle hehe :)

[scuzzo]

The book includes a recipe for a potato rosemary waffle that I put chicken and gravy on. It's awesome! Obviously savory and not sweet. The idea is the waffle can like bread, or potato, and do something fun with it.

[karykat]

What is the texture and does it stick to the pan? It sounds very good.

And what kind of waffler do you use. I have a regular one that makes small round ones, and a belgian waffler I haven't used yet.

Also, do you think whipping the egg white makes any difference in a belgian waffler? There seems to be some controversy about that.

[scuzzo]

No didn't stick. Sometimes I beat the egg whites. My waffle baker is an old one from probably the 50 or 60s. Makes about a 7" round waffle.

I was experimenting with a low carb waffle using soy flour, beat the egg whites for that. I liked 'em.

[yayadave]

Or Eggs Benedict on waffles. Or waffles and sausage gravy.

[toddlikesfood]

There's a good (or was good) restaurant in Atlanta called <someone's name here> Chicken and Waffles.

They served Fried Chicken and Waffles.

It was good.

[karykat]

St. Paul had a restaurant that served that as their signature dish. It was a really good combination.

[chowser]

Like a chicken a la king on a waffle!:-)

[eLizard]

In the summer I make homemade waffles and homemade ice cream, chocolate sauce or strawberry sauce and whipped cream from the Perfect Scoop. and I serve as dessert at informal summer dinner parties. people go nutty over it.

[karykat]

I have this book and haven't made anything from it. So I will be interested in everyone's recommendations.