Waffles. . .

Well, because it's been a while since my last entry, I've decided to blog about something easy to get me back into the swing of things.

As you might have guessed from the title, this entry is about . . . . . . . Waffles. Yes, that's right, waffles. And they aren't just any kind of waffles- like frozen waffles from your local grocery store- the waffles I'm talking about are homemade. Here, let me give you a little background on the subject . . . .

This past Sunday after we got home from church we somehow got onto the topic of our new George Foreman Grill.




Now, we don't use this because we are healthy-eater fanatics. We use it because it really makes cooking dinner a whole lot faster, and clean-up a whole lot easier. O.k. back to what I was saying, we started talking about our new grill and my dad mentioned that it had removable grilling plates. I then proceeded to ask him what else could you use a grill for? Because logically (or so I thought) the only things you cook on a grill are hamburgers, hot dogs, steak, chicken etc. He told me that this grill came with a few different grilling plates, one set was for making waffles.




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I can make homemade waffles?!?!
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YES!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm ashamed to admit that after he mentioned the waffle "grilling" set I forgot the other ones that he mentioned. Anyways, I was extremely excited about this waffle maker. I determined that the as soon as the opportunity arose, I was going to make waffles.

My chance came the very next morning. I woke up on Monday and went straight downstairs to find a recipe from one of our many cook books. I found a very simple recipe in our ever faithful Betty Crocker Cook Book.





I know, it's not a very good picture. But I have difficult time when the person (or thing) that I'm taking a picture of, won't cooperate.

After I decided which recipe to use-Betty Crocker had a few different recipes to choose from-I got to work. In a surprisingly short amount of time I had the batter all mixed and ready to go. I say surprisingly because when I'm in the kitchen nothing ever, and I mean ever goes exactly the way it's supposed to. I was so pleased! "Wow," I said to myself, "Perhaps this time, things will actually go smoothly."

Alas, I spoke too soon. I was just rinsing the soap of the teaspoon I had used when I cam to this horrible realization. . . . I forgot to spray the waffle plates with non-stick cooking spray before putting in the waffle batter! What a mess! I quickly turned the grill off and unplugged it. But it was too late, the first two waffles didn't stand a chance. I threw away the waffles pieces that came out easily and then removed the plates from the grill to wash them more thoroughly in the sink.

After drying the plates and setting them back in place I gave them a generous amount of non-stick cooking spray and then tried again. . . . . . .

This time it worked! I was ecstatic!

I repeated the process of spraying the waffles plates, and pouring waffle batter in 3 more times and they came out quite alright. My poor family, they often suffer the roll of guinea pigs. I'm always trying out new recipes for them to test. I don't think they minded this one as much though.

Well, that concludes the story of my first homemade waffles adventure. I hope you have enjoyed reading it, learned from my mistakes, and I really hope it didn't bore you to death!

Now, I will bid you adieu. . .

Until next time,
-Daughter of The King