BELGIAN WAFFLE

Ingredients

1 pkg Dry yeast
2 cups Lukewarm milk,*
4 eggs Separated
1 tsp Vanilla
2 ½ cups Sifted flour
1\4 tsp Salt (optional)
1 Tbsp Sugar
½ cup Melted butter

Directions

Warm the milk in a glass bowl and Sprinkle the yeast over the warm milk. Stir to dissolve.

Beat egg yolks and add to yeast mixture with vanilla. Sift together flour, salt and sugar (and baking soda if you are using butter milk.) Add to liquid ingredients. When the melted butter has cooled slightly, add and stir to combine thoroughly. Beat the egg whites until stiff and carefully fold into the batter. Let mixture stand in a warm place about 45 minutes or until mixture doubles in bulk. Use 3/4 to 1 cup mix per waffle. Makes 4 Belgian waffles.

* You may substitute butter milk for lukewarm milk, but you must add 1 teaspoon of baking soda to the mixture for the butter milk. You may also use buttermilk powder for the waffles. Just add 12 tablespoons of the butter milk powder and a teaspoon of baking soda to the waffle mix.

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