Almost everyone from childhood is familiar with the taste of sweet waffles that came to us from Germany. Wafers are confectionery products, which consist of several sheets interconnected by a filling, which can be very diverse, from fruit to fondant. Wafer sheets have crispy properties, and their preparation technology is not so complicated. In general, waffles, the recipe of which implies the presence of flour, sugar, eggs and fat, can be used as an independent dish, or as part of cakes or pastries.
Baking waffles requires a certain form called a waffle iron. The composition of the waffles includes about ten ingredients, including dairy products, baking powder and flavorings. Waffles can be prepared both according to the classic recipe and many others - in any case, it will be very tasty! So, to make waffles according to the classic recipe, you will need flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, egg, milk and margarine. Flour is mixed with salt, sugar and baking powder and whipped proteins. Whipped yolks are mixed with milk and margarine. Further, all the ingredients are combined to obtain a homogeneous mass, which is poured into the pan with a thin stream. Ready-made waffles can be served with jam or with grated cheese or herbs.
To date, there are a lot of recipes for making dough for waffles. Among them, one can distinguish Belgian waffles (recipe without eggs), and fresh, crunchy, salty and many more options. However, the general technology for their manufacture is almost the same and involves the preparation of raw materials, the preparation of dough and filling, baking wafers, the formation and packaging of the finished product.
When baking waffles, the recipe of which can be absolutely anything, you need to follow a few simple rules. So, the dough should be of liquid consistency, so that it can quickly spread on the baking sheet (to obtain thin sheets). This product is baked in the oven or in special devices - waffle irons until the sheet acquires a brownish tint. Finished products are not recommended to be stacked, otherwise they will become soft. While the waffles are still hot, they can be cut with scissors, giving any shape, and rolled up into tubes, which are then filled with various fillings, such as fruit jam or ice cream. It is interesting that the fruit and berry filling contains few calories, so the finished product can be consumed even by those people who are overweight.
As an illustrative example, consider cooking lean waffles.
Lean Waffles: Recipe
Add salt, soda and half a glass of water to a glass of flour. All these ingredients must be beaten for twenty minutes, after which add half a glass of water and yolk and continue to beat until a homogeneous mass is obtained. The dough thus prepared is baked in the oven or waffle iron.
Tea Waffles (recipe without eggs)
Dissolve a spoonful of honey in four glasses of tea, add five tablespoons of jam and sixty grams of oil (vegetable). Two glasses of flour are poured with this mixture and mixed, while a homogeneous mass of medium consistency should form. The resulting dough is baked in a waffle iron for about three minutes.
It is interesting to know that in some countries there are traditions associated with baking waffles. So, in Sweden, waffles, the recipe of which every inhabitant of the country knows, is served with jam and cream, and on March 25, waffles are celebrated here. On this day, it is customary to give waffle irons.
To date, waffles have not lost their popularity; they can be found in almost all stores. The so-called waffle cakes are in the greatest demand among buyers , since they have a long shelf life and are often presented as a gift, for example, when they are visiting. There is also a large assortment of wafer sweets. They are available with various fillings, so everyone can choose for themselves a treat to taste.