"Luikse" Waffles

This waffle you can find on almost every street corner in Belgian cities.  It is a dense waffle, that does not need any topping.  It is the ideal snack when you are shopping in the rainy, cold weather of Belgium...the smell will make you stop for sure!  This recipe makes at least 70 waffles:

8 (US) cups of al purpose flour
1/8 cup of milk
10 tbsp fresh yeast
4 eggs
pinch of salt
2 bags of vanilla sugar (if you don't have these, use a bit of vanilla instead)
4 sticks of butter
3 cups of granulated sugar

1. Put the flour in a bowl, together with the eggs and salt and mix well
2. add the yeast that you have "broken" in a bit of water
3. mix everything well and add the butter and sugar slowly
4. roll little dough-balls
5. let it rest for about 15 minutes
6. bake in a hot waffle maker

Enjoy!

Waffles with cake flour and rum!

250 g cake flour
4 packages of vanilla sugar
little bit of rum
250 g white sugar
5 eggs

1. Let the butter come to room temperature
2. use the mixer to get trough the butter and add the sugar
3. add rum, mix well
4. add eggs one by one
5. fold in flour
6. bake in hot waffle maker with deep wells

Waffles with nuts and/or dried fruit

500 g flour
300 g sugar
400 g butter
6 eggs
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
2 packages of vanilla sugar
1/2 package of vanilla pudding powder
pinch of salt


1. Put the flour in a bowl
2. add baking powder, vanilla powder, sugars and salt
3. melt the butter and add to bowl
4. beat in eggs one by one and mix well
5. beat until you get a nice dough
6. let the dough rest for a couple of hours (best is overnight)
7. fold in your choice of nuts and dried fruits (you can also add lemon/orange zest and grated lemon, orange peel)
9. bake in hot waffle maker!

You can keep these waffles up to 2 weeks!

Grandma's Recipe for Waffles with Beer!

For about 40 waffles:

2 cups of flour

1 stick of butter
2 eggs
3 tablespoons of white sugar
1/3 vanilla stick
1/2 tablespoon oil
1 cup of beer (best to use real Belgian beer)
1 cup of milk
20 grams  (= about 6 tablespoons) fresh yeast

1. put milk on stove together with vanilla stick and make lukewarm
2. take from the fire and solve the yeast in the milk
3. add the sugar, the beer, oil and egg yolks, beat well
4. add the sifted flour and the melted butter, mix well
5. beat the egg whites until stiff and fold it under the dough
6. cover it and put it in the fridge for 1 hour
7. bake in hot waffle iron!
8. serve with your favorite topping!