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Homemade Waffles

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Serves 4

Ingredients

  • 2 cups flour
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup light brown sugar
  • 1 to 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon (more to taste)
  • 4 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 3/4 cup unflavored original almond milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 egg whites
  • optional: fresh or frozen fruit, Nutella, chocolate chips, nuts, fresh whipped cream

Instructions

  1. Preheat a waffle iron and lightly spray both sides with cooking spray.
  2. Whisk flour, sugars, cinnamon, baking powder and salt together in a medium bowl until no lumps remain.
  3. Pour milk, oil and vanilla into the flour mixture; stir until just combined.
  4. In a separate bowl, beat egg whites until soft peaks form. This is key in making the waffles light and fluffy in texture.
  5. Fold the beaten egg whites into the batter.
  6. Pour about 1 cup of batter onto the waffle iron and cook until golden brown.
  7. Serve hot or freeze and reheat later.

Note: Consider adding various ingredients to the batter for added fun. You can add frozen fruit, chocolate chips, M&M’s, nuts, etc.

*Any nutritional information provided is an estimate. The accuracy for any nutritional information on this website is not guaranteed.

Thank you to the big community of food visionaries out there in the world, working together to inspire and pass on food traditions and flavors. This recipe began here!

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Cinnamon Apple Rose Pastries

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Ingredients

  • 3 apples
  • 2 sheets of puffed pastries thawed
  • 6 tablespoons of apricot preserves
  • 4 tablespoons of water
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice and peel shavings
  • 1 tablespoon cinnamon
  • 3 tablespoons sugar

Instructions

  1. Allow puffed pastries to thaw (according to package directions).
  2. Prepare 12 muffin tins with cooking spray and a light dusting of flour.
  3. Slice apples in half from top to bottom and remove cores.
  4. Slice apples into very thin slices.
  5. Fill a large bowl halfway with water.
  6. Squeeze lemon juice into the bowl of water.
  7. Place slices of apples into the water. Microwave uncovered for 5 minutes.
  8. Drain apples.
  9. Set oven to 375F and prepare a floured surface for pastries. Lay thawed pastries flat on floured surface. Slightly roll the pastries out further with a rolling pin.
  10. Cut each pastry into 6 equal slices.
  11. One at a time, spoon apricot preserve mixture onto a slice of pastry. Place 7-9 apple slices on one half of the pastry. Apple slices should be peel side facing out.
  12. Fold the pastry in half, overtop of the apples.
  13. Starting on one end, roll the pastry and apples and then place each pastry into the prepared muffin tin.
  14. Continue with the other pieces of pastries until you have 12 apple roses.
  15. Stir cinnamon and sugar together in a small bowl. Sprinkle mixture over pastries.
  16. Shave half of a lemon rind onto pastries.
  17. Place a pan of water on the bottom rack of oven so the bottom of pastries do not burn.
  18. Bake for 40-45 minutes. Top with powdered sugar. 

Thanks to the original recipe found here.

The Story Behind the Recipe

In 2018 I was lucky enough to go to the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, Korea. My husband and I were gifted tickets to see the snowboarding competition at Phoenix Snow Park and were able to see Shaun White win gold on the men’s halfpipe.

The night before the competition we arrived and wanted to visit the olympic village. With below temperatures and icy sidewalks, we shivered our way throughout the streets looking for a local restaurant to warm up.

We ended up in a little coffee shop where we had a beer and delicious pastry.

I was so inspired by the pastry, that I set out to find a similar recipe to make at home. While it takes a little time and delicate execution, the pastry really is pretty simple and they turn out beautiful. Serve it with a bit of vanilla ice cream for an extra special treat!

Chili Chocolate Snickerdoodles

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Makes: 40 Cookies

Ingredients

  • ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
  • ¾ cup granulated sugar
  • ¾ cup brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 2 eggs, room temperature
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • ½ cup unsweetened cocoa
  • 2¼ cups all purpose flour
Cinnamon Sugar
  • ¼ cup granulated sugar
  • 2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Instructions

  1. Prepare baking pans with parchment paper.
  2. Preheat oven to 350F.
  3. In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter and sugars together at a high speed until nice and fluffy.
  4. Beat in cream of tartar, baking soda, salt, and cayenne pepper until well blended.
  5. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Then beat in vanilla extract.
  6. On low, slowly beat in unsweetened cocoa and flour just until combined.
  7. Combine sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl.
  8. Grab a small scoop of cookie dough. Use the palm of your hands to roll the dough into a round ball. It should be about 1 inch in diameter. 
  9. Continue rolling all of the dough out, placing each ball onto a clean plate. 
  10. Then roll each ball in the cinnamon-sugar mixture and place on the prepared baking sheet.
  11. Using the back of a spoon gently flatten the middle of the cookie.
  12. Bake cookies for 10 to 12 minutes, turning the cookie pan halfway through the cooking time.
  13. Let cookies cool on cookie sheet for a few minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool.
  14. Store cookies in an airtight container.

Thanks to the original recipe found here.