Waffeln

Ingredients

• 0.5 lb. flour
• 2 oz. sugar
• 0.5 pint milk
• Grated rind of a lemon
• 3 eggs
• 4 oz. butter
• 0.5 oz. baking powder
• 4 grated bitter almonds

Method

1. 1

   Cream the butter, mix with sugar, beaten eggs, lemon rind, and bitter almonds.

2. 2

   Stir in alternately the milk and sifted flour mixed with baking powder.

3. 3

   Heat a WafFeleisen, rub with bacon rind, pour batter, and cook until golden.

4. 4

   Sprinkle with sugar.

As published

This recipe was extracted from German cookery for the English kitchen (1906) by Ella Oswald, page 84. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Waffeln. (Wafers ; French : Gaufres.) f lb. flour. 2 oz. sugar. \ pint milk. Grated rind of a lemon. 3 egrgrs- 4 oz. butter. \ oz. baking powder. 4 grated bitter almonds. Cream the butter, mix it with the sugar, beaten-up eggs, grated lemon rind and bitter almonds and, lastly, stir in alternately the milk and the flour, which should have been previously sifted and mixed with the baking Cakes. 205 powder. Heat a WafFeleisen (wafer iron) over a clear fire, rub it with a piece of bacon rind| pour a teaspoonful of the batter into each division and close up the iron again. Let the wafers become a golden colour, turning the iron so that both sides are done. Then take out and sprinkle over at once thickly with sugar. Berliner Waffehi. (Berlin Wafers.) 8 oz. flour. 3 eggs. A little salt. ^ pint sour cream. 2 tablespoonsful Kummel liqueur. Mix all ingredients and proceed as in preceding recipe. \ lb. butter. 4 eggs. Zimmet-Waffeln. (Cinnamon Wafers.) I oz. cinnamon. I tables poonful Maraschino. I lb. sifted flour. Cream ^ lb. butter, beat up 4 eggs and stir into the butter, beating well. Flavour with i oz. cinnamon and I tablespoonful Maraschino. Then stir in i lb. sifted flour. Mix well. Grease and heat the special Waffel- eisen (wafer irons), and proceed as in recipe " Waflfeln." Hefen-Waffeln. (Veast Wafers.) f lb. flour. I oz. yeast. 6 oz. butter. 2 eggs. I pint milk. A little grated lemon peel. Crumble the yeast, pour half of the milk, lukewarm, over it and stir in ^ lb. of the flour. Stand on one side for at least 10 minutes to rise. Mix the remaining flour, milk, beaten-up eggs, butter and sugar and a little ao6 Gebdck : Tarten und Kucken. grated lemon peel and then add the risen yeast Knead well and stand in a warm place to rise. When well risen, fill the greased and heated Waffeleisen with spoonsful and proceed as in previous recipes. Koniggkuohen. (King Cakb.) I lb. butter. I lb. sugar. {lb. flour, lb. potato flour. \ oz. baking powder

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