Waffles

Ingredients

• One quart of sour or buttermilk
• two eggs
• one quart of flour
• one tablespoonful of molasses or brown sugar
• three tablespoonfuls of melted shortening
• teaspoonful of salt

Method

1. 1

   Stir the flour into the milk overnight and beat for ten minutes.

2. 2

   In the morning, add the molasses or brown sugar, the shortening, the well beaten eggs, and a teaspoonful of soda, dissolved in a little warm water.

3. 3

   Have the irons very hot on both sides, grease them thoroughly, and put in a thin layer.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 5 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Temperance cook book (1887) by Mary G. Smith, page 73. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

WAFFLES AND GRIDDLE CAKES. If you have not used your griddle or waffle-iron for some time, wash it with soap and water, wipe it dry, and rub hard with salt. Heat it, and grease it with fat, salt pork tied to a fork. Do not put on more grease than is necessary to prevent the cakes from sticking. In putting cakes on to griddle, be careful to form them a regular round shape, and put on only one at each dip, and so 124 BREAKFAST AND TEA CAKES. as not to spill between the cakes. Always lay hot cakes and waffles on a hot platter as soon as baked. WAFFLES. One quart of sour or buttermilk, two eggs, one quart of flour, one tablespoonful of molasses or brown sugar, three tablespoon- fuls of melted shortening, teaspoonful of salt

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.