Saturday, September 5, 2009

Peanut Butter Waffles with a Dollop of Big News

The one recipe that really jumped out at me in the last Simple and Delicious magazine was for Peanut Butter and Jelly Waffles. So naturally, it went on the dinner menu for the week. We love doing breakfast for dinner!

Brett is a BIG fan of peanut butter. It is a major staple of his diet (as I type this he is is dipping pretzels in peanut butter for a snack.) And I like it too. Although this waffle recipe was way more complicated than my traditional waffles, I still wanted to give it a go. I mixed the dry ingredients (5/8 cups of flour, 1 1/2 T sugar, 1/2 T baking powder, 1/8 tsp baking soda and cinnamon) in one bowl, wet ingredients (1 egg yolk, 5/8 cup milk, 1/6 cup peanut butter, 1 1/2 T melted butter) in another, and then set about whisking one egg white in a third bowl.

Now, I've watched almost every season of Top Chef and have always loved the quick-fire relay race where someone inevitably has to whisk six egg whites into stiff peaks by hand. I thought that surely I could handle one egg white! Well, boy is it tiring! I was going as fast as I could for about a minute before I broke a sweat and started fatiguing. Brett took over for a couple of minutes while I caught my breath, and then I took it again for another minute of rapid whisking. We went back and forth like that a few times before we had very nice, stiff (enough) peaks.

Then I combined the dry and wet ingredients and folded in the egg whites. A lengthy process for waffles, but I think it was worth it.

These waffles smell delicious! I spread some strawberry jelly on my first one, but decided that I prefer good ol' maple syrup. This one's a keeper! (The measurements for this recipe have been halved to feed two people instead of four.)

Now for the dollop of BIG NEWS!!! Brett and I will soon be packing up our tiny, San Diego kitchen and moving all the way to Massachusetts! We will be ridiculously busy for the coming month, so if you find my posts few and far between or non-existent, you'll know why. Wish us luck!

4 comments:

Nancy said...

Hi Kim,
Another great blog! Whatever you make, I become hungry for it. Ha! Congratulations again on your move to MA!
Love,
Nancy

Meandering Eats said...

Nooooooo... you can't leave! :( We're thrilled for you guys, of course, but you have to promise to stay in touch!

Darlene said...

Good luck and looking forward to your new adventure!

~kelly marie~ said...

I am so late in responding here, but I am wishing you a post-good luck! I can't wait to hear of your adventures!