Chocolate Brunch Waffles
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup NESTLE® TOLL HOUSE® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
- 3/4 cup butter
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 3 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- Toppings (whipped cream, chocolate shavings, sifted powdered sugar, fresh fruit, ice cream)
Directions
- Combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in large bowl.
- Microwave morsels and butter in medium, microwave-safe bowl on HIGH (100 percent) power for 1 minute; stir.
- Microwave at additional 10- to 20-second intervals, stirring until smooth.
- Cool to room temperature. Stir in milk, eggs and vanilla extract.
- Add chocolate mixture to flour mixture; stir (batter will be thick).
- Cook in Belgian waffle maker* according to manufacturer’s directions. Serve warm with your choice of toppings.
[Editor’s Note:] As a child one of my favorite things to have for breakfast was waffles. Unfortunately, we didn’t own a waffle iron so I almost never got to have them. Ariesna and I have had a waffle iron for a while now but our attempts at making waffles have been… less than entirely successful. We had been buying those box mixes at the store but the waffles made from them always sat like lead in our stomachs. Yesterday, we were talking about trying to make waffles again. Since I’ve had such good luck with AllRecipes.com; I went to their site to search for waffle recipes and found bunches of them. I copied several into an email and forwarded them to Ariesna. This morning she went through them and decided to make these Chocolate Brunch Waffles. They turned out scrumptious. Though I do have a couple of caveats about this recipe.
- Be very careful not to overcook them or they come out crunchy.
- The recipe makes a great many of the waffles. Come hungry or have something you can freeze them in.
- While very tasty, these waffles are still have something of a bread-like texture and aren’t as light/fluffy as the ideal waffle should be.