Well here it is:
This if from the 1934 edition of "The Settlement Cook Book-The Way to a Man's Heart"..ya gotta love that title.
This is a great recipe because it's for a cast iron unit as well as electric. When it comes to the melted fat, I used olive oil and let it spill a bit over the spoon so there was just a bit extra in the batter. Melted butter is also nice.
"PLAIN WAFFLES"
1 3/4 cups wheat flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups milk
2 eggs
2 tablespoons melted fat
Mix and sift dry ingredients. Add milk gradually, yolks well beaten, melted fat and whites of eggs beaten stiff. Cook on greased hot waffle iron or ungreased electric waffle iron.
An electric iron must be heated eight minutes before pouring in the batter. To prevent sticking, swab with a dampened cloth before each baking. Place 1 tablespoon or more of the batter, near the center, in each section of the iron, sufficient to touch the top grid. Then close so waffle browns on top quickly. Bake until the waffle stops steaming.
When other type of waffle iron is used (that would be a preheated cast iron), grease well and when one side is browned, turn and brown on the other side.
This will make about 10 to 12 waffles depending on the size of your iron.
Here is another. Very good, very rich and very tricky...
"SOUR CREAM WAFFLES"
1/4 cup butter
4 eggs separated
1 cup sour cream
1/4 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup milk
Cream butter, add yolks one at a time, then flour and cream alternately, fold in stiffly beaten whites and vanila. Cook on a well greased hot iron. Serve hot with syrup or cold with powdered sugar.
These, if done right, come out very crisp and light. Tasty, but not easy in a camping situation.
Have fun.
Camp On
Sue
