Carrot Cake Waffles with Maple Cream Cheese and other favorite Waffle Iron recipes

This recipe comes from Willow Bird Baking. It sounds amazing. I don't have the right to post their photograph so I'll post it when I make them. I was going to do an entire post dedicated to Waffle Iron Cooking. The recipes are endless. I've posted some of my favorites and I am adding this one. I reposted some of them at the end of this one.


Carrot Cake Waffles:

2 C Flour
1/2 tsp Salt
2 TBS granulated Sugar
1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Cinnamon
1 tsp Nutmeg
1 tsp Allspice
1 3/4 C Buttermilk
2 Eggs, separated
1/2 Stick Butter (4 TBS)
1/2 tsp Vanilla
1 C Raisins
1 C chopped Walnuts
1 1/2 C finely grated Carrots
Vegetable Cooking Spray for the Waffle Iron


Maple Cream Cheese:

8 oz. Cream Cheese, room temperature
4 TBS of the best Maple Syrup you can buy
1/4 Cup finely chopped Walnuts
Combine all ingredients in a serving bowl and refrigerate until serving.

In a Skillet on medium heat:
Butter, until melted and light brown, 2 -4 minutes, swirling constantly.
Add:
Cinnamon
Nutmeg
Allspice
Mix well and cook only for 15 seconds.
Remove from heat and cool for 30 minutes.


In a medium bowl:
Flour
Salt
Sugar
Baking Powder
Whisk well.

In a small bowl:
Buttermilk
Egg Yolks
Whisk.
Add the Butter and Vanilla, whisk well.

Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix until just combined.

At this stage, preheat the waffle iron sprayed with the vegetable cooking spray.


In another medium bowl"
Beat Egg White until soft peaks form.
Fold into the batter by hand.

Fold in:
Carrots
Walnuts
Raisins
Gently mix just until combined.

Spread a ladleful onto the waffle iron and cook 3 - 5 minutes.
Re spray the waffle between waffles.

Serve hot waffles with a Maple Cream Cheese.

Enjoy!
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Ok this is a no brainer!

A Waffle Iron
Bread
Butter
Cheese

That's it....... you can figure out the rest.
What a brilliant idea to make for kids that love grilled cheese ...... adults that love grilled cheese...... ok, everyone that loves grilled cheese.
Make them plain or make them fancy, you all know what you would add to a grilled cheese sandwich made in a waffle iron. I know I have a few ideas!

Enjoy!
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Pillsbury Cinnamon Roll Waffles:

1 can of Pillsbury Grands Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Icing.

1 C confectioner's sugar
3 TBS whole milk
1 tsp vanilla

Heat a waffle iron.
Spray it with vegetable cooking spray.
Remove rolls from the can, set the icing aside.
Place 1 roll on the center of the waffle iron.
Bake for 3 - 4 minutes, (follow your waffles iron instructions for baking waffles)

In a small bowl:
Reserved Icicng
Confectioner's Sugar
Whole Milk
Vanilla
Mix well to create a glaze.


Enjoy!
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Glazed Donuts:
Heat whole Glazed Donuts in a Waffle Iron and serve with Maple Syrup.




Waffle Iron Hash Browns:

What a great idea. Why didn't I know about these years ago? Why didn't I think of this years ago?
I love going to an All American Diner like Katie's Diner in Guthrie, Oklahoma where you order hash browns and they are crispy, crunchy and buttery delicious.
I never seemed to be able to re create them. This is it!

All you need is a bag of frozen hash browns. You can shred your own fresh potatoes if you'd like to, but why?
You'll need a vegetable cooking spray........ and a waffle iron!

Thaw the frozen potatoes, pat them dry with a paper towel or tea towel.
Place them in a bowl and season them with salt, pepper and any other spice or herb that you like.
Scoop some onto the the waffle iron, about 1/4" thick.
Close the cover and cook about 10 - 15 minutes until golden brown and crispy!

Enjoy!
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Dark Chocolate Waffles:

This is an adaptation of the original recipe.

2 C Flour

1/2 C Cocoa Powder

1/4 C Packed Brown Sugar

1 tsp Baking Soda

1 tsp Kosher Salt

3 Large Eggs, separated  

2 C Buttermilk

1/2 C Olive Oil

1 tsp Vanilla

6 oz. Bittersweet Chocolate (at least 70% cacao), finely chopped

Preheat the oven to 250 degrees.

In a large bowl, whisk together:

Flour

Cocoa Powder

Brown Sugar

Baking Soda

Salt 

Make a well in the center.

Add:

Egg Yolks

Buttermilk

Vegetable Oil

Vanilla

Whisk together dry and wet ingredients just until combined.

In another bowl, using an electric hand mixer on high speed:

Beat Egg Whites until soft peaks form.

Fold half of the Whites into the batter just until combined.

Repeat with the remaining Egg Whites.

Gently Fold in Chocolate.

Heat a Waffle Iron and spray it with a vegetable cooking spray or grease with butter.

Ladle batter onto the waffle iron and cook according to manufacturer's instructions.

Transfer Waffles to a sheet pan and place them in the oven to keep warm.

Continue with remaining batter.

Serve with Butter, Warm Maple Syrup and a sprinkle of Sea Salt.

Enjoy!

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Broccoli Patties

This recipe was also shared with me by my friend Shirley. I've adapted it to make it my own and added a Lemon Caper Sauce.


2 TBS Vegetable Oil
2 Garlic Cloves, minced
1/4 C Diced Onion
1 (12oz.) bag of Frozen Broccoli, thawed and squeezed dry.
1/3 C Italian Style Bread Crumbs
1 1/4 C grated Pepper Jack Cheese
1/3 C grated Parmesan Cheese
2 Eggs, beaten
Salt & Pepper , to taste

Here's what you'll need:
1- Sheet Pan lined with Foil, sprayed with a Vegetable Cooking Spray.
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

In a Skillet on Medium Heat:
Oil (heat first)
Garlic
Onion
Salt & Pepper, to taste
Saute for 3 minutes.
Set aside off the heat until completely cooled.

In a large mixing bowl:
Broccoli
Bread Crumbs
Pepper Jack Cheese
Parmesan Cheese
Egg
Salt & Pepper taste
Mix well.
Form into patties.

Bake on the prepared pan for 15 minutes, flip and bake an additional 15 minutes.

Serve warm with Lemon Caper Sauce.


In a small serving bowl:

1/2 C Mayonnaise
1 TBS Capers, minced
1 TBS Dijon Mustard
2 tsp Lemon Juice
1/2 tsp Dried Parsley
Mix well, refrigerate before serving.


Enjoy!
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Chocolate, Banana and Rolled Oats Cookie

This is a perfect Hippy in the Kitchen cookie. I'm sure we made these in the 60's and 70's. I've adapted this recipe that I  recieved from a friend of mine. Thank you Shirley for sharing this recipe.

3 Ripe Bananas
2 C Rolled Oats (not Quick Oats)
1/4 Chunky Peanut Butter
1/4 C Hershey's Special Dark Cocoa
1/3 C Apple Sauce
1 tsp Vanilla

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Line a sheet pan with Parchment Paper

In a large Mixing Bowl:
Mash Bananas

Add:
All remaining ingredients and mix well by hand.

Allow to sit at room temperature for 30 minutes.

Using a 1 1/2" cookie scoop, drop the cookies 2" apart on the prepared sheet pan.
Bake at 350 degrees for 10 - 12 minutes.

Remove from the oven and cool on a rack for 10 minutes.
Transfer cookies to the rack and cool completely.

Enjoy!
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Grandma Thiessen's Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake

I've been going through some of my vintage recipe cards. Today I found this  cake recipe that  my mother in law used to make. We think my wife wrote this recipe card when she was in High School.
Our daughter just asked if we still have the recipe. She remembered her Grandmother making it every time she visited her. The tradition continues.
It's another vintage family recipe that are some of my favorites. It's easy and delicious.
When it says to grease the pan, they used to grease it with Crisco. Today we use a Vegetable Cooking Spray. I use my Pan Release Mix ( equal parts of Crisco, Vegetable Oil, Flour). I start with 1 C of each and keep it refrigerated . I always have it available for all of my baking needs.

Here's what you'll need:
1 - 9" X 13" , greased baking pan

Mayonnaise Cake:

Combine 1 C Sugar, 2 C Flour, 1/4 C Cocoa and 2 tsp Baking Soda.
Mix 1 C Mayonnaise and 1 C warm Water and 1 tsp Vanilla.
Add Dry Ingredients
Bake in Greased Pan at 350 degrees for 25 - 30 minutes.

Enjoy!
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Waffle Iron Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

Waffle Iron Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

This is so easy!

A Waffle Iron
Bread
Butter
Cheese

That's it....... you can figure out the rest.
What a brilliant idea to make for kids that love grilled cheese ...... adults that love grilled cheese...... ok, everyone that loves grilled cheese.
Make them plain or make them fancy, you all know what you would add to a grilled cheese sandwich made in a waffle iron. I know I have a few ideas!

Enjoy!
Peace in the Kitchen!

Fried Pickles

I have to admit, I love Fried Pickles. There are so many recipes for them. There are so many different ways that they're made and served in restaurants. There are restaurants that serve fried pickles that I love and some that I don't.
Here's my favorite recipe for Fried Pickles.

First of all...... they have to be Dill Pickles, no other's will do.
I grew up eating Vlasic Dill Pickles. The factory was in the town where my grandparent lived. My sister and I toured the factory many times as kids. When we left, we got the biggest dill pickle that we had ever seen. Of course we were little, so they all looked like the biggest pickles we had ever seen!
I still eat Vlasic pickles today and my favorites for this recipe are Vlasic Sea Salt Kosher Dills.

Buy a jar of whole pickles and slice them however thick or thin you want them. I don't like mine really thin but not too thick either. You'll figure that out as you begin making them.


Here's the batter:

1 C Buttermilk
1 Egg
4 -6 dashes of Tabasco Sauce
1 C Flour
1/4 tsp Paprika
1/2 tsp Garlic Powder
1/2 tsp Cayenne Pepper
Cooking Oil, you're choice.

You'll need a large heavy  pot. I use a large Cast Iron Chicken Fryer. If you have an 8 qt. Enamel Cast Iron soup pot that would be great.
Heat at least 2" of oil to about 350 degrees.
I just guess by dropping a bit of batter into the hot oil. You'll know.
This recipe is not exacting.
The more you make them, the better you'll get!

In a large mixing bowl:
Buttermilk
Egg
Tabasco
Whisk well.

Add a bunch of sliced pickles to the bowl and stir.

In another bowl:
Flour
PaprikaGarlic Powder
Cayenne Pepper
Whisk well.

Add a bunch of the marinated pickles to the flour bowl.
Stir them around with your hands.
Shake off some of the excess flour.
Carefully drop  about 8 of them into the hot oil. Fry them in batches of 8. This will help maintain the temperature of the oil.

Fry them for about 5 minutes. They should be golden brown.
Remove them with a slotted spoon to a paper towel lined cooling rack over a sheet pan.

Now, you can dip them in your favorite sauce.
I like to dip them in "Fry Sauce" and here's the recipe:

1/2 C Ketchup
1/2 C Mayonnaise
Hot Sauce for spice ( in Texas  Tabasco is mandatory) Add as much or as little as you like.
Mix well in a serving bowl.

This sauce is also great for French Fries.

Enjoy!
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Tex - Mex Cocoa Krispie Squares

We all grew up with Rice Krispie Treats in America. In Texas, we love to turn recipes into a Texas recipe by adding the title, Tex - Mex to it. We add a few other ingredients too, that allow the recipe to have that title. I admit I have a lot of  Tex - Mex recipes. This is my original version of Rice Krispie Treats made the Tex - Mex way.

Here's what you'll need:

1 - 9" X 13" baking pan sprayed with a vegetable cooking spray.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

1 1/2 sticks (12 TBS) Butter, room temperature

1 1/2 C granulated Sugar

3 Eggs

1 tsp Vanilla

1 1/3 C Flour

1/2 tsp Baking Powder

1/2 tsp Cinnamon

1 tsp Chile Powder

1/2 tsp Salt

3 TBS Hershey's Special Dark Cocoa Powder
1/2 C chopped Pecans
4 C Miniature Marshmallows

Icing:

1 1/2 C  Hershey's Special Dark Chocolate Chips
3 TBS Butter, cubed
1 C Creamy Peanut Butter
2 C Kellog's Cocoa Krispies
1/4 C Brown Sugar
1/4 C Vanilla
1 C Confectioner's Sugar (Powdered Sugar)

In a Stand Mixer with a paddle attachment:
Butter
Granulated Sugar
Beat until creamy and smooth, about 5 minutes.
Add eggs one at a time beating just until incorporated after each addition.
Add Vanilla.

In small bowl:
Flour
Baking Powder
Cinnamon
Chile Powder
Salt
Cocoa Powder
Whisk well.

Gradually add the dry ingredients to the creamed butter and continue beating until combined.
Add Pecans and beat just until combined.

Spread the batter evenly into the prepared baking pan.
Bake for 15 - 18 minutes.
Without removing the pan from the oven, distribute the Marshmallows evenly over the entire surface.
Bake an additional 2 - 3 minutes.
Remove the pan from the oven and use an offset spatula dipped in warm water to evenly  spread the melted Marshmallow.

Cool completely on a cooling rack.
Prepare the Icing.

Icing:
In a medium saucepan over low heat:
Chocolate Chips
Butter
Peanut Butter
Cook, stirring constantly until melted and creamy smooth.
Remove from heat.
Fold in Cocoa Krispies by hand.
Spread this mixture evenly over the cooled Marshmallow layer.

Refrigerate for 1 hour.
Cut into squares to serve.

Enjoy!
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