Gaufres (authentic Belgian Waffles)

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 4 eggs, separated
• 1 cup granulated sugar, plus
• 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 4 cups all-purpose flour, plus
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 cup butter, melted,plus
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted

Recipe

• 1 separate the 4 eggs, adding the yolks to the sugar and setting the whites aside for later use.
• 2 add the flour and butter to the yolk and sugar mixture, first by stirring and then by working the mixture into a uniform dough with your hands.
• 3 beat the egg whites until they are fluffy: when you lift the beater from the whites, soft peaks should form and then fall back, not holding much shape.
• 4 crumble the dough and drop the pieces into the egg whites.
• 5 stir by mashing the pieces of dough into the whites with a spoon, then stirring until a uniform consistency is achieved.
• 6 heat up a waffle iron.
• 7 when it is hot (but not too hot), drop the batter onto the iron in the desired serving size.
• 8 i usually get about 12 waffles roughly 4-5 inches in diameter from this recipe.