Secret Family Recipe

Ok so it's not that secret and it's not even a family recipe. My parents have used this recipe every since I was small enough to sit on the counter and fit under the cabinets. Now I'm 6' so you can imagine how long ago that was.

This recipe actually came with the waffle iron my parents bought some 20 plus years ago. It's survived the years, gotten a few tweaks, and someday I'll pass on to my family but for now I will pass it on to my fellow blogger.

Secret Family Waffles

2 cups flour

3/4 tbl salt

1 3/4 cup milk

2 tsp baking powder

1/3 cup oil

3 eggs whites

3 egg yolks

1. Whisk the egg whites until they are nice and fluffy. I used my kitchenaid on speed 10 for about 2 minutes. Then put them in a bowl to use in a bit.

2. Mix together the rest of the ingredients until smooth. Then fold in the egg whites. Here I used my kitchenaid again. I put it on stir, not 2, and just let it slowly mix the egg whites. If you got to fast it beats down the egg whites and makes your batter flat. The whole purpose of the egg whites is to have nice fluffy waffles.

3. The secret though is that you add vanilla extract after that. We have always just poured some in but if I guessed I'd say it was about 2 tsp. Maybe more. This time I also added cinnamon. It was OH SO YUMMY! So I'd recommend it. But this was just my tweak to the family recipe. Make your own!

This makes about 10 waffles depending on the size of your waffle iron.

This is how much my hubby loves my waffles :)

TTFN!

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