my bitchin waffle maker, and a puzzle.

This post is more or less a vehicle for me to brag unabashedly about my awesome retro waffle maker, found at the Goodwill on Sunset and Hollywood.

See it? Do you see how awesome it is? Yeah.

So, I made some waffles this morning using a Bob's Red Mill high fiber mix, which is great, but the recipe itself is pretty self explanatory and thus, not worth posting on this posh food blog we have going here. The waffle I am posting about today is a recipe I found in Food and Wine that I made for a chicken and waffle dinner party I had some months back. (The waffles were c/o me. The chicken, c/o the Colonel).

My contribution to this recipe is the plum compote that I made this morning to accompany the breakfast waffles, super simple and delicious.

Yeasty Waffles
1 3/4 cups whole milk, at room temperature
1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted, plus more melted butter for the waffle iron
2 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon active dry yeast (from 2 envelopes)
2 large eggs, at room temperature
2 teaspoons agave nectar or honey
1 teaspoon salt
Syrup, fresh fruit and softened butter, for

serving

Fresh Plum Compote

1 pad butter
2/3 fresh plums
Handful dried cranberries

1 teaspoon cinnamon

shot of brandy

1 tablespoon lime juice

a squeeze of agave

(Saute until desired level of mushiness is reached.)

In a large bowl, combine the milk, 1/2 cup melted butter, flour, yeast, eggs, agave and salt and whisk until smooth. Cover with plastic wrap and let stand until the batter is very puffy, about 2 hours at room temperature (or refrigerate overnight).

Preheat the oven to 250°. Preheat a waffle iron and brush it with melted butter. Gently stir the batter to deflate it. For each batch, fill the waffle iron about two-thirds full (the batter will spread and rise); brush the waffle iron with melted butter as needed.

Cook the waffles until golden and crisp. Transfer the waffles immediately from the iron to plates, or keep them warm in the oven. Serve the waffles with syrup, fresh fruit and softened butter.

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