Vaffle Waffles

My mom made us these waffles on Christmas morning, during the "Scandinavian Christmas Extravaganza." I'm not a big waffle person, but these ones were really good. I'm not sure if you HAVE to have a Vaffler Waffle Iron, but you can certainly try the recipe.

Vaffler Waffles

4 eggs

1/3 C. sugar

1 1/2 C. flour

1/2 tsp. baking powder

1 C. sour cream

2 C. milk

1/2 C. melted butter

1/2 tsp vanilla

touch of cardamom or lemon rind

1 tsp salt

Mix the eggs and sugar till well blended. Then slowly stir in the flour and baking powder. Add sour cream then slowly add milk till it smoothes out. Whisk in the melted butter and then add last 3 ingredients. Let chill for an hour, then follow instructions on your waffle iron.

I served mine with 1:1 ratio of sour cream and whip cream, then topped them with fresh berries. I also had one with the Coconut Pineapple syrup my best friend sent me from Hawaii... it was luxurious. But really, anything works well on these yummy waffles. Enjoy!

French, French Toast

It really should have been expected.. when you make bread there tends to be a lot of it. So this morning when Jack asked for toast, a little light bulb lit up and I grabbed one of the two loaves left over from last night. This french toast was really, really good. Like, better than restaurant french toast. (Than again, I haven't been too impressed whenever I order french toast while dining out..)

French Toast

2 eggs

2 T milk

1/8 tsp vanilla

Dash of cinnamon, nutmeg and orange rind

1 T orange juice (preferably squeezed from actual orange)

French Bread

Toppings: powdered cinnamon sugar, butter, syrup

(for a REAL treat, and I didn't have any, otherwise I would have used it, you crush almonds and after dipping the bread in the batter, you dip it in the finely crushed almonds before grilling.)

Whisk eggs, milk and spices together, then add orange rind and juice to complete batter.

Dip the thick slices of french bread in the batter, then grill.

Serve with delicious oranges.