Our wonderful niece bought us a Texas waffle maker. Now we’re enjoying Texas shaped waffles on the weekends. These waffles are real easy to make. We use Krusteaz Pancake mix and just add water! While at my dentist’s office recently, he told me about a restaurant called Yolk in Chicago (http://eatyolk.com/) that has bacon waffles. Not bacon and waffles, bacon infused waffles! So you know I had to try this.
I cooked a pound of bacon. I chopped up 4 slices and set the rest aside on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper in a 200 degree oven to keep it warm. I then mixed the batter and water, adding the chopped bacon and a couple tablespoons of bacon grease (for flavor). Mix well and ladle the batter into a heated waffle maker and close the lid. The process looks like this:
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| Ladle in enough batter to fill the shape. |
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| Close the lid and cook for 3-5 minutes. The longer the crispier. |
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| Open the lid and use tongs to remove the hot waffle. |
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| Add the waffles to the cookie sheet in the oven to keep them warm until they are all cooked. |
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| Eat with a couple strips of bacon because you can never have enough bacon. |
Enjoy!
