Day 2

Day 2 1/2/2010

Waffles:

ok so for my second day of cooking, decided to make Pecan Waffles, after searching my kitchen profusely for a waffle iron, I realized I did not have one, so I went out and got a waffle iron and all the ingredients to make waffles, I made my waffles with bisquick rather then making batter from scratch which I will attempt to do this weekend, So I brought home my new waffle iron and I read the instructions on how to set it up. It was all pretty straightforward but one point caught my eye, there was a line that said " your waffle iron may smoke or give a smoke smell the first couple of uses, also the first batch of waffles you will make will come ut burnt so you may want to throw them away. Really!? I cant believe they would actually put something like that in an instruction booklet! So I plugged in my waffle iron and heated it up and then went to prepare my waffle batter.I took my milk, bisquick mix, egg, and corn oil, and placed all my ingredients in the bowl. I then whipped them up. Once the iron was hot I sprinkled pecans all around the iron and closed the lid so that could heat up and turn a nice golden brown, once the pecans were ready I ladled on my waffle mix and put what I thought was the right amount. hahahaha little did I know it was not even close, so I closed the lid and turned the iron and let the waffles heat at 6 mins. When I opened the iron there was half a waffle on each side of the iron, apparently I was supposed to completely cover the grids which i did not do, so instead of ending up with 2 whole waffles I had 2 halves. I had just enough batter to make one more waffle, so i poured the remaining batter and this time I spread it evenly over the iron. Well the waffle came out perfect except for one strip! Are you kidding me!!!??? I could not believe my luck. After the cooking it was time for the tasting, overall the waffle was good especially when I added hot syrup, but they were missing flavor but what!? I could not decide at the time. Little did I know I would come up with what was missing the next day, when I attempted to make waffles again for breakfast I realized the perfect thing to add to the mix would be some vanilla extract! Which I will have to try this weekend, so please comment let me know what you think, and any thoughts or ideas you may have!