Best Waffle Batter
A moist and slightly sweet homemade waffle batter
This recipe is from Crystal Paine's e-book, "Simply Centsible Breakfasts" (who is taking a season away from the blogosphere to be with her family)
Yield: 4-6 servings
Ingredients:
1 3/4 cups flour
1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
3 teaspoons baking powder
2 eggs
1 3/4 cups milk
1/2 cup oil or melted butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions:
1. Combine dry ingredients in large bowl.
2. In a separate bowl, beat wet ingredients and then add to dry, stirring just until moistened.
3. Cook on pre-heated waffle iron until waffles are browned and test done.
(Please note I have adjusted the tablespoon measures to match Australian standards.)
Porridge here is very simple.
I make it in these proportions.
2 parts rolled oats to 3 parts boiling water to 1 part milk
Mostly commonly I use a 2/3 cup for 1 part when there is 1 adult and 3 children eating. I increase it to a 3/4 cup when there is an adult added (dh doesn't eat breakfast often) or when I am particularly hungry.
Method:
Put the oats into the saucepan with the boiling water and let sit until all the water is soaked into the oats. Add the milk, stir and heat gently, stirring regularly until the oats are cooked to the consistency you like.
from Dollars and Sense Cookbook by Alison Holst, published by C.J. Publishing
3/4 cup rolled oats
3/4 cup milk
1 egg
1/2 tsp salt
2 Tbsp sugar
1/2 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
2 Tbsp butter, melted
Method:
Put the rolled oats in a bowl. Add the milk and egg and beat with a fork to mix. Leave this mixture to soak while you get all the other ingredients. Add the salt, sugar, sifted flour and baking powder and the melted butter and stir only until the ingredients are dampened and not until smooth. (I have to mix until smooth, just my way, and it still works out.)
Heat a frypan until a water drop runs around its surface. (mark 5 to 6 on my electric frypan, thanks Mum!) Lightly spray with oil and drop spoonfuls of mixture onto the hot surface. When bubbles appear flip and cook the other side.
When done wrap in a teatowel and allow to steam. This also keeps them hidden from little eyes until the whole batch is done. lol
from Muffins (The Australian Women's Weekly mini series) published by ACP Publishing Pty Limited
2 ½ cups self-raising flour
¾ cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
410g can pie apples
1 egg
2/3 cup buttermilk
½ cup vegetable oil
Preheat oven to moderately hot. Grease 12 hole (1/3 cup) muffin pan.
Combine flour, sugar and cinnamon in large bowl; stir in apple, then combined egg, buttermilk and oil. Spoon mixture into prepared pan. Bake in moderately hot oven for about 20 minutes.
Approx 11.8g fat; 1130kJ per muffin
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