Waffles with Strawberries and Cream Topping (Post #100!)
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It’s hard to believe that Summer is almost at its end and that Fall is just around the corner. I’m not quite ready to wave adieu to warm, sunny days, melons of every variety or ice-cold drinks, but I am looking forward to all the changes Autumn brings. Cool breezes heavy with the scent of fallen leaves, apple picking and warming drinks like homemade pumpkin spice and honey-vanilla lattes. Yes, I’m looking forward to those - not to mention meeting my new students as classes begin and I switch back into teacher mode.
The breakfast in this post is, I think you will agree, very summery - light, refreshing, colorful. Basic waffles embellished with a topping of strawberries and cream is an easy way to dress up your breakfast table (or even the dessert table, I love breakfast for dinner!). It will tickle your tongue with its buttery flavor and delight the eyes with vibrant hues of red berries against white whipped cream. Tomorrow is the first day (of my last year!) in graduate school, and it’ll be back to my Kashi ‘Heart to Heart’ cereal for breakfast - all the more reason to indulge in waffles like this today. 
I discovered something when I began writing this entry: this is my 100th post on Baking and Books! I thought it’d be nice to commemorate this milestone by highlighting my 10 favorite posts in the past 100. You can see all of the recipes that have been posted on Baking and Books in the Recipe Index - and here’s to another 100 posts to come!
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- T Minus 20 Hours
- Rick Bayless’ Arroz Con Leche
- Simplicity 48 Hours in the Making
- Sweet Madeleines & A Honey-Vanilla Latte
- Hazelnut Raspberry Cake
- Dumph Noodle Anyone?
- Caramelized Onion & Spinach (Stuffed) Pizza Pie
- Foggy Day Chili and Farm Stand Cornbread
- Baked Sandwich Surprise
- Coffee-Glazed Chocolate Chip Scones & Iced Cardamom Coffee
September’s giveaway features two copies of The Sharper Your Knife, The Less You Cry, by Kathleen Flinn. August’s winner has been posted on the giveaway page, where you can learn more about this monthly event. 
Basic Waffles
From the Good Enough to Eat Breakfast Cookbook by Carrie Levin.
Ingredients: Makes 5 large waffles
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons wheat germ
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/4 cups whole or 2% milk
- 6 tablespoons melted butter (reserve 1 tbs to brush on waffle iron)
Preheat the waffle iron (check the manufacturer’s setting and adjust according to how well done you like your waffles). Using a fork, cut the dry ingredients together thoroughly in a large bowl. Beat the eggs, milk and lemon zest together with a fork or whisk and pour into the dry ingredients. Mix together with the fork until there are no large clumps, but as with pancakes, don’t over mix! Cut in the 5 tablespoons of butter last.
When the iron is ready, brush some butter on the top and bottom of the iron. Ladle on just enough batter so that it won’t squirt over the edges when you close the iron. Sprinkle a dusting of poppy seeds over the surface of the batter and close the iron. When the waffle irons beeps or blinks (or when the waffles have been cooked to your liking), take your waffle out. Serve with berries and cream topping, recipe below.
Note: Freeze extra waffles in a ziploc bag between layer of wax or parchment paper. Reheat in a 300 degree oven or toaster when you feel like enjoying homemade waffles without the effort of making them!
Strawberries and Cream Waffle (or Pancake) Topping
From Marthastewart.com
Ingredients:
- 1/2 pound strawberries
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
Toss strawberries (hulled and quartered) with 1/4 cup sugar. Let sit until juicy, 20 minutes. Whip heavy cream with remaining sugar until it holds soft peaks.
Other Posts You Might Like:- Lemon-Poppy Seed Waffles with Maple Whipped Cream
- Hot Milk Cakes with Strawberries and Cream
- Sweet Corn Coffeecake with Strawberries & Blackberries
- Strawberry Filled Coconut Cupcakes with Whipped Cream Frosting
- Cinnamon-Nutmeg French Toast with Strawberries & Blueberries
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It's not often that a history book will compel me to set all my novels aside, but "The Indifferent Stars Above" certainly did. Within the first few pages I was spellbound. I had to know how Sarah, a young woman newly married to her childhood sweetheart, would end up on top of the Sierra Nevada mountains in the dead of winter, starving and forced to do unspeakable things in order to survive.
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Congrats on your 100th! I’m looking forward to all the yummy foods of fall, too!
Reeni’s last blog post -> Rosemary Ricotta Quiche with Figs & Italian Sausage
Congratulations on your 100th post! Your work is gorgeous and the site inspired. I just read a tweet of yours saying you may give this up. I hope for all our sake that you continue on! Very best, Zoe Francois (co-author Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day)
You are evil and now I want waffles and strawberries. The strawberries are actually what are the most enticing. They were so good this year, mmmm.