Audrey's Awesome Waffles

 

 

 

We have a gadget problem in my house....or I should say I do.  I get it from my Granny who had every gadget on earth.  One I love that we inherited from her was her crepe maker.  In all my years watching her cook, I remember her using it once. She had a fascination with gadgets big and small and especially garden tools and tillers.  We all (my extended uncles and Scott) had to take them off her hands saying we'd use them so she wouldn't hurt herself!  I still haven't used the crepe maker yet, but still considering it for someday soon!

 

Yesterday as we shopped in Kohl's my youngest daughter realized that we didn't have a waffle maker.  We fixed that and bought a really economical one from Black and Decker for $20.00.  With my 20 % off coupon that I guess they gave us just for coming in, we got a really good deal. 

 

I strayed away from the flip handle waffle iron remembering the hotel fire alarm going off once from an over zealous group of FFA kids on a trip to Houston. Imagine batter everywhere and people leaving their rooms in pj's with the burnt spell of waffles. Not something I wanted to recreate in my own house. Maybe that's why I've never bought a waffle iron?!

 

We fixed that issue yesterday, Audrey googled on her own a few recipes and created what we think are Audrey's Awesome Waffles!  They made about 5 servings which will be perfect frozen up or refrigerated for her breakfast later this next week.

 

These waffles would be great with chocolate chips or blueberry's added with whipped cream or chocolate sauce.  We ate our waffles with Blackburn's Butter Pecan Pancake and Waffle Syrup.

 

Enjoy and go buy yourself a waffle iron if you don't have one!  They are easy and fun!  

 

Alise - The Ranch Kitchen

Puffy French Toast

I love my summers and the time I have to make fun breakfasts.  My youngest daughter Audrey has decided she loves omelets and especially loves this Puffed French Toast.  With just the two of us home until middle sister Bethany comes back from her trip abroad to Greece, it's fun to make something a little out of the ordinary!

Puffed French Toast is really just pancake battered sliced bread.  I used sliced white sandwich bread as that is what I had, but in the past when my oldest daughters were younger we used Texas Toast which is about 1 1/2 inches thick. 

This recipe calls for twelve slices of bread which for the two of us was a lot.  But leftovers were easily warmed up in our microwave for breakfast and a fun Sunday morning treat for her friends who spent the night. 

Puffy French Toast along side some fresh, sliced strawberries sprinkled with sugar had the girls demolishing their breakfast!

                                         Click here for the recipe for Puffy French Toast!! 

And all to all my followers out there...I am loving my submissions for my recipe page!  We are getting more and more each day!  Keep them coming!  It's fun to see what wonderful dishes you all make for your family and friends. I know my family will be benefiting from them too!  Thank you - thank you!!

Have a wonderful Sunday everyone!

Alise - The Ranch Kitchen