Southern United States

Cornmeal waffles

Name: Cornmeal waffles
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3/4 cup fine cornmeal maize flour (fine yellow cornmeal); 1 cup maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); 2 tbsp sugar; 2 1/2 tsp baking powder; 1/4 tsp baking soda (bicarb soda, bicarbonate of soda); 1/2 tsp salt; 1 2/3 cups buttermilk; 2 egg; 4 tbsp melted, plus a little for the iron butter; 3 tbsp to serve honey

Crunchy, golden and a little sweet, like cornbread that grew a crust and a grid.

35 minTime

12 gProtein each

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Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.

The original

472kcal

12 gprotein

3 gfibre

35minutes

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.

Ingredients

Maize flour (fine yellow cornmeal)¾ cup fine cornmeal

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)1 cup

Sugar2 tbsp

Baking powder2½ tsp

Baking soda (bicarb soda, bicarbonate of soda)¼ tsp

Salt½ tsp

Buttermilk1⅔ cups

Egg2

Butter4 tbsp, melted, plus a little for the iron

Honey3 tbsp, to serve

Method

5 steps

1Mix the makki atta and buttermilk and leave 10 minutes while the waffle iron heats.
2Whisk the maida, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl.
3Beat the eggs and melted butter into the soaked cornmeal, then fold in the flour mixture until just combined.
4Brush the hot iron with butter, pour in batter to cover two thirds of the grid, close and cook 5 minutes.
5Rest on a wire rack and repeat. Mix a little soft butter with honey and serve on top.

Serve it like this

Serve the waffles hot with a spoon of honey butter melting in the centre and extra honey drizzled across.

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Cornmeal waffles

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