Ready Time: 40 mins
Preparation Time: 20 mins
Cooking Time: 20 mins
Serves: 16
Ingredients
- 7g sachet dry yeast powder
- ½ cup warm milk
- 50g raw sugar
- 575g plain flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 200g softened butter
- Vanilla extract to taste
- 2 large eggs
- 150g Belgian pearl sugar
Serve with maple syrup and whipped butter or cream
Method
- Dissolve yeast in half of the warm milk with a teaspoon of the sugar. Stand for 10–15 minutes to activate.
- Place flour, salt, butter, remaining sugar, vanilla extract and eggs into a bowl of an electric mixer. Using the dough hook, beat until mixture looks crumbly.
- Add warm milk and mix a little more to incorporate.
- Add activated yeast mixture and mix until dough doesn’t stick to the sides of the bowl. Cover with a clean cloth and rest for 10 minutes.
- Add pearl sugar and gently knead through until evenly distributed.
- Let the dough rest for 1 hour and the cut it into 80g balls.
- Select BELGIAN waffle setting and select 4 on the browning control dial.
- Preheat until orange light flashes up and the word HEATING disappears.
- Place a ball of dough into each waffle square and close lid to cook. Repeat with remaining dough.
- Serve with generous lashings of whipped butter or cream and maple syrup.