BJ Brinker’s Home Cooking: Sourdough Churro Waffles

 If you like waffles and like churros, you are going to love this.   I like this recipe, because I don’t have to let it sit for hours.

SOURDOUGH CHURRO WAFFLES

(makes 8)

Ingredients:

*1/2 cup whole milk

*1/2 cup heavy cream

*1 cup water

*1/2 cup butter

*1/2 teaspoon salt

*1/8 cup granulated sugar

*1/2 cup butter

*1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

*1/4 cup sourdough discard or fed starter

*4 large eggs

*2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Topping Ingredients:

*1/4 cup butter, melted

*1 1/2 cups granulated sugar

*1/4 cup ground cinnamon

Topping Directions:

~Melt butter in a bowl and set aside.

~In another bowl, whisk the cinnamon sugar and cinnamon together and set aside.

Directions:

~Preheat oven to 200 degrees.

~In a medium saucepan, over medium heat and add whole milk, heavy cream, water, butter, and salt.

~Heat up Waffle Iron (low setting if you have one).

~Bring mixture to a good simmer and butter is melted, stirring often.

~Add flour to milk mixture and mix until well combined.

~Turn off heat.

~Continue mixing until mixture is smooth (it will be thick).

~Add in starter discard or fed starter.

~Mix until well combined.

~Add one egg at a time and mix until well combined.

~Mix in vanilla extract.

~Scoop batter onto hot waffle maker, spreading it out a little towards the edges.

~Cook until crispy on the outside (a golden brown).

~Remove from waffle maker and brush both sides of hot waffle with melted butter.

~Place buttered waffle into cinnamon sugar coated both sides liberally. 

~Place on cookie sheet and place into oven to keep hot until you are finished making the waffles.