In the Netherlands we all love stroopwafels with a cup of coffee or tea. A favorite Dutch treat. Try making them at home with this recipe!
Ingredients
Filling for the Stroopwafels
How to prepare them?
- Combine the flour, melted butter, sugar, yeast, milk and egg in a large bowl. Knead until you have a smooth, elastic dough. Set aside and let rise for 45 minutes.
- To make the filling heat the treacle, brown sugar, butter and cinnamon in a saucepan over medium heat. Mix well and set aside.
- Preheat a pizzelle or shallow waffle iron. Knead the dough briefly and divide it into balls the size of a tennis ball (about 4cm in diameter; adjust depending on the size of your waffle iron).
- Place the ball in the waffle iron and close the lid to cook the waffles until no more steam escapes and the waffle is golden brown.
- Remove the waffle carefully with a spatula or palette knife. Use a round cutter to cut off the edges and make a perfect circle. Carefully split the waffle into two rounds whilst still hot. Do not wait too long as they will break if cool.
- Spread a little of the filling on one of the halves and then sandwich with the other half. Repeat with the remaining waffles.
Waffle iron
Making stroopwafels does require a special shallow waffle iron, as regular waffle irons will produce waffles too thick for this purpose. Try finding a stroopwafel iron, if possible, or improvise with either a pizzelle iron or waffle ice cream cone iron.
It need some practice but when you master making Stroopwafels they are one off the best treats out there!
@son-of-satire for the generic header.
