Waffle Irons are Appliances in the kitchen which are used to bake waffles. Most of the times, they consist of two metal plates, which are molded in order to create a certain pattern. When the irons are heated, the batter or dough will be being poured into it and afterwards being baked.
Waffles with cream and strawberries
Waffle recipes are used to bake all kinds of waffles: sweet, salty or simply plain. One can use honey, marmelade, cream or any kind of spread in combination with waffles. Each combination will result in some very own taste. A combination of different ingredients is often used to have a whole meal, such as waffels with cream, hot strawberries and powder sugar.
There are various waffle irons with different patterns or functionality which we are presenting to you on waffle-iron.org.
History of the waffle and waffle iron
The waffle, as we know it today, fluffy and crisp at the same time didn’t used to be like that in the beginnen. The origin is somewhere in the 14th century when wafers were sold by socalled waferers. Those wafers were baked between wafer irons, which were connected by a hinge. The Irons were tied to wooden handels which were used to flip the wafer iron over a fire. The outcome was a very crisp thin cake which was made from oats and barley.
Different Kinds of waffles
Today we know all kinds of different waffles:
- American Waffles
- Belgian waffles, or Brussels waffles
- Liège waffle
- Hong Kong style waffle
- Scandinavian style waffles
- Stroopwafels
All of the waffle varieties have different shapes an ingredients. If one wants to make those waffel types by themselves, different waffle irons are needed.
More information about the german nudelholz, the french sauteuse or french kasserolle can be found according to the hyperlinks.