Days One through Four

Here are the recipes and results for my first four days of waffle-making!

Day One

Recipe

• 1 cup. generic waffle mix ** (Honeyville Farms brand. 7 lb bag)
  
• 1.5 cups. water
  
• 2 tablespoons cooking oil
  

**Make your own waffle mix:

• 2 cups flour, all-purpose
  
• 1/4 cup sugar
  
• 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
  
• 1 tsp. baking soda
  
• 1/2 tsp. salt, fine
  

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Yield: 4 waffles

Results: A very generic tasting waffle. Rather dry, on the inside. Apply lots of butter and syrup to these ones!

Day Two

Waffles. Day Two.

Recipe

• Follow Day One recipe
  
• Add: 1 tbsp. cinnamon, ground.
  
• Add: 1 tbsp. cooking oil
  

Yield: 4 waffles, with a slight cinnamon taste

Results: Still rather dry and generic tasting. Cinnamon adds nice flavor, though. Tastes like a pancake ... in the form of a waffle!

Day Three

Waffles. Day Three.

Recipe

• Follow Day One recipe
  
• Add: 2 tbsp. butter, melted.
  
• Add: 1 tbsp. cooking oil
  
• Add: 1 tsp. salt, fine
  

Yield: 4 waffles

Results: Better waffle. Less dry than previous days. Doubled recipe and left extras for roommates.

Day Four - The Buttermilk Discovery

Waffles. Day Four. Now with the
power of buttermilk!

Recipe

• Follow Day Three recipe
  
• Subtract: 1/2 cup water
  
• Add: 1/2 cup buttermilk
  

Yield: 4 waffles

Results: Batter "chunkier", less runny than previous days. Waffles have more texture and markedly better taste. Still not quite good enough to eat plain, but tasty.