ISO Waffle recipe that tastes like a restaurant

[Anonymous]

Krusteez mix from the store.

[Anonymous]

This is our go-to. It's best when you make it at night and let it sit in the fridge for the morning.

https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/belgian-style-yeast-waffles-recipe

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree that the "smell" is commercial waffle mix with "natural flavor" to give it that distinctive smell. You can approximate it at home by adding a bit of malted barley flour to your regular flour, upping the sugar in your recipe, and adding vanilla. But at the end of the day... you still won't get the same smell as the ice cream shop or the commercial mixes, because those use "natural flavor".

+1. The smell is fake. You can get close with homemade, but it will never be like using a commercial mix. Just buy the cheap stuff.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree that the "smell" is commercial waffle mix with "natural flavor" to give it that distinctive smell. You can approximate it at home by adding a bit of malted barley flour to your regular flour, upping the sugar in your recipe, and adding vanilla. But at the end of the day... you still won't get the same smell as the ice cream shop or the commercial mixes, because those use "natural flavor".

+1. The smell is fake. You can get close with homemade, but it will never be like using a commercial mix. Just buy the cheap stuff.

This discussion reminds me of how most people prefer artificial vanilla to natural vanilla in blind taste tests.