Waffles & Wafers

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In this article, I would like to talk about these delights, which can be realised with different chocolates. So, the question is, "waffle or wafers? ", and while you're thinking, I'm going to introduce them to you quickly.

Waffles

The waffle is a dough cooked between two plates, rectangle shaped with squares inside, and therefore, the dough takes this distinguished shape, characteristic of waffles. It is known that Belgians really like these waffles, which explains their wide variety in Belgium. That's why I think they call them "Belgian waffles" around the world. There are special waffle irons and recipes to prepare those waffles and they use different types of toppings on those waffles to eat them with. I can tell you that, it's really delicious, however, for me, it's a regular pastry, and it reminds me of pancakes. But, I don't really like pancakes. It is true that, many people love waffles and would love to eat them, as they like and prepare pancakes in the morning and enjoy them with different toppings for breakfast, with icing sugar, caramel, chocolate or some fruits, strawberries or blueberries etc., or with honey or jam. To be honest, if you ask me, I will tell you that if you have a waffle iron, you can prepare them, rather than making pancakes, however, the preparation of the dough is almost identical.

There was this place in Batumi, in Georgia, where a girl was making Belgian waffles with chocolate and other toppings. But a queue stood in front. It costed 3 Laris(Georgian national currency), if I remember correctly. I wanted to taste it, so I was ready to go and pay 3 Laris for these waffles. However, after a while, I realised that it took time to prepare these waffles, and when I saw all these people queuing, I changed my plan and wanted to enjoy an ice cream, rather than waiting for those waffles. However, a man came and told us that these waffles were delicious and that they were worth tasting them.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups of all-purpose flour
• 1 and ¾ cups of milk
• 2 eggs
• ½ cup of oil
• 1 tbs of sugar
• 4 tsp of baking powder
• Pinch of salt
• Vanilla

Preparation process:

To be honest, you don't need to put all your energy into the preparation, because all you need is a blender and a waffle iron. You have to mix all these ingredients, and then pour this mixture into the waffle iron, previously preheated and oiled. You have to cook them until they turn golden and serve them hot. Of course, you can decide if you want a topping. Also, you can just make these Russian pancakes, called "Blini". My sister loves them very much and my mother often prepares them for her. They are almost like little pancakes, and are quite easy to prepare. If you want to know the truth, you don't need many ingredients, and it's a good meal for breakfast, with jam and other toppings. But, I prefer muffins for breakfast, lunch or other meals of the day. And I love the "American Katah", it's really delicious, I can't resist when I see them somewhere! I just love them! My aunt used to prepare them when we were kids, and without lying, I always looked forward to enjoying them.

Wafers

Let's move on to wafers, my favorites! I like them so much that when I want a few wafers, but I have things to do at home, I go to the supermarket and buy a few, because of the strong desire to eat them. I know some are just good, but I could test others, of course. When I went there, I chose each type of wafer, including wafers with cocoa. They also had chocolate-filled wafers between the wafer biscuits, so I had some too. I thought that people at home could also test them, of course, and if they didn't eat, I could eat them, little by little, a bit today and a bit, the other days etc. In truth, they were not very expensive, I mean, some were at good prices, and others were a bit more expensive. Moreover, I couldn't wait to get home, so I took a few wafers of each type and tasted them along the way. The cocoa wafers were really sweet, and after eating one of each, you won't be able to eat others. There are also those of Roshen, which were no longer in stock, they are really delicious, although they are quite sweet, that's why you can't eat several at the same time. My cousin and my brother really love them and they always eat a lot when you buy them.

I guess a lot of people like these chocolate bars, called Kit Kat, and you know, they're made up of wafers, so they're crunchy. They drive me crazy, because I like the sound of crunch when you taste them.

When we were kids, we used to have these wafers with cream inside and covered in chocolates. They were called "Prichuda" but, I don't really remember. They were very delicious Russian sweets. And there were also hazelnuts inside which makes them even more delicious. I tried to taste a few wafers like these, but I couldn't find the same taste. They don't really have these biscuits in the big supermarkets, where I usually go there.

Anyway, there are large shopping malls on Station Square, where you can buy a lot of things. When I don't want to prepare something myself, I go there and buy it. They renew their pastries every day. For example, once I went there to buy Snickers, but there was only one left and so they told me that they were waiting for new Snickers to arrive in a few minutes. So I waited a bit more to have them. This is a good thing because you can buy a lot of things. Thus, life has become much easier for people who are not pastry chefs. So, they don't waste their time in the pastry, which in the end will not be successful. It's wonderful. Finally, the best thing is to choose the right wafers. What's more, there are different types of cream fillings. I read two recipes somewhere and so I wanted to share them with you, and it is said that, these cream fillings don't let the crunch disappear.

Cream filling No. 1

Ingredients:

• 3 tbs of raw honey
• 1 cup of chopped walnuts
• 4 tsp of cocoa powder
• 1 cup of white confectioners’ sugar
• 150 grams of butter

Preparation process:

So you have to take 3 tbs of honey and pour it into a pot. Then add the nuts, cocoa powder, sugar and mix. Now you have to add 150 grams of butter and mix them again and put the pot on the gas. After it is boiled, you must turn off the gas, add a little bit of vanilla and spread the hot mixture over these wafer biscuits.

Cream filling No. 2

Ingredients:

• 3 tbs of all-purpose flour
• 100 grams of butter
• ½ can of condensed milk
• 2 tbs of ground walnuts

Preparation process:

You must "cook" 3 cups of all-purpose flour, in a saucepan. Meanwhile, you should mix the 100 grams of butter (temperature of a room) and the 1/2 can of condensed milk. It's better, if first you mix the butter until it's white and fluffy, and then add the condensed milk, little by little. Then you have to add these nuts and flour to this mixture and mix again. If the cream filling is a little bit dry, you should add more condensed milk. Finally, spread it out on the wafer biscuits.

Remember that everyone has different tastes, of course, so when you choose wafers, it's like choosing something special!

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