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Valentine's Day: Dark Chocolate Waffles

Source of Recipe


From "Chocolate Chocolate" by Lisa Yockelson



List of Ingredients



• 1½ cups bleached all-purpose flour
  
• 2/3 cup plus 2 Tbsp unsweetened alkalized cocoa powder
  
• 1¾ tsp baking powder
  
• ¼ tsp baking soda
  
• 1/8 tsp salt
  
• 1 cup superfine sugar
  
• 9 Tbsp unsalted butter, melted and cooled to tepid
  
• 3 large eggs
  
• 1/3 cup plus 2 Tbsp sour cream
  
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
  
• 1-1/3 cups milk
  
• ¾ cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
  
• Confectioners' sugar, for sprinkling over the waffles
  






Instructions



1. Sift the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar into a medium-size mixing bowl. In another medium-size mixing bowl, whisk the melted butter, eggs, sour cream, vanilla extract, and milk.
   
   
2. Pour the whisked mixture over the sifted mixture, add the chocolate chips, and stir to form a batter, using a wooden spoon or flat paddle, mixing until the particles of flour are absorbed. Be sure to sweep the bottom and sides of the mixing bowl to thoroughly incorporate the dry ingredients.
   
   
3. Preheat a deep-pocketed waffle iron composed of two 4½-inch squares (the entire grid section should measure about 4½ inches by 9 inches). Or, preheat a 5-interconnected-heart waffle maker. Spoon 1/3 to ½ cup batter onto each square of the preheated waffle iron or spoon about 2/3 cup batter into the center of the single 5-heart waffler. Cook the waffles for about 1½ to 2 minutes, or until completely cooked through and set. Lift waffles onto warm serving plates. The heart-shaped waffle can be served whole or divided into individual hearts. Wait a moment before serving them to allow the chips to cool down. Sprinkle the waffles with confectioners' sugar, and serve.
   
   Makes 5 Belgian-style waffles
   or about 10 heart-shaped waffles.