Wife wanted me to make some waffles so I made them from enriched dough with pearl sugar. She said that's nothing like what she expected.
Apparently they tasted great and reminded her of some kind of sweet pastry/bun, but it wasn't like any waffle she ever tried before.
by BanInvader69
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yeah, i don’t see why not
i just made liege waffles yesterday! they use yeast and get baked in a sense, so why not?
Are they made from bread?
Traditional Belgian waffles are leavened with yeast.
…Like pizza is a vegetable?
If it has yeast right? But I’d say no…maybe. Idk man, yes? Waffles good. Bread good. Waffles is bread, good?
Belgian liege waffles are a bread dough, so yes.
I think they are more cake like than bread like.
Cake and bread are both leavened, and the type of leavening isn’t what defines them. Quick breads use baking powder/soda, and there are cakes that use yeast.
Both can be cooked in an oven, or on a griddle, think of english muffins, and pitas that are cooked on a griddle. The word “cake” is in the name of pancakes.
I think th biggest difference is that cakes have higher fat and sugar contents, and breads have more, and better developed gluten.
Are these waffles rich and sweet? Do they have developed gluten (chewiness)?
I suppose an argument could be made that they are bread, but they are probably more cake-like.
And cakes start with a batter, breads with a dough….
Not bread, but cake
Belgian Liege waffles are a lot like this. They’re sweet, cake-y and absolutely divine. Brussels waffles are lighter and nothing like this. Those are the ones that are best topped with fruit and cream etc.
If it’s dough it’s bread, if it’s batter it’s a cake
Pastry me thinks
I don’t think waffles made with batter are but these Liege Style waffles are basically a bread dough that you have to let rise and all that so I’d say it 100% counts. Btw if any of you all haven’t had a real one of these you are missing out.
They’re cake in my mind but it’s a fine line sometimes
Yes, it’s a fine line.
Both are quick breads.
Absolutely!
Not answering the question directly, but there is a good video about the history of waffles by Max Miller. Not posting a link to not risk breaking the sixth rule, however it can easily be found I think
Am I bread?
I’d say so. Even unleavened bread is bread
Cake batter has often the same ratio as 1:1:1:1 sugar, butter, flour and egg. My waffle recipe has the same ratio. Traditional Brussels waffle hardly any sugar in it and has yeast in it, so it resembles more as bread… I can see why you can eat these for breakfast. But I think mostly the ratio makes it cake or not.
According to the [cube rule](https://cuberule.com) they are toast. You’re welcome
According to the [cube rule](https://cuberule.com) they are toast. You’re welcome
Are pastries bread? Are hot dogs sandwiches? We need a whole taxonomic ranking system for foods.
*kingdom: carbus*
*phylum: pastri*
*class: crispi*
*order: batteri*
*family: inclusum*
*genus: wafflus*
*species: belgiann*
They’re a batter. More in common with a pâte à choux than a bread dough I’d say. Those look divine regardless! 😀
No
They can be.
Liege waffles are definitely bread. It’s basically brioche with sugar bombs.
Also, they’re fucking amazing. I’ve got a recipe I’ve been using for like 15 years, but I’m curious – what’s yours?
Looks good. Can i get a recipe?
I kinda just go with how it’s treated in [vietnamese.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A1nh). Keeps my life simple lol.
If anyone is curious i made a more detailed post with recipe on rbaking.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Baking/s/R9n9J9usy7
Waffles are like if brownies were bread and cooked in a “baker’s edge” thing but in a clamshell style so that the heat was conducted through hot metal to all surfaces of the bread and making tons of edge parts
I mean that’s literally waffles
they are plant
excuse me, rude. how dare you post without a recipe?