Virginia Waffles

A dish where white corn meal and milk do the work.

Griddle-cakes

contains glutencontains dairycontains eggs

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Ingredients

Units: US Metric
  • 1½ cups boiling water
  • ½ cup white corn meal
  • 1½ cups milk
  • 3 cups flour
  • 3 tablespoons sugar
  • 1¼ tablespoons baking powder
  • 1½ teaspoons salt
  • Yolks 2 eggs
  • Whites 2 eggs
  • 2 tablespoons melted butter
Make it lactose-friendly
  • 1½ cups milk → lactose-free milk, oat milk, or almond milk
  • 2 tablespoons melted butter → plant butter, ghee (mostly lactose-free), or olive oil

Swaps are suggestions, not medical advice. Check labels if lactose is a serious issue for you.

Steps

  1. Cook meal in boiling water twenty minutes; add milk, dry ingredients mixed and sifted, yolks of eggs well beaten, butter, and whites of eggs beaten stiff. Cook same as Waffles.
  2. WAFFLES.—_Page 80._ ]
  3. STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE.—_Page 84._ ]
  4. SHIRRED EGG.—_Page 97._ ]
  5. EGGS À LA COMMODORE.—_Page 97._ ]
Nutrition (estimated, per serving)
Calories502
Protein15.9 g
Fat9.7 g
Carbs86.7 g
Fiber2.5 g
Sodium1434 mg

Source

The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book (Fannie Farmer, pub. domain) — Public domain in the United States