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Thanks to Cooking for Engineers – I love the way he presents recipes in tables – I got the family a new Waffle Stix Maker a few weeks ago for all of $7 – a one day special sale from Amazon.
Our old one was one of those giant units that was a pain to store, and cooked one giant waffle that could be separated into 4 reasonable sized individual waffles. By the time we left Boise the latches that kept the top and bottom iron plates in place were weakening and we decided to get rid of it. This new one is much smaller and far easier to store. It even stores upright so it takes up almost no space. It is easy to clean and cooks waffles very well (for only $7 I had to wonder).
Johann absolutely loves the new waffle maker, especially since it makes it possible to make waffle sticks. We sat around the dinner table coming up with every possible – and some impossible – toppings to put on waffles. I think we hit the maximum sugar load with maple sugar, nutella, chocolate syrup, cinamon sugar, whipped cream and powdered sugar all on one waffle. All the while Johann devoured the waffle sticks.
Tammy and I had to laugh at the warnings throughout the “users manual” – they came just short of “Do not insert hands in waffle maker and close lid with the unit turned on.” Then there was the subtitle of the manual’s recipe section:“Imagine - waffles from scratch!”. Sorry, but I can’t imagine waffles not from scratch!