

- 3 cups hot water
- 1 1/2 Tbls. yeast
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 sticks butter, melted
- 1 Tbls. vanilla
- 3 cups milk (or you can use 3 cups water + 1/3 cup dry powdered milk)
- 6 eggs, separated
- 7-7 1/2 cups flour (I used 1/2 wheat flour and 1/2 white flour)
- 1 tsp. salt
- Place the hot water, yeast and sugar into a bowl. Let these sit for 5-10 minutes for the yeast to dissolve. To the water/yeast mixture add the melted butter, vanilla, milk, egg yolks and whisk until smooth. Add the flour and whisk until smooth. If the batter is too thin you can add the extra half cup of flour. It's better to add a little less than more, so start with 7 cups and then add the other 1/2 only if needed. Let the batter rest while you whip the egg whites to stiff peaks. Once the egg whites are stiff, fold them into the batter. Heat a waffle iron and bring to medium heat. Pour 2/3-3/4 cup of the batter into the hot iron. Let cook until golden brown and then remove. You can make all of the waffles and freeze them for later in a Ziploc bag if you would like. They freeze great!