Professional Baker Teaches You How To Make WAFFLES!

The most amazing waffles you will ever bake! Click on SHOW MORE for recipe ingredients and guide.

The chocolate sauce in this recipe has a hint of black pepper to add sparkle, keeping the sauce from being too sweet.

INGREDIENTS
Liège Waffles
1 cup (250 mL) sparkling water, at room temperature
2 ¼ tsp (8 g) instant dry yeast
2 large eggs, at room temperature
3 Tbsp (36 g) granulated sugar
4 cups (600 g) all-purpose flour
½ tsp (2.5 g) salt
1 cup (225 g) unsalted butter, melted (still warm is OK)
1 cup (80 g) pearl sugar**

Spiced Plums (Makes about 3 cups)
1 lb(s) (450 g) red, black or prune plums, pitted and cut into quarters
1 orange, cut in half
¾ cup (150 g) granulated sugar
2 sticks cinnamon
2 whole star anise
3 cloves
3 black peppercorns

White Chocolate Sauce (Makes about 1 cup/250 mL)
½ cup (125 mL) whipping cream
½ tsp (2 mL) ground black pepper
8 oz (240 g) chopped white chocolate

DIRECTIONS
Liège Waffles
1. Place the sparkling water in the bowl of a mixer fitted with the hook attachment and add the yeast. Add the eggs and sugar and mix for a moment to blend. Add the flour and salt and start the mixer on low speed, pouring in the melted butter while mixing. Once the ingredients are blended, increase the speed by one and knead the dough until it becomes elastic and smooth, about 5 minutes. Cover the mixing bowl with plastic wrap and set aside for an hour to rise (it will double in size).

2. Turn the dough out onto a clean work surface (because of the butter in the dough, it’s unlikely you’ll need to dust your work area with flour.) Press the dough out into a rough rectangle and sprinkle the pearl sugar over top. Roll up the dough and knead and twist it to work the sugar into the dough. Shape the dough into a log and cut it into 12 equal pieces. Shape each into a ball (it does not have to be precisely shaped) and set aside.

3. Preheat your waffle iron according to manufacturer’s instructions. Place a piece of dough into the centre of the iron, close the iron and flip. Cook the waffle for about 3 minutes, until a rich golden brown (the pockets of sugar will caramelize). Remove the waffles and repeat with the remaining pieces. The waffles can be served warm with Spiced Plums and White Chocolate Sauce (recipes follow).

Spiced Plums (Makes about 3 cups)
1. Place the plums and orange in a medium saucepan with the sugar. Wrap the spices in a sachet or piece of cheesecloth and drop into the pot. Bring the plums to a simmer over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Simmer until the plums are soft and the liquid is a glaze consistency. Remove the orange halves and the spices.

White Chocolate Sauce (Makes about 1 cup/250 mL)
1. Bring the cream and pepper up to just below a simmer in a small saucepan over medium heat. Have the white chocolate in a bowl and pour the hot cream over top, stirring gently until the chocolate has melted and the sauce is smooth. Serve the sauce warm.

TIPS AND SUBSTITUTIONS
** Pearl sugar is an aerated style of sugar, used for sprinkling onto breads and worked into Liege waffles. It can be found at European groceries, but if not available, you can crush sugar cubes until they are a coarse (not fine) texture and use them with similar results.

The waffles are best enjoyed the day they are made.

The plums can be served warm or chilled. The plums will keep for 2 weeks, refrigerated.

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[amabelzoya_]

I'm so happy she's back even cheerier than before :)

[marilynlegaspi]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I have been looking for a good dough to make Belgian waffles. Finally my prayers are answered. I'm a big fan from Sweden. I bought your book and love it!

[bebechoco]

Have been making these from my family and friends for months now and I’ve gotten so many compliments 🥰🥰🥰 I have tried lot of other waffle recipes but this one finally hits home with us .. Thank you

[Sabirreboiii]

I like that they added her tasting what she made into the final cut. Other videos didn’t show her doing that. I remember every episode had like 3 recipes and she tasted them all after each time. 😊

[nery]

Thank You Ana Olson You are my Favorite chef, From El Salvador🇸🇻👍🏼👍🏼♥️

[lihaotao]

Dear Anna, I adjusted your waffle recipe by reducing half oil, it also succeeded. I think it maybe healthier. Your plum jam recipe is perfect, which can defeat any market fruit jam. My wife loves it so much though she just eats less sweet food. We love you because you brings us wonderful tasteful life. May you happy each day!

[GLAMOURGIRL]

this recipe is SO GOOD! used bread flour instead of all-purpose the second time I made them and it was even BETTER! Also, actual pearl sugar was best (IMO)!!

[haiyen]

you look so happy and cute when the waffle done. I wish i had a waffle machine like you

[robdogglbc]

One of the best recipes I've ever seen, the Pearl sugar part is the coolest, can wait to try

[VictoriaK]

Can't wait to try this recipe. The fact you used sparkling water was a plus for me.

[kray]

Anna - I love watching your channel during my morning and early afternoon fast. Something so strangely satisfying about watching the preparation of delicious food you cannot eat.

[mariamabdullah]

Yummy liege waffles delicious thanks Anna for yr fascinating lovely deserts

[mkivy]

I love making waffles. There are just some things I bake that my family use to tell me to open my own cafe or food truck..maybe I should have, but my nursing career paid the bills plus I was given the opportunity to make a difference in ppls lives...I worked In Medicine for 44 years! I’ve done almost everything from cath Lab, PACU, ICU’s, Med-surg, ED, etc etc etc...the only places I did not work was OB, Peds, or management. I never wanted to be a boss. I always enjoyed hand-on nursing...it’s all changed now, nurses are taught it’s all about managing DRG’s and for profit medical facilities. Have any of noticed they dropped them name Hospital, to Medical Centers? Hospital means to care, medical center 🏥makes it sound important, high tech, etc. sorry I talk so much! Thank u Anna for all u teach us!

[helenassefa]

Hello Anna, big fan from Ethiopia. Trying almost everythng u made ths days, i am loving it. Thank you.

[SeemsLiquid]

Thank you for this recipe. It looks so delish and the toppings so elegant.

[MyloFlappie]

Heerlijk, en bedankt voor het recept. Groeten uit Netherlands. (Apeldoorn)

[aminah]

I’ve made this recipe several times now and they are always delicious 🤤

[sobrunahmed]

Wow...love this..Wish I could taste... yam yamm

[alliemollie]

My goodness. I so wanna try this kind of waffles!!!

[anuclimpu]

Lovely Anna. IV been enjoying all Ur videos. It gives a lot of confidence and very impressive that I want to try them :) can you pls make few eggless cakes and cookies as well 😀.