Gauflettes!

One of the things I love about cooking is that it's such a traditional art. More often than not, family recipes are passed down from one generation to another. 


A traditional recipe that we have in our family is one for "Gauflettes," a waffle shaped cookie. This recipe is a Belgian tradition. I believe the original  title may have been "Gaufrettes." After asking my grandmother about it, she said that her father always called them Gauflettes, but his mother had died when he was only a child. This being the case, the name for these treats might have gone awry. Since we've only ever known them to be "gauflettes," though, that is what we stick with. 


Ingredients: 
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 pound butter (real butter, not margarine)
1 tablespoon baking powder
8 eggs
2 cups granulated sugar
4 3/4 cups of flour


Mix eggs, vanilla, sugar and baking powder. Add flour until it is a pancake like consistency. The recipe calls for around 5 cups, but I've found that it's a little under that. 


Melt the butter and add slowly to other ingredients. Bake on a gauflette iron. 


Gauflette irons were irons that were heated over an open flame. Seeing as many people probably will not have one, we use a waffle iron and it works just as good! Be sure to spray the waffle iron before use! 


Note: Dough will thicken as it stands. This is normal. 


While these cookies look like waffles, remember, THEY ARE NOT! These are not to be eaten with syrup, as they are a cookie! They are often made around Christmas, but I enjoy them any time of the year. :) These are very good with a cup of coffee or milk. 


~Brittany