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You must make these waffles with cherry sauce recipe. The cherry sauce is made with 3 ingredients cherries, maple syrup and water. Recipesfromapantry.com
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Waffles with cherry sauce

Waffles with cherry sauce
Course Brunch
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings 4
Author Bintu Hardy

Ingredients

For the cherry sauce:

  • 1 kg (2.2oz) of cherries pitted and divided
  • 3 tbsp maple syrup
  • 1 tbsp water
  • 1 tbsp bourbon optional

For the waffles

  • 450 ml (1.9 cups) milk
  • 125 g (4.4oz) unsalted butter, melted
  • 3 eggs beaten
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence
  • 300 g (10.5oz) self-raising flour

Instructions

Make the cherry sauce:

  • Place 3/4ths of the cherries, the maple syrup and water into a saucepan over medium heat.
  • Bring to the boil, then reduce to a simmer (uncovered) and cook for up to 20 mins until the cherries have broken down.
  • If serving for grown-ups then stir in the brandy and then switch of the heat

Make the waffles:

  • Preheat waffle maker.
  • Whisk together milk, butter and eggs, almond extract and lemon zest and set aside.
  • Add flour into a large bowl and make a hole in the centre.
  • Slowly whisk the milk mixture into the flour to make a batter and don't worry if there are some lumps.
  • Cook waffles according to your machine’s instructions until all the batter is finished
  • Repeat until all the mixture is finished

Serve:

  • Serve the waffles topped with a sprinkle of icing sugar, the cherry sauce and the extra cherries dotted around.