Waffles have been a favorite breakfast food for many years but they did not really start out that way. The origin is from the Middle Ages where waffles were made by placing a combination of barley and oats between two metal plates of a wafer iron that were connected by a hinge and could be closed and opened by a wooden handle. Today’s Waffle Recipe adds leavening to make the waffle rise and become light and fluffy instead of flat and crispy as they were [...]
