WAFFLES (LIKE WAFFLE HOUSE)

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 egg
1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
2 tablespoons butter, softened
2 tablespoons shortening
1/2 cup half-and-half
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup buttermilk
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
Vegetable oil

Combine flour, salt and baking soda in a medium bowl. Stir to combine. Set aside.

Lightly beat egg in another medium bowl. Add sugar, butter and shortening; mix well with an electric mixer until smooth. Add half-and-half, milk, buttermilk and vanilla. Mix well.

Beat the flour mixture into the milk mixture. Beat until smooth. Cover; chill overnight. (You can use batter right away, but a 12-hour chill improves the batter.)

Remove batter from refrigerator; let it warm slightly as you prepare waffle iron.

Rub a light coating of vegetable oil on waffle iron. Preheat waffle iron.

Spoon 1/3 to 1/2 cup of batter into waffle iron; cook for 3 to 4 minutes or until waffle is light brown. Repeat with remaining batter.

Makes 6 waffles