Recipe: John F. Kennedy's Waffles

John F. Kennedy's Waffles
rec.food.cooking/Ben A. Fairbank

From a 1961 book called Kings in the Kitchen, edited by Gertrude Booth. It was a collection of recipes solicited from prominent men (all Americans). A strange collection of men and a strange collection of recipes. But one of them was __excellent__ and now my default recipe for waffles is...

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___Waffles___

1/2 cup butter
1 Tbsp sugar
2 egg yolks
7/8 cup milk (or 1 cup buttermilk)
1 cup plus 1 Tbsp Sifted cake flour
pinch of salt
2 stiffly beaten egg whites
4 tsp baking powder

Cream sugar and butter, add egg yolks, and beat. Add flour and milk
alternately. When ready to bake, fold in the egg whites and add baking
powder. Mixture should be thick and fluffy.

Serve with hot maple syrup and melted butter.

John F. Kennedy
Washington, D. C.
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These are lighter, crisper, and more delicate than any other waffles I have had. Very highly recommended. (BTW -- remember to add the salt; the recipe calls for it but does not say when to add it.)