Liege Waffles - Eric Anwiler

2 cups flour

1 cup pearl sugar
1 cup melted butter
3 eggs - room temperature

1 (1/4 ounce) package yeast

1/3 cup warm water (approx 105 degrees)

1 1/2 tablespoons sugar or vanilla sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt

Warm water in microwave for approx 30 seconds and mix in yeast, regular or vanilla sugar and salt. Let the yeast develop for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, melt the butter, but be careful not to burn it (slice butter in small strips and heat for about 45 seconds or less to melt).



Take a large bowl and put in the flour, make a hole in the middle, pour in the yeast mixture. Add eggs and melted butter and knead until you get nice and even dough. Let it rest so the yeast does it's magic and the dough doubles (approx an hour).



Now take pearl sugar and gently mix it in.



Again, let it rest for 15 minutes, in the meanwhile you can turn on the waffle maker so its nice and hot.



Pour the waffle dough into the waffle maker and bake for 3-5 minutes. Because we mixed in the sugar late in the process it will melt and caramelize and give that special Liege waffle taste. Just be careful when you take them out of the waffle maker, caramelized sugar can make them sticky.