
Dutch stroopwafel
Thin waffles glued with warm cinnamon syrup — Dutch coffee-break engineering, homemade and ruinous.
- Total
- 90 min
- Serves
- 4
The stroopwafel, made honest: two thin spiced waffle layers pressed from a yeasted dough, split while warm and glued back with a buttery cinnamon stroop. Rest one over a hot drink and the syrup softens to its intended state. Dutch engineering applied to the coffee break — and a homemade one ruins the packaged kind forever.
Ingredients
- 15 ml Milk
- 10g Instant Yeast
- 250g All purpose flour
- 120g Unsalted Butter
- 80g Sugar
- 1 Egg
- Pinch Salt
- 200g Dutch Stroop
- 120g Brown Sugar
- 80g Unsalted Butter
- 1 tsp Cinnamon
Instructions
- Combine milk and yeast in a bowl. Let stand for a moment to allow the yeast to dissolve.
- In another bowl, combine flour, butter, sugar, egg, and salt. Pour in the yeast mixture and knead until smooth. Cover the bowl and let the dough rise for one hour.
- When the dough is almost ready, make the stroop filling. Combine all the ingredients in a saucepan and stir until the butter is melted and the sugar is dissolved. Let it simmer for a while. The stroop will continue to thicken as it cools.
- Shape the dough into balls weighing about 35 grams each. Make a total of 14. Turn your stroopwafel iron on the highest setting.
- Place a ball of dough in the iron and close the iron. Don’t flatten the waffle too much; you should still be able to cut through it. Bake for 1-2 minutes until the waffle is nicely golden brown.
- When the waffle is done, work quickly. Remove the waffle from the iron and immediately use a round cutter to cut out a nice circle of about 8 to 9 cm (3 to 3.5 inches).
- Place the hot waffle on a cutting board and cut horizontally with a sharp knife. The stroopwafel is very hot, so use an oven mitt to hold it in place.
- Take half a waffle and spread the (hot!) stroop on it. Place the other half on top, pressing gently if necessary, and place the waffle on a wire rack to cool. Repeat for all the balls.
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 570
- Protein
- 0 g
- Fat
- 0 g
- Carbs
- 0 g
Adapted from inlaurasbakery.com. Rewritten and re-photographed by MealIdeas.
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