Viennese waffles in a waffle iron

For the dough, you need to take room temperature butter. It is best if you take it out of the refrigerator in advance. I would not recommend heating cold butter in the microwave, as part of it will quickly melt, and the other part will remain cold and solid.

Beat the softened butter with sugar. You can use a fork, but why waste a lot of effort when you have a mixer. Beat the butter and sugar at low speed until it becomes a homogeneous and fluffy mass.

Add the eggs. The size of the eggs I use is medium, about 65 g with the shell. Again, beat the dough at low speed using the mixer.

Pour the milk into the batter. It should be fresh, not sour, and preferably not too cold. Whisk again with a whisk. Try to do everything at low speed so that the mixture does not scatter from the bowl.

Squeeze the juice into a tablespoon and pour it into the batter.

Sift the necessary amount of flour with a leavening agent into the same mixture. Stir with a spoon or a mixer whisk. The batter should be smooth and uniform, with a consistency similar to pancakes.

Brush the waffle iron with a few drops of vegetable oil and preheat the device well.

Place the batter in the middle of the waffle iron and close tightly. Approximately 2 tablespoons of batter are needed for one waffle.

Bake Viennese waffles for about 5 minutes, but the baking time will differ for each waffle maker model. So, monitor the golden color of the waffles. It took approximately 5 minutes to bake my waffles. From this amount of batter, I prepared 10 waffles measuring 10*10 cm.

I'll share a trick. Right after baking, the waffles are crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. But if they rest for a little over an hour, the waffles become soft and lose that delicious crispy crust. To keep the waffles crispy, I recommend placing them on a rack (or baking sheet) and drying them in the oven at 160 degrees Celsius for 4-5 minutes before serving. These waffles will be crispy again, even on the second day.

It is best to serve them warm - much tastier that way. But they are also good when cold. There are several ways to serve waffles. You can drizzle them with honey, jam, or condensed milk, or sprinkle them with powdered sugar. I decorated the waffles with slices of banana and made a chocolate lattice.