Do you like cookies? How about waffles? What about a bite-sized, melt-in-your-mouth cookies that are like waffles? Mini Waffle Bites are very fun snacks that your kids will be excited to help make!
Have the kids make the measurements for each lump of dough, roll them into balls and bake them with the waffle maker. No skills required whatsoever and even a toddler will have fun rolling out the dough. It will surely be a great time spent together in the kitchen as a family.
Not only will this will be a great snack option, it could be a delightful party favour, a treat for colleagues, a thank you gift for teachers and essential workers for what they have done during this Circuit Breaker period.
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There are three flavours (Vanilla, Chocolate and Matcha) that you can pick from. Make one or make them all! Happy “baking”!
Recipe for Mini Waffle Bites
Servings: Each dough yields about 25 pieces (8 to 9 grams each raw).
Ingredients
Vanilla
- 50 grams of butter, room temperature
- 45 grams of powder sugar
- 24 grams of eggs, room temperature
- 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract
- 100 grams of cake flour
- 2 grams of baking powder (MUST NOT OMIT)
Chocolate
- 50 grams of butter, room temperature
- 45 grams of powder sugar
- 26 grams of eggs, room temperature
- 1/4 teaspoon of vanilla extract
- 10 grams of cocoa powder
- 90 grams of cake flour
- 2 grams of baking powder (MUST NOT OMIT)
Matcha
- 50 grams of butter, room temperature
- 45 grams of powder sugar
- 24 grams of eggs, room temperature
- 1/4 teaspoon of vanilla extract
- 5 grams of matcha powder
- 95 grams of cake flour
- 2 grams of baking powder (MUST NOT OMIT)
Method
- In a small bowl, combine the dry ingredients (cake flour, baking powder and cocoa powder/matcha powder) together and set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together butter and powder sugar until they are well mixed.
- Add in the beaten eggs and vanilla. Continue beating at medium speed. Be sure the eggs incorporate well in the butter mixture.
- Sift all the dry ingredients into the butter/egg mixture.
- Use a spatula and combine the mixture well together to form a soft dough.
- Wrap the soft dough with plastic wrap and refrigerate for about 20 minutes for it to firm up.
- Meanwhile, prepare a scale and line a tray with baking sheet or plastic.
- After 20 minutes, take out the dough, measure 8 grams of dough and roll them into a tiny ball. Set the dough balls on the tray.
- When done, keep them in the fridge while you work on the other flavoured dough.
- Preheat the waffle maker and lightly grease the surface if needed.
- Then place a dough on each cross joint of the waffle maker and close the cover.
- Cook the dough for 4 to 5 minutes, open the cover and gently remove the waffle bites on to a rack to cool completely.
- Serve the waffle bites with fruits or store them in an air-tight container. Enjoy!
