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Two golden waffles on a white plate with blueberries and syrup

Basic Waffles

Scanned from Alicia's Recipe Kitchen · 5 min each

Ingredients

  • 3egg whites, whipped stiff and folded in
  • 3egg yolks
  • 3/4 cupmilk
  • 1/2 tspvanilla
  • 1 cupflour
  • 2 1/2 tspbaking powder
  • 1 tbspsugar
  • 1/2 tspsalt
  • 4 tbspbutter or butter flavored shortening, melted

Method

  1. 1Beat the egg whites until stiff and set aside.
  2. 2Add milk and vanilla to the well beaten egg yolks.
  3. 3Sift in the dry ingredients with the wet ingredients.
  4. 4Pour sufficient batter on the grill to come within one inch of the edge.
  5. 5Stir in the melted butter (after the butter is cooled) very slowly, then fold in the stiffly beaten egg whites.
  6. 6Cook each waffle for approximately 5 minutes.

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    You ask for the recipe

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Can I bring in the recipes I already have?

Yes. Photograph a card, a cookbook page or a screenshot, paste a link to a recipe site or type it in yourself.

Who can see what I post?

Only friends you have accepted. Friendship is mutual and either of you can end it at any time. The moment you do, they lose access to your posts and recipes and you lose access to theirs.

Do I need to install an app?

No. Forktales runs in the browser on your phone or your computer. On a phone, add it to your home screen from Safari or Chrome and it opens like an app, with its own icon. On a computer it shows a side menu and lays your feed and recipes out in columns.

Is it free?

Yes. Writing and saving recipes, cook mode, posting and asking for recipes are free on every account. The AI features run on credits: scanning a recipe, reading a link with AI and working out nutrition. You get 5 when you join and 5 more each time a friend you invite adds a first recipe of their own.

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Can I leave?

Yes. Delete your account from your profile and your posts, recipes, ratings and friendships are removed. If a friend made their own variant of one of your recipes, their copy stays with them, credited to a deleted user.

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