What better way to wake up your sweetheart on Valentine’s Day than breakfast in bed with Infused Chocolate Waffles?
Ingredients
1⁄2 cup cocoa
1⁄4 cup infused butter (1⁄2 stick), melted
3⁄4 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 tsps. vanilla extract
1 cup all-purpose flour
1⁄2 tsp baking soda
1⁄2 tsp salt
1⁄2 cup buttermilk or regular milk *
1⁄2 cup chopped nuts (optional)
Hot Fudge Sauce:
3⁄4 cup sugar
1⁄2 cup cocoa
1⁄2 cup evaporated milk, plus 2 tablespoons (5 oz can)
1⁄3 cup light corn syrup
1⁄3 cup infused butter
1 tsp vanilla extract
Strawberry Dessert Cream
1 cup cold infused whipped cream (1⁄2 pt)
1⁄3 cup strawberry preserves
3 drops red food color
Directions
1. Stir cocoa and infused butter in large bowl until smooth; stir in sugar. Add eggs and vanilla; beat well. Stir together flour, baking soda and salt; add alternately with milk to cocoa mixture. Stir in nuts, if desired.
2. Bake in waffle iron according to manufacturer’s directions. Carefully remove waffle from iron. Serve warm with desired toppings.
Hot Fudge Sauce:
Combine sugar and cocoa in small saucepan; stir in evaporated milk and corn syrup. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture boils; boil and stir 1 minute. Remove from heat; add infused butter and vanilla, stirring until butter is melted. Serve warm.
Strawberry Dessert Cream:
Put 1 cup (1⁄2 pt) cold infused whipped cream in small bowl until stiff. Fold in 1⁄3 cup strawberry preserves and 3 drops red food color, if desired.
