Baking Belgian Liege Waffles With Ease
Quality Ingredients
During development, we made it our priority to use high quality ingredients. Great taste starts with superb ingredients and we knew this was the singular way to the most authentic tasting Liege waffles. For those who have baked Liege waffles, the complex nature and labor-intense preparation requirements also make for a good recipe. With the original Waffle Pantry Liege waffle recipe as our base, we rigorously followed our ingredients list and preparation requirements. Here is what we came up with:
Every package of Waffle Pantry Liege waffle mix is accompanied by Waffle Pantry’s Belgian pearl sugar and Lesaffre SAF Gold Instant Yeast. These three key ingredients are packaged separately to ensure absolute freshness and are only combined by you when you’re ready to bake. The only thing you need from your kitchen is hot water, butter, and eggs to bring the mix to life.
Preparation and Yield
Preparation time is only 5 to 10 minutes. Proofing time is for the Liege waffle dough is about 2 to 3 hours, which is ample time for the yeast to activate. Our 32 ounce Liege waffle mix package provides enough ingredients to serve 18 waffles (each 100 g or 3.5 oz in size). The 55 pound bulk size Liege waffle mix bag will make you 500 waffles.
Liege Waffle Mix Wholesale
For all of our food service and business customers, don’t hesitate to contact us for more information about our Liege waffle mix wholesale program. Let us formulate and source the best ingredients for you and help you achieve a consistent and authentic result while you focus on your business.
Waffle Pantry Liege Waffle Mix
Ingredients
INCLUDED
- Waffle Pantry Liege Waffle Mix: 1 lb 454g
- Waffle Pantry Belgian Pearl Sugar: 5 oz 142g
- Lesaffre SAF-Instant Yeast Gold: 0.25 oz (7g)
WHAT YOU WILL NEED
- Hot Water: 3/4 cup 177ml or 6 fl oz
- Butter: 1 stick 113g or 4oz
- Egg: 1 large egg
Instructions
- Combine softened butter and hot water in mixer. Add waffle mix, egg and yeast. Stir well. Knead to form sticky dough.
- Cover dough and let rest for 2 to 3 hours.
- Gently fold Belgian pearl sugar into dough. Divide dough into 12 portions. Cover and allow dough to rest for 15 minutes. Preheat Liege waffle iron (360°F or 182°C). Flatt dough balls slightly and place on the iron. Bake for 2 to 4 minutes until golden. Enjoy!
From Our Pantry to Yours!
Could a clarified butter be used to make it softer?
HOW LONG CAN I FREEZE THE DOUGH ONCE IT HAS BEEN MIXED (WITHOUT PEARL)? i PLAN ON MAKING HALF BUT THAT WOULD STILL BE ALOT SO I MAY HAVE TO FREEZE
Rachel,
We typically recommend that you freeze the dough for not any longer than 4-7 days. You should expect to notice a slight change in taste and aroma (and ultimately quality) when the dough is frozen for much longer. This is mainly due to the yeast in the dough overdeveloping, and it occurs both when the dough is made from scratch or with our mix.
You could technically speaking freeze the dough for much longer, but we believe and aim for the highest quality of Liege waffles. Our recommendation is to simply to try for yourself. Make a batch and freeze several dough balls in the freezer and bake one waffle a day to taste test. You may come to find your personal threshold to be different.
Please let us know if you have any further questions.
Your Waffle Pantry team
This may be more of a general yeast question but is it possible to use active dry instead of instant yeast with the mix? Specifically the gluten free mix.
Hi Avery,
Yes, you can use any type of yeast. Just make sure to convert the instant dry yeast to the right ratio of yeast that you will be using.
Your Waffle Pantry team
Can you refrigerate dough before the first rise, then take out the next day to let warm and rise at room temp?
Hi Kathlynn,
Yes, you can absolutely do that. Alternatively, you could also let the dough rise and then refrigerate it to use the next day. You would just want to leave the pearl sugar out of the dough until the day of baking.
We typically don’t recommend refrigerating the dough for any longer than 24 hours. Otherwise, the yeast will run the risk of over proofing. If you want to store the dough for any longer than 24 hours, you would want to use the freezer. In this case you could take the dough out of the freezer the night before baking and place it in the fridge for the next morning. This way you avoid the time it takes to thaw the dough on the day of baking.
We hope this helps answer your question. Please let us know if you have any further questions.
Your Waffle Pantry team
Thank you! Your tips help a ton!
1) Is it possible to freeze the dough for future use?
2) How long will the dough last in the fridge ?
Hi Todd, you can surely freeze the dough. When you freeze the dough we recommend leaving the pearl sugar out of the mix until the day you are ready to bake. When you deal with Liege waffle dough you have to be mindful of its yeast content, which is a living organism. You can generally speaking leave the dough in the freezer for 3 to 4 days before the yeast starts to overdevelop and alter the taste and odor of the dough. In the refrigerator we recommend to not leave it any longer than 24 hours before the dough starts to overdevelop. I hope this helps answer your question, please let us know if you need any further help. Happy baking!
Good day,
May I know what type of butter is good Unsalted butter or salted butter for this mixture.
Thanks
Hi Francis, we suggest using unsalted butter.
To use this mix in a business setting, would it work to refrigerate the dough over-night, after it has gone through it’s first rise?, then in the morning add pearl sugar and the second rise before cooking?.
Hello Lori,
Yes, you can refrigerate dough after the first rise. We recommend releasing some of the air out of the dough before placing it in the fridge. When you’re ready to bake, remove the dough from the fridge and allow the dough to come to room temperature. Once the temperature is correct, fold in pearl sugar and bake as you wish. Do let us know if you have any additional questions. Happy baking!
Will you be packaging this in smaller quanities? Not sure my family would ever go thru 500 waffles before product would expire.
Hi Ginger, thank you for your question. We have a smaller package in the works but it may be some time before it becomes available. In the meantime, please know that the mix has a shelf life of 6 months and can be divvied up to share with friends and family.