••••BLT WAFFLE SLIDERS🍅🧀🥗🥚🥓🍳🍔🍞🥛!!••••

(Source: tasteofhome.com & Stacy Joura, Stoneboro, Pennsylvania)

••••BLT WAFFLE SLIDERS!!! SOO AMAZING!!

 

TOTAL TIME: Prep/Total Time: 30 min.

MAKES:12 servings

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup cornmeal
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 large eggs, separated
• 1 cup 2% milk
• 3 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
• 6 tablespoons mayonnaise
• 12 Jones Dairy Farm Dry-Aged Bacon strips, cooked and drained
• 2 small tomatoes, sliced
• 6 lettuce leaves
• Salt and pepper to taste

 

Directions

1. Preheat waffle maker. Whisk together first five ingredients. In another bowl, whisk egg yolks, milk and butter. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Stir in cheese.
2. In a separate bowl, beat egg whites until stiff but not dry. Fold into batter. Drop 1 heaping tablespoon of batter in the center of each waffle iron quadrant; bake according to manufacturer’s directions until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Cool on wire rack. Repeat with remaining batter.
3. Spread mayonnaise evenly over half of the waffle pieces; top with bacon, tomatoes, lettuce, seasonings and remaining waffle pieces to make sliders. Serve immediately. Yield: 12 servings.  

For regular-size Cornmeal Waffle Sandwiches: 
Prepare batter as instructed. Bake 3 waffles according to manufacturer’s directions until golden brown. Cut waffles into fourths. Spread mayonnaise on six; top with bacon, tomatoes, seasonings and remaining waffle pieces to make sandwiches. Serve immediately.

Originally published as Cornmeal Waffle Sandwiches in Quick Cooking July/August 2000, p12

Nutritional Facts

1 slider: 224 calories, 14g fat (5g saturated fat), 54mg cholesterol, 574mg sodium, 17g carbohydrate (3g sugars, 1g fiber), 7g protein.