This past Sunday I took a ninety mile ride with two local hard men, Jan and Ryan; I knew that I'd need to fuel up during the ride and since I try to avoid prepackaged "energy" bars, goos, gels, blocks and the like I tried out some chocolate waffles. These bad boys were killer.
An internet search on "chocolate waffle recipe" yielded all manner of complicated recipes calling for buttermilk or six beaten egg whites, dude these are waffles not a soufflé, keep it simple stupid. Finally I found a "mix all this stuff up and pour it onto a heated waffle iron" recipe. The recipe called for way too much butter so I did a little modifying and came up with:
1/2 cup melted butter
4 eggs beaten
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup cocoa
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup water
Mix it all up, pour it onto a greased waffle iron close, wait a while and out pops a sturdy, energy filled snack.
I like to make waffle sandwiches as the hollow areas hold in the goodness. For Sunday I used peanut butter and honey:
I stopped using Zip-loc's for my bike food as I can never get the zip unlocked while riding. I've gone now to a loose wrap using Pan lining paper, it works perfectly.
Two of these bad boys got me through 90 miles and 7200 feet of climbing.
1 comment:
Thanks for the inspiration. I just made my first batch with a couple of modifications, and they turned our great!
I used 1/3 cup coconut oil instead of butter and used 1C whole wheat flour and 1C All Purpose flour.
Next time I plan on adding instant coffee for a mocha flavor and a caffeine boost.
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