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On weekends, I enjoy making breakfast. I don't make pancakes or waffles very often-- usually choosing some kind of egg dish. The exception is when locally grown strawberries are in season. That's when I make waffles, piled high with strawberries and real whipped cream. I usually resort to using a waffle mix that I buy at Trader Joe's, which is pretty good. I've been wanting to find a recipe to make waffles from scratch, but most of the ones I've found involves whipping egg whites and gently folding them into the batter.
Last week, I noticed that Lisa (from the Cutting Edge of Ordinary) recipe for Blueberry Sour Cream Waffles. I was intrigued by the recipe, so I decided that this would be our Sunday breakfast. After church, we…
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