So this weekend was the waffle party...and as always I have a blast with these. Always fun to see what folks bring. Sadly there are no pictures since I and everything in a constant 5' radius around me was covered in waffle batter, it did not seem appropriate to subject my camera to that. (For those geeks who are also learning 4th ed. rules...I think that would be a close 1 radius. grin)
At the waffle party, the homemade butterscotch sauce, rum soaked raisins, and cinnamon coconut date (dairy free) ice cream were all stellar. It is always great to see what folks bring and then how well all the different ingredients mesh (e.g. creme fraiche, lingonberry jam, and lavendar honey all go well together).
This week for the Tuesdays with Dorie, it is Chocolate Whopper Malted Drops. Which I'd made before, but figured I would make with the virtual masses. Especially since the housemate said he liked them the first go round. I have to confess that these didn't really wow me either time, but they are fairly easy to throw together. I did futz with the recipe some this time, nor purposefully but I had some extra margarine from making the waffles and figured instead of letting it go to waste, so I did the extra 3Tbsp that the recipe calls for as margarine instead of butter. And since the bittersweet chocolate only came in a 4 oz bar, I threw in some semi-sweet discs to make up the remaining chocolate.
Looks horrible. Perhaps you'd like them taken off your hands?
Thanks for hosting the waffle party, btw. It was a great time, even if you were generally covered with batter. Anything that gives me an excuse to have consume rum and scotch before noon ranks high in my books ;)