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It’s National Waffle Day and team fumé is celebrating in southern style with crunchy, bacony waffles drenched in spicy and sweet chili honey butter. We’re tempted to go all-in and fry up some chicken and have ourselves a decadent chicken and waffles extravaganza!Â
Our fumé Brands Cornmeal Bacon Waffles with Ancho Chili Honey Butter recipe comes to you courtesy of our ever-imaginative culinary cannabis scientists who’ve truly outdone themselves this time. The cornmeal gives these yummy canna-infused waffles a satisfying crunch that stands up well to the aforementioned drenching in mouthwatering ancho chili honey butter. The butter is both sweet and savory and brings a little heat to start your day off right. And the bacon…oh the bacon! Your mouth will delight as you enjoy the bacon-studded goodness.
The mellow cannabis element in the waffles is a perfect balancer for your morning coffee buzz. And if you’re wanting to up the intensity of your experience, you can always add some additional canna-infused butter to the mix when you make your ancho chili honey butter.Â
“For this recipe, we wanted to make a savory waffle and thought that the waffle iron would help in achieving a cornbread taste with waffle-like texture. The final product did not disappoint! The combination of savory ingredients in the batter (bacon, cheese, and chilies) along with the ancho honey butter delivers a balanced savory offering with a touch of honey sweetness. The texture added by the cornmeal gives a nice crunch to the waffle. Enjoy hot and fresh to experience the crusty cornbread waffle goodness. I can’t remember ever eating a bigger helping of waffles in one sitting.â€â€”Kevin
“Big breakfast junkie I am! This waffle recipe hit all the important flavor targets: sweet, savory, spicy, salty. The cornmeal texture, the richness of the added bacon fat, the crunchy and salty bacon, with a subtle ancho heat with the honey butter…just scrumptious. Perfect reheated for lunch and dinner too—just pop in the oven 4-5min at 200° F. Enjoy.â€â€”Alex
Equipment:
- Sheet pan
- Wire rack (optional)
- Paper towels
- Mason jar
- Knife
- 2 medium mixing bowls
- Large mixing bowl
- Small microwavable bowl
- Standing or hand mixer or whisk if you’re old school
- Cheese grater
- Waffle iron
- Spatula
Ingredients:
Waffles
- 5 strips bacon (a little over ½ CUP)
- ¼ CUP scallions (about 3 scallions), green and white parts, thinly sliced
- 4OZ can diced green chilis
- 1 ¼ CUP whole milk
- ½ CUP sour cream
- 2 TBSP bacon fat
- 1 TBSP + ½ TSP canna-infused butter or oil (melted in a water bath before measuring)
- 3 eggs, separated
- ½ CUP grated cheddar cheese
- 1 ¼ CUP flour
- 1 CUP cornmeal
- ½ TSP baking soda
- 1 TSP baking powder
- 1 TSP salt
- ½ TSP pepper
Honey Butter
- ¼ CUP honey
- ¼ CUP + 2 TBSP butter
- â…› TSP ancho chili powder
Makes: 10 waffles made using ¾ CUP batter for 2 waffles, 1 TBSP honey butter and 5mg THC per waffle
Directions:
Step 1: Make the waffle batter
- Preheat oven to 350° Â
- Place bacon strips on a wire rack over a sheet pan and cook in the oven for approximately 30 minutes. The wire rack isn’t essential but allows the bacon fat to collect more easily. If you don’t have a wire rack, a sheet pan is fine on its own.Â
- Once cooking is complete, reserve the liquid bacon fat in a mason jar and allow the bacon to cool on paper towels.
- Once the bacon is cooled and crisp, roughly chop into small pieces and store in a bowl.
- Separate egg yolks from egg whites, putting egg whites aside in a medium-sized bowl.
- Add chopped bacon, scallions, green chilis, milk, sour cream, melted bacon fat, cannabutter, grated cheddar cheese and egg yolks to a large mixing bowl and mix to combine thoroughly.
- In another medium bowl, whisk together flour, cornmeal, baking soda, baking powder, sugar, pepper, salt so that it’s evenly combined.Â
- Slowly add dry ingredients into your batter and mix to combine thoroughly into an even batter.
- Whisk egg whites until soft peaks form. Adding air to your egg whites gives waffles a lighter, fluffier texture.
- Gently fold egg whites into your batter using a spatula. You want the egg whites to be fully integrated but not deflated.
- Pour ¾ CUP batter into your waffle maker for every 2 waffles.
Step 2: Make the honey butter
- Melt butter & honey in a small microwavable bowl for approximately 35seconds or in a small pot on the stove over low to medium heat so you don’t burn the butter.
- Mix in ancho powder.
- Pour over hot waffles and enjoy!