Waffle Cones

Chef's Choice Waffle Cone Maker

I felt like a kid in a candy shop today. Yes, I realize what makes me giddy doesn't necessarily float everyone else's boat, but I know I'm not the only one who gets excited about kitchen gadgets and appliances. Today I took my new waffle cone maker and cone holder for a test drive. Unfortunately I couldn't find many homemade ice cream cone recipes online. I picked 2 promising recipes and set out with high hopes to make a delicious cone.

The first recipe was very good. The cone smelled good while cooking and it tasted good. I wish it had been thicker and less fragile with more of a chew to it. The kids enjoyed the cones with some store-bought ice cream. Yes, I know it's almost blasphemy to serve homemade cones and not have homemade ice cream, but I didn't have the energy to do both today. Tomorrow is another day. I probably should have quit while I was ahead, because the second recipe was a bust. The batter was way too thin and yielded a mess. There were holes in the cone which sorta defeats the purpose of using a cone as a vessel to contain ice cream. It called for using a pizzelle maker, but I still proceeded with my cone maker. Perhaps it was my fault for not following the recipe. Anyway, I added some extra flour, egg and powdered sugar to try to improve the consistency of the batter. It helped a little, but still was not great. It was an ok tasting cone, but definitely not better than the first recipe. If anyone out there has a great cone recipe to share, please send it to me!  I promise to invite you over for ice cream. :)

Prior to today I tried the Gourmet Waffle Cone recipe that comes with the Chef's Choice machine. I give that recipe a thumbs down. Too thick and lacking flavor. The recipe that was a bust was from Foodista.

Waffle Cone Batter

Cooked until Golden Brown

Form into a cone shape

Stacked cones on the nifty cone holder

Waffle Cone Recipe
from IceCreamUniversity
http://icecreamuniversity.org/waffle-cone-recipe/

Ingredients:
3/4 stick sweet butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 tablespoon water
3 egg whites
1/2 cup flour

Preparation:
- Melt the butter slowly
- Beat the egg whites and add the sugar to them
- Combine the egg white mixture with the butter mixture
- Add the vanilla extract and water
- Add the flour to the above mixtures, blend well.
- Let the batter stand for one hour in the refrigerator.

The waffle cone baker is now ready for baking. At this point, simply follow the instructions for using your waffle cone maker.

Yield: 8-10 cones