Recipe: Sweet Potato Waffles II

"Chicken Casserole XXI" would not be particularly noteworthy in my book. But "Sweet Potato Waffles II" is really something to note, especially since we still have a small pile of sweet potatoes from last fall.

The recipe comes from 500 Delicious Dishes from Leftovers. Mr. Big Food is almost finished scouring this crappy old cookbook looking for new additions to The Big Food Manual. Volume 3 is cakes!

The recipe in Big Food begins, 

“Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon and serve with roast duck or turkey.”—The Encyclopedia of Cooking Complete in 24 Volumes, Volume 2: 500 Delicious Dishes from Leftovers (1953)

SWEET POTATO WAFFLES II

Serves 4

¾ C sifted flour

2 tsp baking powder

¼ tsp salt

1 Tbsp sugar

1 tsp ground nutmeg

1 egg, separated, white beaten stiff

1 C milk

1 C mashed sweet potato

4 Tbsp fat, melted, cooled

Sift together flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, and nutmeg. Beat together egg yolk and milk, add dry ingredients, and bat until mixture is smooth. Add sweet potato and fat, and continue beating. Fold in stiffly beaten egg white. Bake on a heated greased waffle iron until brown.