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5 from 2 votes

Tres Leches Liege Waffles

Prep Time1 hour
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time1 hour 10 minutes
Servings: 10 waffles

Ingredients

Waffles:

  • 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons warm milk no hotter than 110°F
  • 1/2 teaspoon white granulated sugar 

  • 2 teaspoons instant yeast
  • 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla past or 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 large egg yolk
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter cubed and at room temperature
  • 70 grams turbinado sugar or pearl sugar
  • Cooking spray for waffle iron
  • Fresh strawberries for serving

Tres Leches:

  • 1/4 cup sweetened condensed milk
  • 1/3 cup whole milk
  • 1/3 cup heavy cream

Instructions

  • To a measuring cup or small bowl, add the warm milk, sugar and instant yeast. Allow to stand for about 5 minutes, until the yeast has turned nice and foamy.
  • To the bowl of a stand-up mixer, with the hook attachment, add the all-purpose flour, cinnamon, vanilla paste or extract, salt, egg and egg yolk. Mix until fully combined. The dough should be kinda shaggy. Place a clean kitchen towel over the bowl and let it rest in a warm place for about 30 minutes. I turned my oven to 200 degrees and placed the bowl on the stove-top burner.
  • Place the bowl back on the stand-up mixer, and beat in the butter, piece by piece. When the butter is incorporated into the dough, turn the mixer to medium-high and keep mixing until the dough is smooth, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed.
  • With the mixer on low, pour in the sugar and mix just until evenly distributed. Using a cookie scoop or a tablespoon, scoop out the dough into dollops of 10 and place them on a cutting board.
  • Allow to stand in a warm place for an additional 15 minutes.
  • Meanwhile, let’s prep the milks! In a small measuring cup, combine the milk and sweetened condensed milk and whisk until smooth. Beat the heavy cream until soft peaks form and set both aside.
  • Preheat your waffle iron and spray with cooking spray. Cook the waffles per the manufacturer’s instructions.
  • BUT, as a guide, because most of them are the same, I cooked mine for about 2 minutes long. They were perfect at the 2-minute mark.