Waffles

In a medium mixing bowl stir together flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt. Make a well in the center. In another bowl beat egg yolks slightly. Stir in milk, oil, and vanilla. Add egg yolk mixture all at once to the dry mixture. Stir just till moistened (should still be a little lumpy).

In a small bowl beat egg whites until stiff peaks form (tips stand straight up). Gently fold egg whites into flour and egg yolk mixture, leaving a few fluffs of egg white. Do not overmix.

Spoon batter into pre-heated waffle iron, making sure not to overfill it. Cook until batter has stopped steaming and waffle is golden brown.

Option: To make oatmeal waffles, add 1 cup of boiling water to ½ cup of steel-cut oats. Stir until absorbed. Let rest 15 minutes. Reduce flour to 1¼ cups, and reduce milk to 1½ cups. Stir softened oatmeal into the batter before folding in the egg whites.