Stroopwafel

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Stroopwafel

A plate of stroopwafels
Alternative names	Syrup waffle, treacle waffle, caramel waffle[1]
Type	Waffle
Place of origin	Netherlands
Region or state	Gouda, South Holland
Created by	Gerard Kamphuisen[1]
Main ingredients	Batter: flour, butter, brown sugar, yeast, milk, eggs Filling: syrup, brown sugar, butter, cinnamon
Cookbook: Stroopwafels   Media: Stroopwafel

A stroopwafel (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈstroːpˌʋaːfəl] (listen); literally "syrup waffle") is a wafer waffle made from two thin layers of baked dough joined by a caramel filling.^[2][3] First made in the Dutch city of Gouda, stroopwafels are popular throughout the Netherlands and the former Dutch Empire^{[citation needed]} and are well-known Dutch dishes.

Description[]

A stroopwafel's wafer layers are made from a stiff dough of flour, butter, brown sugar, yeast, milk, and eggs that has been pressed in a hot waffle iron until crisped.^[a] While still warm, the waffles have their edges removed with a cookie cutter, which allows the remaining disc to be easily separated into top and bottom wafers. A caramel filling made from syrup, brown sugar, butter, and cinnamon—also warm—is spread between the wafers before the waffle is reassembled. The caramel sets as it cools, thereby binding the waffle halves together.^[2]

History[]

According to Dutch culinary folklore, stroopwafels were first made in Gouda either during the late 18th century^[4] or the early 19th century^[2] by bakers repurposing scraps and crumbs by sweetening them with syrup. One story ascribes the invention of the stroopwafel to the baker Gerard Kamphuisen, which would date the first stroopwafels from somewhere between 1810, the year he opened his bakery, and 1840, the year of the oldest known recipe for syrup waffles.^[2] Stroopwafels were not found outside Gouda until 1870, by which point the city was home to around 100 syrup-waffle bakers.^{[citation needed]}

After 1870 stroopwafels began to appear in other cities, and in the 20th century, factory-made stroopwafels were introduced. By 1960, there were 17 factories in Gouda alone, of which four are still open.^[2] Today, stroopwafels are sold at markets, by street vendors, and in supermarkets, and since 2016 United Airlines has been serving stroopwafels as a breakfast snack on its domestic flights.^[5][b]

As a former Dutch colony, Indonesia also inherited the dish. It is locally known as wafel setrop or wafel sirop and is often eaten with sweet dressings such as honey and sirop.^{[citation needed]}

Variants[]

Cookies similar to the stroopwafel may be found in parts of the Netherlands. Wafers with honey instead of syrup are sold as honingwafels, and cookies with a caramel syrup are sold as stroopkoeken. Crumbs of stroopwafels (trimmings from manufacturing) are also sold in candy cones.^{[citation needed]}

A thin wafer with a sugar filling is widely known in northern France, particularly in Lille. This local waffle is known as the "gaufre fourrée lilloise", which consists of two thin wafer waffles filled with cassonade sugar and vanilla. A recipe for such a waffle with vanilla filling first appeared in 1849, in the workshop of the renowned patisserie, Maison Méert, from Lille. Waffles with a filling date back to the Middle Ages, as the famous guidebook for married women, Le Ménagier de Paris, compiled in 1393, already includes recipes of waffles with a cheese filling.

Gallery[]

Popular culture[]

In a September 2017 episode of the Great British Bake Off, the contestants had to make stroopwafels, but most failed in what some called the worst technical challenge in the show's history.^[9]

See also[]

• Freska – an Egyptian wafer with honey syrup filling
• IJzerkoekje – Soft cookie from the Netherlands baked on a checkered iron plate

Notes and references[]

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External links[]

Look up stroopwafel in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

• How stroopwafels are made. (video), schepsbakeries.com
• Dutch Stroopwafels (recipe), dianasdesserts.com
• Association of Stroopwafel Addicts at Meta-Wiki