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Sweet Milk Homemade Waffles Recipe

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Sweet Milk Homemade Waffles Recipe - so delicious and easy to make. Nothing tastes better than from Scratch! happymoneysaver.com

I am finally getting around to making another recipe from my Great-Grandmother’s Old Recipe Box.  In the box I found 3 different homemade waffles recipes.  Hmmm… which one to choose?? Decisions, decisions.

I really really wanted to make this one.

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But I couldn’t for the life of me figure out what “ZO” is. Or maybe it’s “go.”  Zuchinni oil?  Zebra ointment? Was it some kind of name brand product they had back then? If you DO know what that is…you seriously need to stop what you are doing and leave a comment on this post. I am desperate here…It’s killing me that I don’t know what it is.

This was the second waffle recipe in the box – Sour Milk Waffles.

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Ummm… and just who has sour milk hanging around? It’s you homesteaders with a dairy cow or goat, that’s who. You all should try that one out and let me know how it tastes. And let me know if you get diarrhea too. Hee hee.

I decided to go with the Sweet Milk Homemade Waffles recipe.

Sweet Milk Homemade Waffles Recipe - so delicious and easy to make. Nothing tastes better than from Scratch! happymoneysaver.com

The problem? I didn’t have pastry flour.

So I googled and found that to make 2 cups of pastry flour you take 1 1/3 cups all purpose flour + add in 2/3 cup of cake flour.

Ah man! I didn’t have cake flour either. Dang.  So I Googled again…

To make cake flour:  add 2 Tablespoons of cornstarch to a 1 cup measuring cup, then fill the rest of the cup with flour.

I realized this was possible after all.

So I made the cake flour, sifted & mixed it together, then measured out 2/3 cup. Next I  added 1 1/3 cup all purpose flour to my mixing bowl. Now we have our 2 cups of Pastry flour.  Whew..that was a lot of work!

Making sweet milk waffles

And I may have made a huge mess of the flour too. That’s just the kind of cook I am. Things like flour just seem to explode around me.

Flour sifter

Next it said to sift the dry ingredients. So I busted out my antique sifter and had a blast. I just love using my old antique tools. It’s fun.

Poured the milk into the bowl.

Sweet Milk Waffle recipe

Then separated the yolks from the whites and added in the yolks to the dry ingredients.

It said next to fold in the egg whites beaten stiff.

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So I took out my other cool old hand mixer/ egg beater, which works so incredibly well for getting the eggs stiff. I have used it many times before and I honestly think that it’s faster than my kitchen aid for mixing eggs.

beating egg whites

Egg whites to stiff peaks stage

To know if your eggs are beaten enough you should have some nice stiff peaks when you remove the beaters.

Fold your egg whites in gently

Fold the beaten egg whites gently into the batter, then add in the melted real butter. Now the batter is ready.

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I crossed my fingers and scooped about a cup’s worth of batter and added it to my hot waffle maker.

Sweet Milk Waffles

Cooked till they were done, and.. the homemade waffles recipe turned out BEAUTIFUL! Plus the taste was out of this world. I am not kidding.

Deeee-lish.

Add in some butter and syrup..and it’s heaven.

Sweet Milk Waffle Recipe - so delicious and easy to make. Nothing tastes better than from Scratch! happymoneysaver.com

I will now have the super power to “WOW” all my kids friends in the morning after they have sleepovers… muhahahaha….  Hope you enjoy it too!

Sweet Milk Waffle Recipe - so delicious and easy to make. Nothing tastes better than from Scratch! happymoneysaver.com

Sweet Milk Homemade Waffles Recipe

An old recipe from my Great-Grandmother's old recipe box called Sweet Milk Waffles. The taste and texture are like none else. Traditional and made from scratch.
5 from 3 votes
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Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Keyword: waffles
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 2 -3 waffles
Calories: 696kcal
Author: Karrie

Ingredients

  • 2 cups Pastry Flour
  • 3 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1 tbsp Sugar
  • 1 1/4 cup Milk
  • 2 Eggs Yokes & Whites separated
  • 2 tbsp Melted Butter
US Customary - Metric

Instructions

  • Mix and sift dry ingredients. Add milk gradually and add egg yoke, well beaten. Fold in whites of eggs beaten stiff. Then add in melted butter.
  • Pour batter into heated waffle maker and cook till golden.

Nutrition

Serving: 1waffle | Calories: 696kcal | Carbohydrates: 103g | Protein: 26g | Fat: 23g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Cholesterol: 209mg | Sodium: 820mg | Potassium: 1455mg | Fiber: 13g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 840IU | Calcium: 563mg | Iron: 5.7mg

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August 7, 2013
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Comments

  1. Amy says

    June 11, 2017 at 5:57 am

    I honestly can’t tell you what Zo is in that recipe.
    However, looking over the recipe it is some form of leavening agent because the recipe doesn’t have one and all waffle recipes require one.

    Reply
  2. Karen says

    May 9, 2017 at 11:06 pm

    Zo was a cereal produced in the 30’s. Previously marketed as Pep, Kellogg lost the rights to continue with that name and renamed it Zo. I think it’s Greek for life.

    Reply
  3. Linda Wright says

    April 20, 2017 at 10:17 am

    Do you know if she used agave? It looks to me like gregg shorthand for the word agave. It isn’t exact but my mother used shorthand and I know over time little alterations take place.

    Reply
  4. Annie says

    February 24, 2017 at 11:40 am

    I believe it is NuttZo, which is an organic 7-nut and seed butter, which was used in many recipes and got its start in Pennsylvania.

    Reply
  5. Yamirka says

    August 10, 2016 at 4:16 pm

    I guess you can replace the zo with wheat germ.

    Reply
  6. Cheryl says

    January 28, 2016 at 5:54 pm

    I’m thinking grapeseed oil

    Reply
  7. Carol says

    November 15, 2015 at 1:33 am

    Could “ZO” possibly be short for Matzo mix or Matzo meal? I have seen recipes for pancakes and waffles which contain Matzo mix. Ground matzo (unleavened bread), generally available in fine and medium grain.

    Reply
  8. Dawnie says

    September 28, 2015 at 9:53 pm

    Hi Karrie,
    I hope you figured out the “zo” mystery. I do have a question regarding the waffles and the freezing and reheating part. Do you need to cool them before freezing? Also what’s the preferred reheat method? I’m new to this freeze ahead meal stuff, but intrigued as I have recently started working from home. Thanks for any and all tips!

    Reply
    • Happy.MoneySaver says

      September 29, 2015 at 7:59 am

      Hi Dawnie,
      Yes, I like to cool my waffles enough so that they don’t heat up my freezer. My kids usually end up throwing them in the microwave or in the toaster. I prefer the toaster because I like a little crunch to my waffle.

      Reply
      • Luci says

        June 11, 2018 at 7:32 am

        I reheat my waffles in the original waffle iron. They heat evenly and much better than in microwave, in my opinion.

  9. Jessica Fields says

    August 15, 2015 at 5:08 pm

    It could be jo, as in a cup of jo (coffee), my mom use to add it to her waffles

    Reply
  10. Sarah says

    April 3, 2015 at 8:49 am

    My grandmother use to talk about a recipe she had that she loved and wished she could make now for us to try, but couldn’t. It contained the ZO cereal as one of the ingredients, and she would tell us of how it was so simple, you just mix the dry ingredients and then add in the cereal and wet items and fry it on the stove. She loved the taste and the ZO gave it all “the extra goodness”. It was really popular when she was young, so maybe that is what she had in mind.

    Reply
  11. Jennifer says

    November 4, 2014 at 10:27 am

    Azo is a brand, it probably is calling for corn starch, or another dough conditioner of that brand

    Reply
  12. Andrea says

    September 13, 2014 at 5:12 pm

    ZO is a cereal. Check it out http://www.mrbreakfast.com/cereal_detail.asp?id=1360

    Reply
  13. Beth says

    August 30, 2014 at 11:29 pm

    5 stars
    I found your blog on Pinterest looking for Freezer Meals and started to cruise around your blog for other recipes. Found this one…saw all the recipes for waffles. I have to agree with some other people it’s not “zo” it’s “go”. So, I would say it’s ground oats. Which would make sense. I guess it wouldn’t hurt to try the recipe with ground oats!

    There is nothing better than Grandma’s Recipes. I have tons of my grandma’s and love making them. Plus, I have some from Great Great Aunts and Great Great Grandma’s. So fun!

    Reply
  14. Jane says

    August 30, 2014 at 11:15 am

    How about H20?… water!

    Reply
  15. Sarah says

    August 22, 2014 at 1:59 pm

    I believe it is ground oat ,, as u notice all recipes have 2 cups flower except this one 1.5 cups flower and i believe compensated by oats or could be cereal type if it is meant to be nutritive

    azo was a type of margarine in old days .,but then it would be too much fat and should be added in the end

    Also dunt believe it is somekind of yeast there is already baking soda

    I noticed the sour milk conversation in the middle .. Check this article really nice with substitutions : http://allrecipes.com/howto/common-ingredient-substitutions/

    P.s. i just came across your blog today as a serach result for cookies recipe .. i eill try it .. I spent almost 4 hours on ur blog and it is amazing 🙂 keep going

    Greetings from egypt 🙂

    Reply
  16. Kelly says

    May 11, 2014 at 2:48 am

    Perhaps it’s not a “G” or a “Z” at all. Perhaps it’s a “V” for vegetable oil.

    Reply
  17. Sherre says

    March 25, 2014 at 6:10 pm

    I was thinking it might be Argo cornstarch as well. Perhaps “go” was an abbreviation for the time!

    Reply
  18. Amy Riger says

    March 20, 2014 at 8:52 am

    For ease of making your version with regular flour and cornstarch- it ends up being:
    2 1/3 cups all purpose flour +
    2 Tablespoons of cornstarch

    🙂

    Reply
  19. Leah says

    January 31, 2014 at 8:45 pm

    Hi karrie. Just reading your recipes and the dilemma of those two letters. To me it looks like a ‘go’ so I have to agree with Chris in the earlier comment, it would mean ground oats. I just think when most recipes are written, ingredients are listed in order of preparation, so dry oats would be listed in the dry section. Hope it helps, but you could always just try it and maybe solve the mystery.

    Reply
  20. Cynthia McDaniel says

    January 10, 2014 at 4:02 am

    Never mind, i’m sorry I did not see the melted butter on the card. It was a good ole collage try anyways!!!

    Reply
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