Belgian Waffles

These are everyone's favorite waffles in our house.  Crispy on the outside and nice and airy on the inside. I use the base recipe and make a lot of different types, such as, mini chocolate chip and/or with chopped walnuts or plain topped with caramelized apples(brown sugar and cinnamon) or with grilled peaches, pecans and warm maple syrup, etc... you get the idea.   This recipe is very versatile, have fun with it. ​
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Ingredients:
2 ½ tsp dry yeast
1/3 cup warm water (between 105 and 110 degrees)
3 tbsps sugar
3 cups 1% milk
½ cup melted butter or cold pressed unrefined coconut oil(melted)
1 tsp vanilla
3 Eggs separated
3 cups flour
1/3 tsp salt

Directions:
Pour the warm water in a large bowl(make sure it’s not too hot), add yeast and 1 tbsp sugar.  Let stand.  Gently heat the butter or oil until melted.  Once the yeast has bloomed, add milk, egg yolks and vanilla.  Whisk until incorporated.  Sift in flour 1/3 of the flour, whisk until combined, add the melted butter/oil,  sift in the rest of the flour and salt.  Gently whisk it all in.   Take the Egg whites and using a mixer(hand held electric or stand mixer) and whip the eggs until they are almost stiff.  Fold the whites in to the batter.   Let stand for 30 minutes.   Heat your Belgian waffle Iron and pour just enough batter in that it fills the corners without overflowing after closed.  (Each waffle iron varies, so you’ll have to play around a little bit).