Food Friday: Waffled Hashed Browns

That Belgian waffle maker we purchased at Deseret Industries, or maybe Goodwill Industries, when we first arrived in the mission almost two years ago, has been a great treat-maker for us, but mostly for Dear One. He LOVES waffles and maple syrup...the real maple syrup, though.  We ate up all the Vermont maple syrup we brought with us pretty soon after our arrival.  Now we use maple syrup from Costco.  We are hoping this will be a good sugaring season so there will be plenty when we arrive in Vermont come summer.

So, back to the waffle iron...we have tried a variety of foods in the waffle maker.  The most recent was hashed browns.  They worked pretty well.

What I did:  scrubbed a large russet baking potato then used the julienne cutter that Elder and Sister C gave us  soon after they came into the mission office.  It works great!!  For so many things!

After making a large pile of julienned potatoes, I sprayed the hot waffle iron with vegetable oil spray then put the shredded potatoes into each of the wells in the waffle maker and shut the cover. I let them cook for 4 minutes then checked them.  They looked pretty good but, knowing the texture Dear One likes, I let them go a couple more minutes.  Since they had looked a little dry, I put a pat of butter on top of each one before lowering the lid again. 

After that two minutes, I served them.  He liked them.  Well, how bad could somewhat crispy buttery potatoes be?!

Next time I think I will have a bite or two.