International Waffle Day - Mar. 25th; Chef Alex Guarnaschelli

Chef Alex Guarnaschelli

Alex Guarnaschelli is an Iron Chef on Iron Chef America and cookbook author (Old-School Comfort Food). She got her start with food watching her mother, a cookbook editor, testing recipes. She’s worked in New York, LA, and in France, and is the executive chef at Butter in NYC.

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March 25th is International Waffle Day. This is a Swedish tradition, though it has spread out into the rest of the world. My daughter has come up with a waffle breakfast sandwich that would probably appeal to lots of kids.

Waffle Pancake Sandwiches

1 Eggo mini waffle "slice" (4 mini waffles)

4 Eggo mini pancakes (or 4 homemade silver dollar pancakes)

4 tsp. peanut butter with mini chocolate chips*

Lightly toast the waffles and pull apart. Thaw mini pancakes in the microwave (about 25 seconds). Put a dollop of the peanut butter mixture on the waffles and top with a mini pancake.

* We keep a container of peanut butter and mini chocolate chips mixed together; she eats this on several things, so it just makes sense to have some on hand. Mini chips work best, but regular chips can be used, too.

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