Sift flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder together. Beat egg yolks, add milk and melted shortening. Pour into dry ingredients and beat until smooth. Beat egg whites until stiff. Fold into flour mixture. Yields about 6 waffles.
This is the basic recipe Mom uses but it never turns out exactly the same because she varies the ingredients depending on what she has on hand or on how creative she decided to be. She also often uses any left over dough as the basis for bread. DLL
Beat egg very slightly, add sugar, salt and then milk and flour alternately. Let stand 1 hour. Heat fat to 365 degrees. Dip mold into fat, let drain briefly and then dip into batter. Dip into fat and fry 50 seconds or so until light brown and waffle falls off mold. Turn to brown other side. Drain on paper and sift on powdered sugar.
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