Pizza Waffles - ACTIVATE!

Take two of life's most delicious things and put them together. I am inspired by Superfriend's Wonder Twins, Zan and Jayna (those of you who are of my age demographic). Zan could tranform himself into any form of water, and Jayna could become any animal she chose. All they had to do was touch their rings together and say 'Wonder Twins Power Activate!' Let's say Zan takes the form of the waffle and Jayna becomes the Pizza, i.e. Parmesan, pepperoni and fresh mozzarella.
Activate your waffle iron and you have one serious dinner to contend with. These two must share a telepathic link, because they enabled me when I was in dire hunger.

Instructions:

Basic Yeast Batter

1 ½ cup milk

8 T butter

½ cup warm water

1 pkg dry yeast

2 1/3 cup all purpose flour

½ tsp salt

1 T sugar

2 large eggs

¼ tsp baking soda

Place the milk and butter in a small pan over medium heat until the butter has melted. In a liquid measuring cup, place the warm water, sugar and yeast. Stir to combine and let sit for ten (10) minutes. Combine the flour and salt. Add the milk/butter mixture. Stir in the yeast mixture. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and let sit at room temperature for 1 ½ hours. The mixture will bubble. Remove the plastic wrap and stir in eggs and baking soda.

Pizza Waffles

1 ½ cup diced pepperoni

1 cup shredded parmesan cheese (plus more for garnishing)

2/3 cup fresh diced mozzarella cheese

1 recipe Basic Yeast Batter

For the waffles, stir pepperoni, parmesan and mozzarella cheese into batter. Pour batter into waffle iron and bake until brown. Transfer onto a rack in the oven that has been preheated to 200 degrees to keep them crisp if necessary.

Serve with tomato-basil sauce (recipe below) and Parmesan cheese

Tomato-Basil Sauce

1 15 oz. can tomato sauce

1 tsp. dried oregano

1/2 tsp. dried basil

1/2 tsp. dried marjoram

1/4 tsp garlic salt

Place all the ingredients into a small saucepan, bring to a simmer and turn off the heat.  Let sit for one hour to let the flavors meld.  Serve with the pizza waffles