Mickey Turkey Waffle

Makes about 8 Mickey waffles

Ingredients:

WAFFLES

• 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 ¾ cups milk
• 2 eggs, separated
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil

TOPPINGS

• Pineapple slices cut into triangles (1″ wide x 2″ tall)
• Cantaloupe slices cut into triangles (1″ wide x 2″ tall)
• Cranberries, washed
• Blueberries, washed
• Toothpicks

Instructions:

1. Mix batter – Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Whisk milk, egg yolks, and oil in a medium bowl. Whisk milk mixture into dry ingredients until dry ingredients are moistened. Do not overmix.
   
   
2. Whisk egg whites – Using a stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, beat egg whites on medium-high speed until stiff. Fold egg whites into batter.
   
   
3. Bake waffles – Preheat waffle maker. Pour ½ cup of batter into a Mickey waffle iron. Spread carefully. Close the top of the waffle maker and bake until golden, about 3 minutes.
   
   
4. Create feathers – Beginning below the ears, arrange five pineapple feathers. I like to use between 2 and 5 triangles depending on the size of the feather. Repeat process with 4 cantaloupe feathers in between pineapple feathers. See photos below for details.
   
   
5. Add cranberry sticks – Lace 4-5 whole fresh cranberries on toothpicks. Make 8 cranberry sticks and arrange them in between each feather.
   
   
6. Make hat – Make blueberry sticks using toothpicks. You will need one with 5 blueberries for the hat brim and 3 with 4 blueberries each for the top of the hat. Secure the ends of the smaller blueberry sticks into the brim. See photo. To secure, drive a toothpick through the top of the hat. Set atop Mickey’s head. Cut a buckle out of a thin slice of pineapple and cut a rectangle out of the center. Set over the brim.
   
   
7. Serve with maple syrup and whipped cream.