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- That thing's too good for me to eat alone.
It's a together breakfast.
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It's not exactly healthy, but it's in a stack,
so I guess you could say it's a balanced breakfast.
- [Babish] Hey, what's up guys,
welcome back to Binging with Babish
where this week we're taking a look
at the together breakfast from Steven Universe.
First up for the accurate version,
I have some toaster waffles headed out the toaster
an offensively named brand of crappy maple syrup,
drizzled liberally over top,
some microwave popcorn sniffed
because I can't really help myself
when I make popcorn I have to smell it,
and scattered on top of and around the waffles.
And honestly, I think this is pretty good idea.
I think it's going to bring some crunch
to what's normally a pretty soggy waffle situation,
an extra drizzle of maple flavored corn syrup,
a generous spraying of canned with cream.
And after some careful contemplation
a strategically placed strawberry.
And there you have it, Stephen's together breakfast,
which contrary to its name
and intended purpose I'm going to eat it alone.
And as you can probably guess not so great.
The waffles are dry and tough.
The syrup tastes like sugar chemicals
and the popcorn brings some nice texture
but it needs more flavor.
So I think that there are a few ways that we're going
to be able to improve this together breakfast.
First off, of course, we got to do homemade waffles
and I'm going to try out yeasted waffles
because I've never made them and they sound fun.
First off I'm beating together two eggs
with a teaspoon of vanilla setting that aside
and in a large bowl, combining 240 grams
of all purpose flour, one tablespoon each
sugar and corn meal, one teaspoon kosher salt,
and two teaspoons of dry active yeast.
Tiny whisk until a homogeneous.
And then over on the stove top
I've got two cups of whole milk
and one stick or four ounces of unsalted butter
that I have heated to 105 degrees Fahrenheit
or just warm enough to activate our yeast.
So we're going to add that to our dry ingredients
and gently fold them together.
And halfway through mixing,
we're going to add our beaten egg and vanilla mixture
and then gently folding everything together
until still lumpy, but no streaks of egg remain.
And then since this is being leavened by yeast
instead of baking powder or baking soda
we're gonna let this guy sit out at room temperature
for one hour or until about doubled in size.
Then optionally, you can let this guy chill
out in the fridge overnight to develop its flavor.
Next up, we must address our popped corn.
I'm going to make some on the stove top
by heating three tablespoons of coconut oil
over medium high heat in a large stock pot
with two or three kernels.
Once one of them pops, we're going to take it
off the heat add 1/3 cup of un-popped popcorn,
cover them up and let those come up to temperature
off the heat for about 30 seconds.
This is going to help them heat up
more evenly and prevent scorching.
Once 30 seconds are up, place it back over medium high heat
and shake constantly using this opportunity
to make funny faces at the camera, gross.
Killing the heat and removing the lid
once you hear less than one or two pops per second
or as we call it, the industry PPS.
Evacuate the popped corn out into a large bowl,
and then we're gonna make something
that I've been looking forward to all week,
a maple caramel popcorn to accompany our waffles.
To make the caramel in a medium sauce pan
I'm combining half a cup each brown sugar and maple syrup,
six tablespoons of unsalted butter,
and three tablespoons of water.
Cooking that over medium high heat for about 10 minutes
until it reaches 240 degrees Fahrenheit.
At which point we're going to add 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
and 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract.
Mix that until combined and then immediately pour
over the awaiting popcorn, folding over
to evenly coat the popcorn, as soon as you possibly can
before the caramel starts to set,
as you can see, I waited a little bit too long
so I didn't get super even coverage,
but we still got some pretty nice looking caramel corn,
which we're going to spread out evenly
on a parchment lined baking sheet
and place in a preheated 300 degree Fahrenheit oven
for about 20 to 25 minutes, rotating halfway through
Then all there is left to do is let it cool completely
and break it up into individual pieces.
And this has gotta be the best
caramel popcorn I've ever had.
Not only is the maple really nice,
but the baking soda makes the caramel
super light and fragile, so it's not chewy,
it just dissolves.
So now it's time to try it with some waffles.
We're gonna prepare our waffles in compliance
with the waffle iron manufacturer's specified instructions.
In my case, cooking a heaping 1/3 cup
for five to seven minutes.
Removing with lightly golden brown
and keeping warm in a 250 degree Fahrenheit oven
on a rack set in a rimmed baking sheet.
Now, alls we gotta do is make some whipped cream.
You can just whip together some sugar and cream by hand
or if you have a whipped cream siphon like this one
you can combine two tablespoons of powdered sugar
with one cup of heavy cream,
charge it with CO2, give it a shake,
and you're off to the races.
Finally, to assemble, we're going to pile our waffles
into a proud stack, festoon them generously
with caramel corn, drench them mercilessly
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hit it with a big old dollop of homemade whipped cream
on top of which we're going to gingerly
perch our lone strawberry.
And there you have it, the Babishian together breakfast,
which is pretty good.
The waffles are super light and fluffy and Lacey.
The caramel corn is delicious,
and real maple syrup always tastes better,
but all together I do think
it's a little bit overwhelming.
As much as I appreciate Steven's enthusiasm
for breakfasts that bring people together,
I do think I have a better use for this caramel popcorn
and that is to mix it with some cheddar popcorn.
We're just applying a whole bunch of yellow cheddar powder
as soon as the popcorn is popped,
otherwise it will not stick, a few generous pinches
of kosher salt and toss together to coat.
Then we're going to add the caramel popcorn
and this might sound strange at first to the uninitiated
but if you've ever had a layover in O'Hare,
you know that a giant tin of this stuff
is how you get people together.
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