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    8 Ways to Use Up Buttermilk

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    Aretha Frankenstein's Waffles of Insane Greatness
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    Serves 2-4
    3/4 cup all-purpose flour
    1/4 cup cornstarch
    1/2 teaspoon baking powder
    ... more 
    Photo by: James Ransom
    Aretha Frankenstein's Waffles of Insane Greatness
    Save and print this recipe on FOOD52.

    Serves 2-4
    3/4 cup all-purpose flour
    1/4 cup cornstarch
    1/2 teaspoon baking powder
    1/4 teaspoon baking soda
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    1 cup whole milk or buttermilk (or a combination)
    1/3 cup vegetable oil or melted butter
    1 egg
    1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
    3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
    Butter and pure maple syrup, for serving

    1. In a medium bowl, combine the flour, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; mix well. Add the milk, vegetable oil, egg, sugar and vanilla and mix well. Let the batter sit for 30 minutes.
    2. Heat a waffle iron. Follow the directions on your waffle iron to cook the waffles. Serve immediately with butter and pure maple syrup or hold in a 200 degree oven, directly on the rack (don't stack them or they'll get soggy). less 
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    We get it. You bought that carton of buttermilk, maybe, to make pancakes on Sunday morning. Maybe you baked a cake; maybe you made biscuits. For whatever reason, you have that carton in your fridge, and the expiration date is inching closer, and, like a responsible cook, you want to put it to use. Here are eight of our favorite recipes that use buttermilk -- eight recipes to try, and eight ways to make the game of using-up-what's-left-in-the-fridge fun and delicious.

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