Stroopwafels (Tea Waffles / Cookies)

Cookies: (all ingredients should be at the same temperature, ideally room temperature). Makes at least 45 cookies.

1. Heat in the microwave: 60 ml fresh milk and 250 g butter.
2. Then mix the well-melted butter with: 4 1/2 tsp yeast, 500 g flour, 150 g sugar, 1 egg, cinnamon and nutmeg. Knead well into a sticky dough.
3. Leave to rest in the fridge for 30-60 minutes. The dough will not rise — it should stay as it was. Make balls about 5 cm. Place them in the waffle iron and press. Cook until golden (about 1 minute). Take a non-serrated knife and split the waffles in half while still warm.

Caramel Corn Syrup (I need a 2/3 batch): In a pot, over low heat: 60 (40) ml dark corn syrup, 85 (56) g brown sugar, 99 (66) g butter cut into small cubes so it melts faster, 1 (2/3) tsp cinnamon. As soon as it melts, remove from heat. If overcooked it will become hard, which is bad. (This video shows how to make them. I don't use their recipe, but the method is the same.)

OR — Caramel Cream Syrup: For the caramel syrup: 500 g sugar, 75 ml liquid animal cream, 75 g molasses, cinnamon, 225 g butter. For the caramel sauce, heat a deep long-handled pot well. Caramelize the sugar, adding it little by little and swirling the pot. Separately warm the cream together with the molasses. Add them to the caramelized sugar. Be careful, the mixture will start to bubble strongly. As soon as the mixture stops boiling strongly, take the pot off the heat. Add the butter and stir. Add the cinnamon and leave the sauce to cool. (https://www.24kitchen.bg/recipe/siropirani-vafli)

OR — Honey Syrup (I need a 1/3 batch): 1 ½ cups honey, 200 g brown sugar, 50 g butter, 1 teaspoon cinnamon. Meanwhile prepare the cream: heat the honey, brown sugar, the remaining butter and the cinnamon. Heat the mixture slowly, over moderate temperature. When all ingredients are homogenized, remove the pot from the heat.