# waffles -- need answer fast please

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waffles-need-answer-fast-please/584924>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 10, 2011, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waffles-need-answer-fast-please/584924 "2011-06-10T00:53:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![xoferew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/e9a140/32.png) [@xoferew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xoferew)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waffles-need-answer-fast-please/584924/1 "2011-06-10T00:53:19Z")

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I’m making waffles with my preschool class tomorrow, and it’s been awhile since I fired up the waffle iron. I’m looking at various recipes on the internet and they generally agree that 2 cups of flour results in 6 waffles. But waffle irons are either a circle or square divided into fourths. So does 6 waffles refer to the whole circle, or a fourth? I THINK that last time I quadrupled the recipe and ended up with plenty of extra waffles but not an unimaginably ridiculous number. More like a just-barely-consumable-by-me amount. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![runcible\_spoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc29f/32.png) [@runcible\_spoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/runcible_spoon)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waffles-need-answer-fast-please/584924/2 "2011-06-10T02:12:35Z")

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I’ve never heard anyone refer to just the fourth as a waffle. FWIW.

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**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waffles-need-answer-fast-please/584924/3 "2011-06-10T02:22:33Z")

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I believe it’s safe to assume that 1 waffle = whole circle/square thing.

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**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waffles-need-answer-fast-please/584924/4 "2011-06-10T02:29:28Z")

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I have a Belgium waffle maker that makes two square waffles at a time. The recipes make at least 2x as many waffles as they suggest, leading me to believe that the majority of recipes assume your waffle maker produces great big circle waffles. If your waffle maker makes 4 squares instead, it’s probably equivalent to a big circle.

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**Author:** ![xoferew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/e9a140/32.png) [@xoferew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xoferew)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waffles-need-answer-fast-please/584924/5 "2011-06-10T02:51:56Z")

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Okay so 6 waffles would actually be 24 small squares, right? (My waffle iron is square.) Sounds like I should double rather than quadruple. 17 4 year olds and 3 adults can’t eat 96 waffle squares. Thanks for the input!