When we go to a street market, the girls always ask to get
stroopwafels (syrup waffles). I was thrilled when the AWC offered a tour of a
bakery in Gouda that makes one of our favorite Dutch treats. First, we made our own
stroopwafel from an already-prepared dough; it took me two tries to be able to cut the thin waffle lengthwise to be able to put syrup on. Then, we watched the automated system in progress that cranks out 2,500
stroopwafels per hour for five hours daily. Once the waffles cook, they are lifted off the grills by the strange red suction cups above to be cut in perfect circles and sliced open.
This machine lifts off the top, squirts on the syrup and replaces the top. The last machine then cools the waffles before sending them to be packaged, which is done by a human at the end of the assembly line. These delicious
stroopwafels are preservative-free, unlike the ones sold in grocery stores throughout Holland and in Trader Joe’s in the US.
When we go to a street market, the girls always ask to get stroopwafels (syrup waffles). I was thrilled when the AWC offered a tour of a bakery in Gouda that makes one of our favorite Dutch treats. First, we made our own stroopwafel from an already-prepared dough; it took me two tries to be able to cut the thin waffle lengthwise to be able to put syrup on. Then, we watched the automated system in progress that cranks out 2,500 stroopwafels per hour for five hours daily. Once the waffles cook, they are lifted off the grills by the strange red suction cups above to be cut in perfect circles and sliced open.
This machine lifts off the top, squirts on the syrup and replaces the top. The last machine then cools the waffles before sending them to be packaged, which is done by a human at the end of the assembly line. These delicious stroopwafels are preservative-free, unlike the ones sold in grocery stores throughout Holland and in Trader Joe’s in the US.
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