Cleaning a waffle iron... after you make cinnamon rolls on it.

I don't have a pinspiration for the cleaning part. If you're on Pinterest, you've probably seen the post that says you can cook cinnamon rolls in a waffle iron.

I'm here to tell you not to. Especially if your waffle iron doesn't have removable plates. Which means you can't soak/submerge it.

I had to learn this lesson the hard way. Usually to clean my waffle iron, I wipe it with a damp cloth. I always spray with Pam before I make waffles, so there's never anything crusted on. Sometimes I will spray it with water to let it soak a little.

But this didn't work. There was cinnamon crusted in every nook and cranny of the waffle iron.

So I asked the wonderful woman over at UFYH: http://unfuckyourhabitat.tumblr.com/. And she gave me this advice:
Toothbrush, paper towels, and patience. :-) And highest heat to kill anything yucky.

Toothbrush. Duh.

That's about halfway clean. You can see the difference. I used one of the crappy toothbrushes I got from the dentist that I would never actually use to brush my teeth.

Sooooooooooooooo, so much better!