Well tried the waffle plates this morning, and am a bit dissapointed. The waffle plates are too shallow, and the lid too heavy, so you get very thin and flat waffles.
I am working on a solution! After eating our waffle "cookies" (they were tasty but crunchy!) I looked at the machine and channeled Alton Brown. Ah ha, i had it, I took two chopsticks and layed them on the two sides of the bottom grill plates on the raised edge, this kept the lid slightly raised creating a little thicker waffle, about the thickness of an eggo, good enough for me, as I don't make waffles enough to warrant a waffle maker.
Here is a picture of the first batch of waffles before the chop stick trick.
MAC