I Love: Waffles

When I was growing up, we did not own a waffle iron. Oh, sure, we had pancakes, french toast, cinnamon toast and all manner of sugar cereals. It's not as if we were deprived. But, waffles became the novelty breakfast item for me. The only time I got to eat them was when I slept over at my best friend's house. Every time her mother asked us what we wanted for breakfast, I requested waffles. To this day, one of my favorite wedding gifts is still a heart shaped waffle iron we received (I use it for special occasions, we've since added a Belgium waffle maker too).

Recently, my friend Deanne gave me the best waffle recipe ever:

1/4 c. walnuts or pecans
2 c. vanilla soy milk
2 eggs
1 small apple, peeled and cored
1 tbsp. honey
1 tbsp. canola oil

Place walnuts in a blender on high speed until flour-like. Add milk, eggs, apple, honey and oil. Blend on medium speed for two minutes. Meanwhile, preheat the waffle iron and mix the following in a large bowl:

2 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking powder

Add wet mixture to the dry mixture and mix well. Use about 3/4 cups batter for each waffle. Makes about 6 Belgium waffles.

You can top them however you want, but, my recommendation is honey and cinnamon. Delish! Now, go make waffles for dinner.