Awesome waffle recipe

[eruthros]

For my own reference, or yours if you have a waffle maker, a great waffle recipe that is nutritious AND tasty:



2 eggs, beaten
1.75 cup milk
.25 cup oil/butter and .25 cup unsweetened applesauce/pureed pumpkin OR 6 tb applesauce/pumpking 2 tb oil/butter OR .5 cup applesauce/pumpkin
vanilla extract to taste

1.25 cups whole wheat pastry flour
.5 cups flax seed meal
.24 cups wheat germ
4 ts baking powder
1 tb sugar
.25 ts salt

Mix wet ingredients until well blended. Mix dry ingredients in separate bowl. Beat dry ingredients into wet until smooth. Cook in waffle iron. TASTY.

It makes about five waffles but, if you're me, the first waffle is always ruined.



I had them with yogurt and raspberry sauce, made with frozen raspberries. Which I have leftovers of, clearly requiring me to purchase vanilla ice cream.



1 bag frozen raspberries, thawed
.5 cup white/turbinado sugar
dash of orange juice (probably about 2 tb)
Two spoonfuls (approx 2 tb) of corn starch completed blended in about .5 cups of cold water

Put ingredients in saucepan and slowly bring to a boil. Stir while it boils until it's as thick as you like it. Cool slightly before serving. Possibly eat with spoon -- who needs a waffle?

Comments

[redbyrd-sgfic.livejournal.com]

But, will they still be healthy when dripping with butter and maple syrup? And what are the chances if I had waffles I'd stick to healthy toppings? (Answer: very, very small.)

Sounds delicious though!

[eruthros]

Well, I eat them with raspberry sauce (only a little sugary!) and with yogurt, which I use in place of whipping cream. It adds flavor AND protein. Also I think it's really tasty. :)

They would still be healthier than waffles made with butter and white flour, if you topped them with the same things, so you could still call it a win!

[redbyrd-sgfic.livejournal.com]

True. But then I start thinking about butter, maple syrup, whipped cream and chocolate chips.... still I may have to try it. :)

[usernamenumber.livejournal.com]

Having trouble parsing: ".25 cup oil/butter and .25 cup unsweetened applesauce/pureed pumpkin OR 6 tb applesauce/pumpking 2 tb oil/butter OR .5 cup applesauce/pumpkin"

Is that intended to mean any one of:

(.25 cup oil/butter AND 25 cup unsweetened applesauce/pureed pumpkin)
OR
(2tb oil/butter AND 6 tb applesauce/pumpkin)
OR
(.5 cup applesauce/pumpkin)

If so, any suggestions for picking one? I am tempted to try this despite knowing bugger all about cooking, but I have no frame of reference for making a selection from among these choices. Similarly, I have no idea what "to taste" would mean for me re: vanilla extract. What amount translates to "I like vanilla just fine"? =:)

Thanks!

[eruthros]

Ah! Sorry -- it is intended to mean "any one of," and probably would have benefited from parentheses. Oil and unsweetened applesauce or pureed pumpkin do many of the same things to the texture of anything baked, so you can substitute one for the other and come out with a similar product, with some texture and flavor variations. If you're concerned about fat in your diet, then you should go for the all-applesauce or all-purreed pumpkin options. If you're not, then the half-and-half approach is likely to be tastier and fluffier in texture, and will require less watching-while-it-cooks -- the canola oil or butter in it helps it not stick. Does that help?

"Vanilla to taste" usually means about 1 ts of vanilla extract.

They're pretty easy and definitely tasty!