Sunday, November 3, 2013

Buckwheat Gingerbread Waffles

3 cups buckwheat flour
4 tsp baking powder
pinch or so of salt
2 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp ginger
1 tsp nutmeg
1/2 cup (8 oz) butter or margarine, melted
4 eggs
2/3 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 cups milk
1/3 c molasses
2 cups pumpkin puree or mashed bananas

In a large bowl combine together flour, baking powder, salt and spices.

In a medium sized bowl or large measuring cup, beat together eggs and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add milk, molasses and pumpkin or bananas. Stir well.

Make a well in the dry ingredients and add wet. Stir slowly and carefully to combine.

Heat waffle maker and bake waffles according to manufacturer's instructions.

We found it made about 13 square waffles, using 2 cups of batter per 2-waffle batch.

Great served with maple syrup