(Only) Halfway to Everywhere

I’m an eggs-and-carb for breakfast kind of girl.  Most days of the week I scramble or fry an egg and have it with a piece of whole wheat toast or mini bagel and/or a side of fruit, because I need the protein and because I love savory breakfasts.  I do have the rouge bowl of oatmeal here and there, but eggs really are my main breakfast staple.  Those of you who don’t eat eggs, I really don’t get you.

That all being said, every few weeks I find myself craving something special on a Sunday morning; usually something in the realm of French toast, pancakes, or waffles.  After a busy weekend of drinking cherry beer, dodging ghosts, supporting my gay friends’ rights (and having fun) at Disney, and winning Scattergories with friends despite being completely beat, I woke up feeling very waffley.

Enter whole wheat (and low fat) waffles!

Yeah, I made that.

I adapted the recipe from the King Arthur flour website and made a few modifications to make it even healthier than it already was so I could enjoy it thusly.  I swapped 1/2 a cup of the whole wheat flour for 1/2 cup of quick cooking oats and I subbed 1/3 cup of cinnamon applesauce for the 1/3 cup of oil.  I also added a teaspoon of vanilla extract and some cinnamon.  The recipe yielded about three and a half waffles on my round waffle maker.  I ate one and froze the others. 

I topped the beautiful concoction off with a teaspoon of butter, about a tablespoon of REAL maple syrup, and a buttload of fresh berries. One metric buttload.

Don’t consume fake syrup.  Just say no to chemical syrups.  Support Canada.  Real maple syrup!  Real maple syrup!

Sorry Aunt Jemima.  Real maple syrup beats you.

This breakfast ruled.  Make it for your next Sweet Sunday.

Keep reading for my adapted recipe.

Recipe:

1 cup King Arthur whole wheat flour

1/2 cup quick cooking oats (I used Quaker)

2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons sugar
1 large egg
1 1/2 cups milk
1/3 cup apple sauce (I used cinnamon applesauce)

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Ground cinnamon to taste

Whisk together the flour, oats, baking powder, salt, and sugar. In a separate bowl, whisk together the egg, milk, and apple butter. Mix together the wet and dry ingredients, stirring just till combined. Add vanilla and cinnamon.

Cook the waffles as directed in the instructions that came with your waffle iron.

Top with fresh berries, REAL maple syrup, and butter.  You could whip some cream if you were so inclined.  If I wasn’t so lazy, I would have made that happen.

Still, it’s good without whip. 

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