Pumpkin Waffles

B's not quite sure what to make of his gift!

Imagine my surprise the other day when I came home to a delivery outside the garage! It said Food Network on the box, and I knew for sure I hadn't bought anything! Turns out one of my friends got me a mini Belgian waffle maker as a thank you gift! We are not generally big breakfast eating people- though I do love my bacon and eggs! My son obviously has breakfast every morning, but my husband and myself typically have a cup of coffee and maybe a yogurt or bagel, but that's about it! I try and leave "real" breakfasts to the weekends when we have a bit more time to lounge around the house in the morning! I loved the waffle maker though because I always find myself wanting more than just plain, frozen waffles! Especially for giving B the variety in the morning! Toddler appetites can be so finicky sometimes! One day he LOVES one thing, the next he wants nothing to do with it!

Since all the Fall decor is out in the shops, and I'm definitely ready for the season, I decided pumpkin waffles were in order! I found this recipe that I ended up halving and also added in some wheat flour in place of the white flour. Towards the last half of the batter I also added in some Caramel Cinnamon Sprinkles that I had gotten from Tastefully Simple. I think this was a seasonal item last fall, so I wasn't able to find it in their online catalogue! Guess I'll need to make sure I ration the last bit of the jar out! (But in case you haven't seen these latest items from Cinnabon I'm betting these sprinkles would be pretty darn good in a pancake or waffle batter! Now I just wish they'd carry them in grocery stores in Virginia!) And in the last quarter of the batter I ended up dropping a few tablespoons of mini chocolate chips into the batter! So, even with halving the original recipe, I did end up with quite a bit of mini waffles! They froze perfectly and B's been enjoying them the last few mornings! (I think the chocolate chip ones may be his favorite!)

Mini Pumpkin Waffles

Pumpkin Waffles

Ingredients:

• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 1/4 cup wheat flour
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp allspice
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 2 tbsp brown sugar
• 1/2 cup canned pumpkin
• 1 cup milk
• 2 eggs
• 2 tbsp melted butter
• optional add-ins- chocolate chips, caramel sprinkles

Directions:

• Preheat waffle iron
• Combine all ingredients (The original recipe has steps if you'd like to refer back to the link, however, I just combined mine all at once instead of separating the wet and dry ingredients and then folding them in together.  I'm sure you can also substitute more of the wheat flour than the white flour if you'd like; I wasn't sure how it would change the consistency of the waffle, but the way I did everything, my waffles were still pretty fluffy!)
• Cook waffles according to how you normally would. (I had my waffle maker on a medium heat and they were probably done within three minutes).

I think it's safe to say the waffle maker is a hit! B's been enjoying his yogurt and waffles in the morning!