Multigrain Waffles

[papaver]

yeah but nutella ... that's made of hazelnuts... and that's protein...

eat them with an egg, sunny side up. Or with jam.

[Eden]

love nutella - but checked out the ingredients and unless they've change it recently it has hydrogenated oil, so I've had to look for alternate sources. Occasionally Trader Joes has their own hazelnut-chocolate spread, with no bad stuff added. A local place has a grinder with hazelnuts and chocolate chips that you can grind your own fresh too

[OakLeaf]

love nutella - but checked out the ingredients and unless they've change it recently it has hydrogenated oil, so I've had to look for alternate sources.

We had that discussion here a few months ago - what changed recently is the US version, to include the hydrogenated oil. Euro Nutella is still trans fat free.

Can we get grey market Nutella? You gals coming over for the ALC are hereby appointed to bring a case each!

[surgtech1956]

Susan, recipe please. I've never been big on the frozen waffles, but I do like the frozen pancakes. I need to try Nutella. Sounds very yummy. Lately I've been craving the Peanut Butter with Honey.

[Susan Otcenas]

Susan, recipe please. I've never been big on the frozen waffles, but I do like the frozen pancakes. I need to try Nutella. Sounds very yummy. Lately I've been craving the Peanut Butter with Honey.

I'll try to remember to log on at home tonight and transcribe it. They were yummy!

[Susan Otcenas]

1 cup old fashioned oats (rolled, not instant)
1 cup all purpose flour (Jeff used 1/4 cup whole wheat, 3/4 cup white)
1 T baking powder
1/2 t baking soda
1/4 t cinnamon
pinch nutmeg
3T packed dark brown sugar
1 & 1/2 cup buttermilk (we didn't have any, so Jeff used 1c plain nonfat yogurt and 1/2 c milk.)
2 large eggs
2 ripe bananas, thinly sliced
4T unsalted butter, melted (Jeff omitted this at my request)

1. In large bowl, mix all dry ingredients
2. In smaller bowl, whisk buttermilk & egg until well blended.
3. Pour liquid over dry ingredients ans stir until just blended.
4. Fold in bananas (and melted butter, if using)
5. Depending on size of waffle iron, spoon 1/2 to 3/4 cup of batter onto hot waffle iron. Use a wooden spoon to push the batter to the ends (it's thick)
6. Close the lid and cook until golden & crisp. May take longer than ordinary waffles. (We use a Belgian waffle maker, but you can use a traditional square one as well.)
7. Stir the batter between batches to keep banana evenly distributed.
8. Serve with butter, honey or syrup, as desired. (I eat them plain, and they are dynamite just like that)


I must give credit where credit is due. This recipe is out of a book called "Perfect Waffles" published by Fog City Press. I bought it at Barnes & Noble on sale in the bargain book section.

The book has breakfast style waffles, savory dinner-style waffles (there's a salmon & dill waffle that Jeff really wants to try making), dessert waffles, etc. We plan to work our way through the entire book eventually. Yes, we like waffles!

Susan

[GLC1968]

Those sound great! If I can keep our remaining two bananas uneaten until this weekend, I'm giving those a try!

A question though - the recipe says 1/2 c buttermilk but you used 1 cup of yogurt and 1/2 c milk....that doesn't add up. Should it be 1 1/2 buttermilk?

And one other small question...does your waffle cookbook have a recipe for cornmeal waffles, perhaps? I had a recipe once that made awesome ones but for the life of me, I can't find it. And I haven't been able to find a suitable one on the internet, either.

[buddha_bellies]

We had that discussion here a few months ago - what changed recently is the US version, to include the hydrogenated oil. Euro Nutella is still trans fat free.

Can we get grey market Nutella? You gals coming over for the ALC are hereby appointed to bring a case each!

WHY!!!! This sucks that we have to get the unhealthy stuff and Europe is leading the way with banning hydrogenated fat.

[Eden]

WHY!!!! This sucks that we have to get the unhealthy stuff and Europe is leading the way with banning hydrogenated fat.

hmmmm time to petition Trader Joes to carry their house brand again... (maybe it is still available in some stores?). It was just as smooth and tasty as Nutella, but had no added hydrogenated oil.

I actually tried making my own once too - ground up hazelnuts with chocolate chips and some neutral oil (probably canola or peanut). It was tasty enough, but the power of my little food processor wasn't enough to make it really smooth. (and it was very difficult to find hazelnuts with the skins removed in quantity)

[Veronica]

yeah but nutella ... that's made of hazelnuts... and that's protein...

eat them with an egg, sunny side up. Or with jam.

Only 2 grams of protein in Nutella. Peanut butter has 8. Nutella - 20 carbs, pb 5 carbs. Nuella wins the fats with 11. PB has 16.

Jam - pure sugar.

I'd rather save my sugars for gelato.

Veronica