Soaked Waffles

Once upon a time, I considered giving up grains.  Once upon a time, I was crazy mislead.

We eat grains less than the average American family and certainly less than we used to, but we still enjoy many of our favorite comfort foods.  Now we make sure to properly prepare the grains we eat home by using sprouted grain, sourdough or, most often, soaked flour or oats.

Soaked waffles with lovely organic, Grade B maple syrup is one of our favorite breakfast foods.  They are crispy on the outside and fluffy and chewy on the inside. When I make them, I usually double the recipe so that we have leftovers at snack time.

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What You'll Need:

2.5 cups flour (I use whole white wheat.)

2 cups filtered water
2 Tbs whey

2 eggs
2 Tbs melted butter
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp vanilla

4 Tbs Grade B maple syrup

STEPS:

1.  Combine flour, water and whey.  Cover and let it sit for 12-24 hours.

2.  Add the eggs, butter, salt, vanilla and maple syrup to the soaked flour mixture.
3.  Combine the baking soda with a little water and pour it into the waffle mixture and combine.

(It is normal for the dough to be sticky and difficult to stir.  I use a thick wooden spoon and employ a whipping motion to combine the ingredients.)

4.  Grease your waffle iron with butter or coconut oil if necessary.  (I never need it to prevent sticking.  I set my waffle iron on the highest setting, as well.)

5.  Ladle the waffle batter onto the waffle iron and cook until golden brown.

Additional flavor ideas:

• Add 1/2-1 cup of pumpkin and 1 tsp of cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice for pumpkin waffles.
• Add 1/2-1 cup of berries.
• Add 1/2 cup of naturally sweetened chocolate chips for chocolate chip waffles.  (The pumpkin plus chocolate chip addition is a fall favorite!)
• Add 2 tsp of cinnamon for cinnamon waffles.
• Add 1/4 of cocoa powder for chocolate waffles.
• Add 1/2 cup of ripe, mashed banana for banana waffles. (This is yummy combined with cocoa powder.)

What are your soaked waffle flavor ideas?

This post was shared on Real Food Forager's Fat Tuesday.