Banana Oat Whole Wheat Waffles

 

Labor Day weekend has come and gone.  When I was in school this marked the end of summer, the time to catch those last bits of sunshine before the school year began.  Now living in Ohio our children are already in school two weeks before Labor Day.  But it's still feels like the last bit of summer before school starts.  Our neighborhood pool closes on Labor Day so there is always a crowd of swimmers, the last jumps off the diving board, last ice creams at the pool, last lazy dinner while the kids splash around.  And for us it also means we just spent an amazing weekend in northern Michigan at my in-laws cottage.

Now back to food.  What does this have to do with waffles?   Oops I left a bunch of bananas out and they got very ripe while we were away.  So I created this recipe using my favorite combo of whole wheat/ground oatmeal/flour.  I like to top waffles with cinnamon, sugar, more bananas and toasted pecans.

 

Ingredients

Dry
1 cup oatmeal
1 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
Wet
2 tbsp brown sugar
3 tbsp. melted butter
2 eggs or 1/2 cup pasteurized egg product
2 large ripe bananas
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup milk

Recipe

1. Blend oatmeal in a blender for a minute or two.  I actually shake mine around to get it all blended.
2. Put blended oatmeal and all dry ingredients in a large bowl.  Whisk ingredients until combined.
3. Place wet ingredients in blender.  Blend until combined.
4. Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients.  Mix just until combined, batter will have some lumps.  Try not to over mix.
5. Cook according to your waffle makers instructions.  Enjoy!