Pumpkin Waffles

This recipe was submitted by Jen and her little cutie Claire (as a side note, Little Claire has THE prettiest hair color EVER). Jen is wonderful about cooking creatively, deceptively and organically for her Little One; so I had to feature this easy breakfast recipe she has been raving about. The cinnamon in these makes them so unquiely different than the pumpkin pancake recipe I reviewed last week.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups all-purpose flour (Jen substitutes amaranth flour, but use whatever you like; I think half all purpose white and wheat would be good)
• ¼ cup sugar (Jen substitutes honey* here)
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• ½ tsp salt
• 2 eggs
• 1-1/2 cups milk (Jen substitutes soy/rice milk due to an allergy)
• 4 tbsp butter, melted
• ½ cup canned organic pumpkin (PS this may be hard to find/more expensive right now since it is off season, check your health food aisle)

*If you use honey instead of sugar, waffles will be a bit softer.

Steps:

1. Preheat waffle iron.
2. In medium sized bowl, stir together dry ingredients.
3. In separate bowl, beat eggs then add rest of wet ingredients, except butter.
4. Pour wet ingredients over flour mixture and stir just until combined.
5. Add butter to combined mixture and stir.
6. Coat waffle iron with cooking spray.
7. Pour appropriate amount of batter into center of waffle iron.
8. Cook for 4-5 minutes (or to recommended time of your waffle iron) or until crispy and light brown.
9. Serve immediately.

Yield: 8-10 square waffles (see my pictures to see what size mine were)

Serve: Serve warm topped with maple syrup or if you are like me and do not like the mess, serve plain. We also sometimes put fresh fruit puree on top. Serve followed by fresh fruit.

Storage: 2-3 days in the fridge.

Timing: Due to the eggs, 12 months. Cut into bit sized pieces appropriate for your little one's ability to chew.

Difficulty: 2 out of 5; quick and easy. The hardest part is waiting for the waffle iron to finish!!!

Epicutie Rating: YUMMY IN THE TUMMY---see right side of page for descriptions

YUMMY IN THE YUMMY rating for our submitter's daughter Little Claire.

Little Joy LOVED these!! She ate almost 1.5 waffles plus TONS of cantelope. When she likes something at a meal, she eats SO much. I still wonder where it all goes on my long and lean lil thing!

This gives you an idea of the size waffles I am talking about.

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Listen very carefully, she can say WAFFLE!!!