Pumpkin Buttermilk Waffles with Maple Butter
 
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Recipe type: Breakfast
Cuisine: Waffles
Serves: approx 6-8 waffles
Ingredients
  • 2½ cups flour
  • ½ cup brown sugar (whatever kind you have on hand)
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • ¾ teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon ground cloves
  • ½ teaspoon nutmeg, freshly grated or ¾ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 3 large eggs, separated
  • 1½ cups buttermilk, shaken (more if batter needs thinning)
  • 1½ cups pumpkin puree
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¼ cup butter, melted
Instructions
  1. Oil your waffle iron and turn it on.
  2. Add the dry ingredients in one bowl, whisking to combine them well.
  3. Separate the eggs, placing whites in a small bowl to whip them in later.
  4. Place pumpkin, egg yolks, buttermilk and vanilla in a medium bowl and blend using a whisk until well combined. (A thinner batter will give you a crispier waffle, now would be the time to add more buttermilk if desired.)
  5. Whip the egg whites using a hand mixer or whisk until they form stiff peaks. (make sure not to use a plastic bowl or to leave any trace of yolk in with the whites or it will make it difficult to achieve stiff peaks.) How long totally depends on your mixer. Typically 1-3 minutes should be sufficient.
  6. Pour the melted butter into the bowl with the other wet ingredients. Whisk to combine.
  7. Add the dry ingredients to the pumpkin mixture and stir them until just incorporated.
  8. Carefully add the whipped egg whites to the final pumpkin mixture. Be gentle here and "fold" the whites in until you achieve a mixture with uniform color.
  9. Now you are ready to make some waffles! Every waffle maker will have a little different temperature setting and therefore different timing.
  10. Turn oven on to 200 degrees and place cooked waffles onto rack as you finish cooking them. Bake for 5 minutes to crisp.
Recipe by Cookin' It Real at https://www.cookinitreal.com/2014/11/03/buttermilk-pumpkin-waffles-with-maple-butter/