Banana Walnut Waffles

Here is a variant of my Banana Pancake recipe – perfect for your weekend breakfast. Pancakes and waffles from scratch are not as hard as you may think. The mixes you buy were just created to simplify the making of these delicious breakfast dishes. But you already have all of the basic ingredients (flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, eggs, milk, and butter) and can easily control what and how much you use – so why bother with a pre-made mix? In researching this recipe, I learned the basic difference between pancake and waffle recipes are the amount of sugar and fat used. Pancakes are browned and more cake like (of course!) while waffles are crispy outside and airy inside and these recipe adjustments help that difference occur. Don’t believe me? Ask Alton Brown, he said so! Or you could just trust me and make this recipe… I promise it is tasty!

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Ingredients

½ cup all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
2 tsp granulated sugar
⅛ tsp salt
1 banana
1 egg, slightly beaten
½ cup milk
2 tbsp melted butter
¼ tsp vanilla extract
¼ cup crushed walnuts

Instructions

Heat the waffle iron to Medium/Medium-high heat.
In a small bowl, whisk or sift the flour, salt, baking powder together.
In a medium bowl, mash the bananas.
Stir the sugar and melted butter into the bananas.
Whisk the egg, milk, and vanilla together.
Add the milk mixture to the banana mixture, whisking to combine.
Combine the dry ingredients and walnuts into the wet ingredients, stirring until just combined.
The batter will be slightly lumpy.
Lightly brush the waffle iron with canola oil, coconut oil, or butter.
Pour ½ cup of batter onto the waffle iron and cook until golden brown.
Plate and serve with your favorite topping (syrup, honey, jelly, etc) and sides (bacon, sausage, fruit, etc).

Notes

The Salvador Dali look of the waffle in the photo shows how an airy waffle 'deflates' if not enjoyed hot off the iron!

Heat the waffle iron to Medium/Medium-high heat.

In a small bowl, whisk or sift the flour, salt, baking powder together.

In a medium bowl, mash the bananas.

Stir the sugar and melted butter into the bananas.

Whisk the egg, milk, and vanilla together.

Add the milk mixture to the banana mixture, whisking to combine. Combine the dry ingredients and walnuts into the wet ingredients, stirring until just combined. The batter will be slightly lumpy. Lightly brush the waffle iron with canola oil, coconut oil, or butter. Pour 1/2 cup of batter onto the waffle iron and cook until golden brown.