Gingerbread Waffles with Vanilla Cream Syrup

It’s December! Today is my little boy’s birthday. He’s three years old! Most days he is the sweetest, friendliest, happiest little guy around. He says “hi” to everyone, everywhere we go. He’s so social. And I kind of hate/love to see him getting so big. I love to see him learn new things and be able to do more on his own. He’s so dang smart. But I seriously miss my little baby. 

I made him a simple little train cake that I think he’s going to love.–Maybe I’ll get around to posting pics of it 🙂

Birthday breakfasts are a big thing in our house. Jacks chose waffles so I’m making these delicious Gingerbread Waffles with Vanilla Cream Syrup. (You could seriously pour the vanilla cream syrup on cardboard and it would be amazing. That stuff is GOOOOD!)

The key to really great waffles is separating the yolks and whites. You beat the egg whites until stiff and fold them into the batter at the end. That makes them extra air-y (is that a word?) and delicious. I use the same technique in my Belgium Waffles and they’re the best!

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Gingerbread Waffles with Vanilla Cream Syrup

Author: Lauren Allen

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• ¼ cup sugar
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• ¾ tsp salt
• 1½ tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp. ground ginger
• ¼ tsp. ground nutmeg
• ¼ tsp. ground cloves
• 4 egg yolks
• 4 egg whites
• 1/3 cup oil
• 1 cup milk
• ½ cup Greek yogurt
• 3 Tbsp molasses
• For the Vanilla Cream Syrup:
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup butter 1 stick
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 2 tsp vanilla

Instructions

For the waffles:

1. In a large bowl, combine the dry ingredients: flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and spices. Whisk to combine. In a medium bowl, combine the eggs yolks, butter, milk, Greek yogurt and molasses and mix well. Add the egg whites to a large bowl and beat with electric mixers until they reach stiff peaks. Add the wet milk/molasses mixture to the bowl with the dry ingredients and stir to combine. Gently fold in the egg whites.
2. Heat a waffle iron and grease with butter or cooking spray. Add about 1/4 cup of batter to the hot waffles iron (or more, depending on what type of iron your using).
3. Serve warm with syrup.

For the syrup:

1. Add sugar, butter and cream to a medium saucepan over medium heat. Cook, stirring occasionally, until butter has melted. Bring mixture to a boil and boil, stirring frequently, for 3-5 minutes. Remove from heat and add vanilla. Allow to cool for a few minutes before serving over waffles.

Recipe Notes

Waffle recipe adapted from Annie Eats

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