Gingerbread Waffles with Sauteed Pears recipe

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Ingredients

7 tablespoons butter, divided
3 ripe Bartlett pears, cored and thinly sliced
1 tablespoon white sugar
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
1 ½ teaspoons ground ginger
½ teaspoon salt
3 eggs, lightly beaten
¾ cup molasses
½ cup buttermilk
¼ cup milk
¾ cup vanilla yogurt

Nutrition Info

257.8 calories
carbohydrate: 41.3 g
cholesterol: 65.9 mg
fat: 8.7 g
fiber: 3 g
protein: 5.5 g
saturatedFat: 4.9 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 351.1 mg
sugar: 19.5 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Melt 5 tablespoons butter in a saucepan over low heat, remove from burner and set aside.

  2. Melt remaining 2 tablespoons butter in a very large skillet over medium heat, add pears and cook, turning occasionally, until mostly tender, about 6 minutes. Sprinkle sugar over pears and cook until browned and tender, about 3 minutes. Cover skillet and keep warm over low heat.

  3. Combine whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, cinnamon, baking soda, ginger, and salt in a large bowl, make a well in the center. Mix melted butter, eggs, molasses, buttermilk, and milk in a separate bowl. Pour butter mixture into the well of the flour mixture and stir just until batter is moistened and slightly lumpy.

  4. Preheat and grease a waffle iron according to manufacturer's instructions.

  5. Pour batter into preheated waffle iron and cook according to manufacturer's instructions, repeat with remaining batter. Serve each waffle with pears and 1 tablespoon vanilla yogurt.

Recipe Yield

12 servings

Recipe Note

A great change to breakfast. Sprinkle cinnamon over waffles, if desired.

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