Basic Waffles
By: Anonymous
Published: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 - 6:58pm

Ingredients




cup all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
teaspoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons canola oil
3 tablespoons unsweetened applesauce
cup buttermilk
cup fat-free egg substitute
OR
4 egg whites

Preparation

1 Coat a waffle iron with no-stick spray. Preheat the waffle iron according to the manufacturer's directions. 2 In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon; set aside. 3 In a small bowl, combine the oil, applesauce, buttermilk and egg substitute or egg whites. Pour the oil mixture into the flour mixture, stirring just until blended. 4 Spoon enough batter onto the bottom grids of the waffle iron to cover two-thirds of it. Close the waffle iron and bake according to the manufacturer's directions. Do not open during baking. 5 Using a fork, carefully remove the waffle from the iron. Transfer to a serving plate to keep warm. 6 Repeat with the remaining batter. 7 VARIATIONS 8 STRAWBERRY WAFFLES: Stir 1/4 cup strawberry all-fruit spread into the wet ingredients. Serve with Berry Sauce (see Pancake and Waffle Topping: Berry Sauce recipe). 9 WHOLE-WHEAT WAFFLES: Replace 3/4 cup of the all-purpose flour with 3/4 cup whole-wheat flour. 10 PECAN WAFFLES: Sprinkle 2 teaspoons finely chopped pecans over each waffle before closing the waffle iron to bake. 11 NOTES : To keep waffles from going to your waist, we replaced half of the oil with applesauce and used fat-free egg substitute in place of whole eggs.* Wrap extra waffles in plastic or place in freezer bags and freeze for later use.* For waffles and ice cream, sandwich your favorite low-fat ice cream or frozen yogurt between 2 warm waffles. 12 Wafflers are fun. Make your own ice "cream" sandwiches in the summer. 13 I found a lowfat recipe for waffles. One of the toppings I really like - lately - is applesauce mixed with a mixed berry preserves. We like blueberry+raspberry. It's surprisingly crisp and good.