Frugal Food Thursday: Whole Wheat Waffles

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I do love a good breakfast, particularly for dinner! A couple of weeks ago, I made whole wheat waffles for dinner. The kids loved them. I made them plain with butter and maple syrup, but they could easily be jazzed up with some fruit for a fancier meal, or with chocolate syrup and whipped cream for a scrumptious dessert!

I based this recipe on one appearing in The New York Times Cookbook, but substituted whole wheat flour for part of the white flour, added a little extra sugar, and changed the shortening to canola oil. It still came out great!  I also double the recipe for my family of 5.

If you don't have a waffle iron, you can check thrift stores - they often have many specialty kitchen items like that for cheap. You can save up Swagbucks and buy Amazon gift certificates, and purchase one that way. Or you could not-so-subtly ask for a waffle iron as a gift from someone you love...

WHOLE WHEAT WAFFLES

1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 tbsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1/4 cup sugar
2 eggs, separated
1-1/2 cups milk
1/2 cup canola oil

Sift together the flours, baking powder, salt, and sugar into a large bowl.

In a small bowl, beat egg whites until stiff; set aside.

In a medium bowl, beat egg yolks, then add milk and oil.  Pour mixture into the flour mixture and stir until ingredients are moistened.  Fold in beaten egg whites.

Preheat waffle iron and grease the top and bottom.  Ladle batter to within one inch from edge.  Bake waffles for the time indicated on your waffle iron, or 4-5 minutes.  Remove waffle from iron.  Repeat batter step until all of the batter is used up.

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