My little girl has a new weapon in her culinary demands arsenal. The Waffle Maker. Little Foodie is mostly non-verbal still, despite extensive therapy and great strides in other areas. She uses a combination of pictures, associated items and pointing to request what she wants. Well, I have been getting the waffle image card quite a bit over the past few weeks. She is rather pleased with this new piece of equipment, to say the least.
I picked this small heart shaped maker, since there are only two of us in the house and the waffles can be broken up into little heart shaped wafer cookies too. It is great and I am happy with it, but now that I am aware of my daughters voracious appetite for fresh waffles, I’ll probably be looking into adding a deeper Belgian waffle maker to my equipment closet soon as well. Chef’s Choice makes those too by-the-way.
In the meantime, I’ve already made several types of waffles in our little heart waffle maker. Here is a simple Cinnamon-Oatmeal Waffle recipe that she and I both enjoyed. I used a recipe from an early 1960′s version of the McCall’s Cookbook, as a rough template for the flour, liquid & leavener ratios, and free-wheeled it from there.
- ⅔ cup flour
- ½ cup old fashioned oats
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 tbs melted butter or oil
- 1 tsp vanilla
- Turn your waffle maker on to preheat. (I used crisp through setting on medium darkness, since my daughter loves both crunchy and chewy textures)
- Put dry ingredients in food processor and pulse until oats are ground.
- Whisk together wet ingredients in batter bowl, then add the dry mix and stir until smooth.
- Scoop out appropriate amount of batter for your maker and pour onto plate (mine takes ¼ cup). Bake as directed by your equipment.
- Remove to plate lined with a kitchen towel or paper towels, so you won’t end out with soggy waffles on the bottom.
- Serve with syrup, butter or plain (like my daughter prefers).
*Media sample provided.
Those are so pretty
YUM! I just bought a waffle maker from Williams-Sonoma and I can’t wait to use it.
My brother got us a waffle maker like that when we got married – it died eventually and I replaced it with a Belgian one. The Cinnamon Oatmeal sounds yummy!
I make something really similar but I sub out the oil and use egg whites and it’s soooooo good, so I know yours is too. Love that cute maker!!!!!!
You can’t go wrong with Cinnamon and Waffles. Seriously two of my favorite things.
Cute! Could pass for shamrocks too.
Those look delicious! I love waffles. Definitely add this recipe to my to-try list.
They look like flowers! Or clovers! Really super tasty!
trisha
Love the heart shaped waffles! I need to try out this recipe!
Oh my goodness, I love that they are heart shaped! They look delicious too!
Ohhh cinnamon and oatmeal together is my favorite thing in the mornign! yum-o! thanks fo the recipe!
Those are looking AMAZING!
Thank you for the recipe – it sounds/looks amazing!!
My mom had a heart-shaped waffle maker JUST like that when I was a kid (maybe she still does?)! Definitely brings back memories!
Those are adorable and those waffles look delicious!
I love these! They look so much better than regular waffles
These sound really good and I totally want that waffle maker!!
my hubby is the waffle maker and I think he would love this
Awww made with love!
This looks really tasty!
my girls would LOVE this iron!! I must get it
Now I’m in the mood for waffles. These look great!
These are so cute and I bet they taste yummy!
LOVE the shape of those waffles.
BTW, what lens are you using?
I love the shape of those waffles!
Those look absolutely perfect!
These look yummy!
Yum!! That looks so good!
What a neat waffle maker. If waffles weren’t fun enough than this definitely does the trick.
I have a waffle maker but it is nowhere near that cool!
Just gave your recipe a try. Yummy!