Gingerbread Waffles with Vanilla Cream Sauce
from Tiffany at eatathomecooks.com
Servings: 6 to 8
Calories: 341kcal
Ingredients
For the waffles:
- 1½ cups flour
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- ½ tsp. salt
- ½ tsp. cinnamon
- ½ tsp. allspice
- ¾ tsp. ginger
- ½ stick butter melted
- 1 Tbs. molasses
- 1½ cups milk
- 3 eggs separated
For the cream sauce:
- 2 cups milk
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 Tbs. cornstarch
- Pinch salt
- 1 Tbs. butter
- 1½ tsp. vanilla
Instructions
For the waffles:
- Heat the waffle iron.
- Beat the egg whites in a mixer bowl until stiff peaks form.
- Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl.
- Add the molasses and milk to the melted butter, then beat in the egg yolks.
- Stir into the flour mixture until just combined.
- Fold the egg whites into the batter until just combined.
- Put about ½ cup of batter into the waffle iron and cook until done.
For the cream sauce:
- Put the 2 cups of milk in a saucepan and heat it over medium heat until bubbles form around the edge of the pan.
- Mix the sugar, cornstarch and salt together.
- Gradually add this to the milk.
- Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until it begins to thicken a bit.
- Don’t boil it. Pull it from the heat and add the butter and vanilla.
- It’s best to make the sauce first, then fix the waffles.
- It will stay warm while the waffles cook.
Nutrition
Serving: 6g | Calories: 341kcal | Carbohydrates: 54g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 101mg | Sodium: 273mg | Potassium: 466mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 27g | Vitamin A: 410IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 263mg | Iron: 2.2mg