Banaffles

 We had a craving for waffles one evening as we finished dinner and were already scheming a fun Saturday morning breakfast.  And to our surprise and delight, we discovered we had a waffle maker!  It was my old one from high school (probably considered an antique by now) that I begged my parents for one Christmas.  After a solid 20 minutes of cleaning her, she was good as new.  We found this Banana Walnut Waffle recipe in Veganomicon and after a couple not so successful testers, were finally able to make our (well, Veganomicon's) version of this classic favorite!

Makes 14-16 waffle squares

Ingredients:
1 3⁄4 cups almond milk (or milk of choice)
1⁄4 cup water
2 tsp apple cider vinegar
2 average size bananas
3 Tbsp canola oil
3 Tbsp maple syrup or agave syrup
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 1⁄4 cups all-purpose or whole wheat pastry flour (we used whole wheat pastry)
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1⁄2 tsp salt
1⁄4 tsp ground nutmeg
1 cup walnuts, finely chopped
non-stick cooking spray

Directions:
1. Preheat your waffle iron
2. Pour soy milk, water, and vinegar into a measuring cup and set aside to curdle.
3. Mash the bananas very well in a large mixing bowl.  Add the soy milk mixture, oil, syrup, and vanilla, and stir.
4. Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and nutmeg.  Use a fork to combine.  Don't overmix, just mix until there are minimal lumps left.  Fold in chopped walnuts.
5. Spray all cooking surfaces of your waffle iron with nonstick cooking spray and cook the waffles according to the manufacturer's directions. 
6. Serve with desired topping (i.e. bananas, strawberries, powdered sugar, walnuts, maple syrup, etc..)

Enjoy!!!