Adventures in Cooking: how to make waffles taste like dessert

[alpharaposa]

The werecub is still working on those last two molars, so one of his favorite snacks is a wedge of frozen waffle to gnaw on. We ran out, so Tuesday I decided to make some more and use up some very ripe bananas along the way. We used this recipe: http://www.food.com/recipe/whole-wheat-banana-waffles-393187

They were good, if very floppy (they don't even freeze stiff). But we wanted more. So, I found a half a pint of unused whipping cream in the fridge. We whipped it with a tablespoon of "special dark" cocoa powder and some powdered sugar. We sliced more banana on top of the waffles and covered it all with the whipped cream.

Oh, my, such indulgence. We each ate one waffle that way and were full. So, now I have leftover whipped cream and ideas on how to use it. I think next time, we can make the whipped cream with xylitol instead of sugar and have something rich and sweet but even more healthy!

And I did have plenty of leftover waffles to freeze for the cub.

Comments

[tuftears.livejournal.com]

Mmm, yum! I so need a wafflz-maker.

[anher.livejournal.com]

And a Kitchen-Aid stand mixer.

[tuftears.livejournal.com]

I have chopsticks!

And a Ninja food processor with dough mixing blades. But when I'm making pancaekz, I stir the batter by hand with chopsticks.

[anher.livejournal.com]

I meant for the whipping cream... took us around two to three minutes for somewhat stiff peaks.

[tuftears.livejournal.com]

Oh, I see! I hadn't thought too hard about that. I'd be thinking of something like apple compote as a topping.

[stryck.livejournal.com]

Or you could just use vanilla ice cream..

[xaq.livejournal.com]

Banana waffles...that actually sounds kinda tasty.