Recipe ~ Gingerbread Waffles

Spice up a cold winter morning with a batch of these homemade Gingerbread Waffles. These are delicious fresh, but if you don't have time, make them on the weekend, once cooled, place them in a ziplock baggie. When your tummy says it's hungry, all you have to do is pop one in the toaster!! Try it with our Elizabethan Lemon Curd imported from England...it's delish!!

Gingerbread Waffles

2 C Flour

2 tsp. Cinnamon

1 1/2 tsp. Baking Soda

1 1/2 tsp. Ground Ginger

1 tsp. Ground Cloves

1/2 tsp. Salt

3 Eggs (separated)

1 C Molasses

1/2 C Buttermilk

1/2 C Butter, melted

Mix all the dry ingredients together; in a separate bowl, mix together egg yolks, molasses, buttermilk and melted butter. Meanwhile, in a mixer, beat the egg whites until they form a soft peak. Fold wet ingredients into the dry and begin to mix; gently fold in the egg whites. Preheat waffle iron; add 1/4 C batter, cook according to manufacturer's directions. Remove from iron; serve warm with dusting of powdered sugar, maple syrup or lemon curd. Serves 4-6