Tessa’s Recipe Rundown
Taste: Slightly sweet, warm, nutty. Everything you’d want in a breakfast item. Texture: When first out of the waffle maker they’re light and fluffy. If you freeze them and reheat in the toaster they become more crisp at the edges. Ease: Really easy. Making the waffles is somewhat time-consuming because each set of 2 takes up to 4 minutes. Appearance: Definitely not the worst thing to see when you first wake up! Pros: Relatively guilt-free, can be frozen and reheat in toasted, tastes extra delicious with peanut butter slathered on top and dotted with fresh fruit. Cons: None, really. Would I make this again? I’ve got some in the freezer.This post may contain affiliate links. Read our disclosure policy.
Banana Cinnamon Waffles are slighty sweet, warm, nutty, and super simple to make! Everything you could want in a breakfast item.
Are you the type of person to peek into someone’s medicine cabinet? I totally am. In fact, I will slow to a near stop if I happen to drive past a family’s house at night who has all their blinds/curtains open and all their lights on. I just like to see how other people live, what they eat/drink/watch/do. It’s fascinating to me.
A peek inside someone’s closet, car, fridge, pantry, purse, iTunes, bookshelf can give away a lot about a personality. If someone were to check out your pantry, what would they surmise?
If someone were to look inside my freezer they would find a batch of these waffles, frozen and ready to be popped into the toaster for breakfast. Quick breakfasts don’t get much better than that. Freezing these waffles is super easy. Once you’ve finished cooking all the batter in the waffle iron, lay the waffles in an even layer on a baking sheet, making sure they aren’t touching each other. Freeze until solid and frozen, about 30 minutes. Remove to a resealable zip-top bag. Reheat in microwave, toaster, or toaster oven.
Banana Cinnamon Waffles
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup whole wheat flour
- 1/4 cup ground flaxseed
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups low-fat milk
- 3 tablespoons butter, melted
- 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 2 large ripe bananas, mashed
Instructions
- Combine flours, flaxseed, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt in a bowl.
- Whisk together milk, butter, and eggs in a large liquid measuring cup or small bowl. Add milk mixture to flour mixture, stirring until blended. Fold in mashed bananas.
- Preheat a waffle iron. Coat iron with cooking spray. Spoon about 1/4 cup batter onto hot waffle iron, spreading batter to edges. Cook 3-4 minutes or until steaming stops; repeat with remaining batter.
Hey Tessa, I recently found my father’s waffle iron when cleaning out my parents home. Boy did it bring back some memories……………my father waking up on a Saturday morning saying, “I’m going to make waffles!” And my mother screaming, “Oh no.” She had hidden the waffle maker in the basement but that did not deter him. Mostly I remember my mother being horrified of the mess he was going to make and complaining that it was going to take two hours to clean it all up. Of course my dad would offer to clean up after himself, but she would have none of that, because he could never clean to her satisfaction. I don’t even remember if the waffles were any good, just all the excitement of my mom and dad around the event.
So as a tribute to my now late father, I am going to try your recipe. Mom is going to visit in a week, so I need to do a dry run to try and minimize a big flop. This waffle iron is likely an antique; it even has a pin socket on/off switch and the old school cloth covered cord. But I am ałl in! My question, and sorry for the meandering, is, do I need the flax seed, and, if I omit the bananas, should I adjust the sugar? I plan to spray the thing like mad to try and prevent a colossal fail.
Flaxseed was cultivated in Babylon as early as 3000 BC. In the 8th century, King Charlemagne believed so strongly in the health benefits of flaxseed that he passed laws requiring his subjects to consume it. Now, thirteen centuries later, some experts say we have preliminary research to back up what Charlemagne suspected.^*
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I made this and wrote about it here. Coming from a banana hater, these were some tasty waffles. My family, who are non banana haters thought there were rockin awesome. We'll be making these babies again. Thanks for sharing the recipe!
could this recipe also be used for pancakes? i don't have a waffle maker (sigh :(), but i'd love to make something like this in pancake format.
Yael – I haven't tried to make pancakes from this batter but I think it could work if you lowered the amount of melted butter by a tablespoon or 2 (pancake batters generally have less fat than waffle batters). Good luck!
How others lives is very interesting to most people. Must be why reality TV is so popular. Great idea to freeze the waffles for later. Never thought of doing that. Thanks Tessa!
Waffles are such a good make-ahead breakfast treat, and these sound awesome! i just wish I had better luck with my waffle maker, I definitely need more practice.
I think I occasionally peak into another's items. It also fascinates me how others live. Now that I think about it, it's stalker-ish (no, it's just a high investigation of another person, yes that's what it is 🙂
time to post this onto weheartit….
I've been asking for a waffle iron for the past 1253151 days and this is the last straw…I'm getting one. These look SO good – with a little Biscoff on top? o.m.g.
Love the banana cinnamon combo. Sounds so yummy 😀 And I love freezing waffles! They're 1000x better than anything at the store and they're so easy! I really need to make some, because I had completely forgotten how much I love having frozen waffles on hand. These look delicious 🙂
I love to have waffles in my freezer too. So yummy! (I totally would love to peek into people's medicine cabinets… but I can't say I've ever done so!!!)
yummy!!! I'll make it for sure!!!
Oh my heavens! I made waffles for the very first time this weekend (we've never had a waffle maker before now) and now I discover I can freeze them?! Yipee!!
This recipe looks delicious; I'll give it a whirl this weekend. Thanks 🙂