Banana Oatmeal Buttermilk Waffles

So, I finally got a waffle iron. I LOVE it. My kids have eaten waffles every day for the past 2 weeks. EVERY DAY. I’ve made a few different types and these were very well recieved. I doubled the recipe and it made enough for the whole family for breakfast and enough for about a weeks worth of breakfasts for the small and medium boy.

Banana Oatmeal Buttermilk Waffles

1 cup old fashioned oats

1 cup all purpose flour

3 tbsp brown sugar

1tbsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1 & 1/2 cup buttermilk

2 large eggs

1 ripe banana, mashed

4 tbsp butter

2 tsp vanilla

In a blender or food processor pulse 1/2 the oats until they are a fine powder. Put processed oats and remaining dry ingredients in a large bowl. In a seperate bowl, mix remaining liquid ingredients until well blended. Slowly add the liquid mixture to the dry ingredients and stir just until moistened.

Cook according to your waffle maker’s instructions. Serve warm with syrup, or not.

If you make extras and want to freeze them, spread out your waffles on a parchment paper lined baking sheet so they are not touching. Put in the freezer for a couple hours until they are frozen hard. Transfer into a labeled freezer bag. To re-heat just pop in the toaster.

I bet these would make great pancakes, as well. I did have to cook these a little longer than other recipes and they turned out light and fluffier than any other recipe I have tried.