Whole-Grain Honeyed Waffles

Don't dismiss this recipe as healthy but tasteless because this is probably the best waffle recipe I've tried in a very long time. The texture is not grainy but just right and the flavor of honey and oats make it more like dessert than breakfast. I used oatmeal and threw in some flax seed because I didn't have wheat germ. I also used a local Idaho honey and diluted some whipping cream (maybe that was the secret) and added a splash of vinegar to the diluted milk to make buttermilk. I'll definitely be making these again, and I think I'll throw some fresh fruit on top. This recipe came from Family Circle All-Time Favorite Recipes.

• Ready In: 35 mins
• Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 1  cup oatmeal (or 1 cup natural wheat and barley cereal)
• 2  tablespoons toasted wheat germ
• 1⁄2 cup butter, melted
• 2  eggs, slightly beaten
• 1⁄4 cup honey
• 1  cup all-purpose flour
• 1⁄2 cup whole wheat flour or 1⁄2 cup  rye flour
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1⁄2 cups buttermilk
•  butter
•  syrup

Directions

1. Heat waffle iron. Heat oven to 225.
2. Mix cereal and wheat germ in a large bowl.
3. Beat butter, eggs, and honey in a second bowl.
4. Add to cereal.
5. Mix flours, baking soda, and salt in a third bowl.
6. Add flour mixture alternately with buttermlk to cereal, stirring. Batter will be very stiff.
7. Make a total of 6 waffles in waffle maker according to manufacturer's directions.
8. Stack between sheets of waxed paper on baking sheet and keep warm in heated 225 oven.
9. Serve waffles with butter and syrup.