Waffle Night

A huge favorite (for the kids and for me) is breakfast for dinner night. I make the most of it by cooking up a quadruple batch of healthy waffles that we freeze. This makes breakfasts for over a month a breeze! These waffles taste great and are filled with whole grains, calcium, and protein.

RECIPE: Yogurt waffles (click here for the original recipe from Everyday Food magazine for 6 waffles). 

Yield: 26 waffles. 

Time: About 2 hours total-most of which is cooking all the waffles.

CAN KIDS HELP? You bet! This is a great recipe for kids to help measure, whisk and stir.

Note: Below is the 4x batch so I can freeze the extras.

3 cups all-purpose flour

2 cups whole-wheat flour (I like King Arthur)

2 cups rolled oats (not quick cooking)

3 teaspoons coarse salt

8 teaspoons baking powder

4 teaspoons baking soda

1 cup packed light-brown sugar

12 tablespoons melted unsalted butter

12 large eggs

6 cups plain, low-fat yogurt

First, get out your biggest bowl. This is a huge recipe and having a humungous bowl is really helpful. I love mine.

Whisk together flours, oats, salt, baking powder, and baking soda.

 

Set dry ingredients aside.

Cut butter into pieces. Melt butter (I use the microwave on medium power). In another large bowl, mix together brown sugar, eggs, and yogurt until smooth.

Pour melted butter into yogurt mixture (the butter will solidify in small chunks in places-that is fine).

See the butter? The mixture is a little more chunky.

Stir yogurt/butter/sugar/egg mixture into flour mixture and mix well to combine. Let batter sit for 15 minutes.

Heat waffle iron according to manufacturer's instructions. Spray with cooking spray lightly on top and bottom. Pour 1/2 cup batter onto iron and close.

Cook until waffle is golden brown and crisp (about 3 minutes. For our iron, the green light turns back on when the waffle is done). Remove from waffle iron.

To Enjoy, spread some butter onto cooked waffle. Top with yogurt and maple syrup. 

To Prep to Freeze: Transfer to wire rack to cool completely.

Once cool, put about 6 waffles in a resealable freezer bag. Freeze.

To reheat, put one waffle in a toaster oven on the 'toast' setting until warmed through and crisp. Enjoy!

Our kids love waffle night. Here's the before for their plates -

In addition to their waffle, they got raisins, strawberries and milk.

And after - 

They each had another 2 half waffles, so they really ate a ton on this night.

Tell me more: What's your favorite go-to dinner?