Strawberry bacon waffles
I’m not a peppy, rainbows-n-sunshine type of girl, but there are specifically two times a year where I transform: Christmas,
Let it be known, if you preffer raspberries over strawberries, or blueberries, or blackberries, go ahead and use those. Also, if you aren’t a pork eater, it’s fine to substitute turkey bacon as well. Finally, these waffles aren’t incredibly sweet, mainly because I have an unhealthy obsession with maple syrup. One might say that I eat syrup, with waffles (and not the other way around.). If you don’t use syrup, go ahead and up the sugar to a 1/2 cup.
Ingredients
2 c AP flour
3 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
2 eggs
1 1/2 c buttermilk
4 strips of bacon, cooked
1 c strawberries
1/4 c white sugar
1 tbsp butter, melted
1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
-First, get your waffle iron and turn it on so it gets nice ‘n hot.
-Cook your bacon, and set aside on some paper towels. We’ll get back to these babies later.
-In a bowl, combine baking powder, flour, and salt.
-In a blender, combine eggs, buttermilk, strawberries, sugar, butter, and extract. Blend away! The only “chunks” I wanted in these waffles were of bacon, so I chose to puree my strawberries with the rest of the wet ingredients. If you really want strawberry chunks, just finely dice them instead.
-Add the wet to the dry, and do NOT overmix! Really force yourself to step back. There WILL be lumps, it’s only natural.
-Ladle batter into preheated waffle iron, and crumble 1 strip of bacon on top of the batter. Cook waffles until they’re nice and golden and crispy (about 5 mins.). I portioned 1 strip of bacon per waffle.
More photos, and instructions on making the berry hearts, over at Savory Notes
Let it be known, if you preffer raspberries over strawberries, or blueberries, or blackberries, go ahead and use those. Also, if you aren’t a pork eater, it’s fine to substitute turkey bacon as well. Finally, these waffles aren’t incredibly sweet, mainly because I have an unhealthy obsession with maple syrup. One might say that I eat syrup, with waffles (and not the other way around.). If you don’t use syrup, go ahead and up the sugar to a 1/2 cup.
Ingredients
2 c AP flour
3 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
2 eggs
1 1/2 c buttermilk
4 strips of bacon, cooked
1 c strawberries
1/4 c white sugar
1 tbsp butter, melted
1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
-First, get your waffle iron and turn it on so it gets nice ‘n hot.
-Cook your bacon, and set aside on some paper towels. We’ll get back to these babies later.
-In a bowl, combine baking powder, flour, and salt.
-In a blender, combine eggs, buttermilk, strawberries, sugar, butter, and extract. Blend away! The only “chunks” I wanted in these waffles were of bacon, so I chose to puree my strawberries with the rest of the wet ingredients. If you really want strawberry chunks, just finely dice them instead.
-Add the wet to the dry, and do NOT overmix! Really force yourself to step back. There WILL be lumps, it’s only natural.
-Ladle batter into preheated waffle iron, and crumble 1 strip of bacon on top of the batter. Cook waffles until they’re nice and golden and crispy (about 5 mins.). I portioned 1 strip of bacon per waffle.
More photos, and instructions on making the berry hearts, over at Savory Notes