Bacon Waffles with Maple Syrup & Pecans

INGREDIENTS

12 Bacon slices

2 cups Swans Down Cake Flour

2 tbs sugar

2 tbs baking powder

½ tps baking soda

¼ tsp salt

1 ½ cups buttermilk

2 large eggs

½ cup pure maple syrup

½ cup chopped pecans

METHOD

Heat a well-seasoned or non-stick Belgian or standard waffle

 iron.

Preheat oven to 200°.

In a large skillet cook bacon over moderate heat until crisp.

Transfer bacon to paper towels to cool, reserving bacon fat.

Crumble bacon into pieces.

In a large bowl sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt and stir into buttermilk, eggs, and bacon, including fat (about ½ cup) until batter is smooth.

In a small sauce pan simmer syrup over moderately low heat for 2 minutes.

Spoon batter into waffle iron and cook accordingly to manufacturer’s instructions.

Transfer waffles to a baking and keep warm, uncovered, in middle of oven.

Make more waffle with remaining batter in the same manner.

Serve waffles with syrup, sprinkled with pecans.

Makes 2 ½ cups batter or 5 7-inch round waffles.

This recipe can be found at Swans Down.