Recipe Share: Pumpkin Pear Waffles

Guest Post by Missy Mihalko

I love to wake my family with the smell of a delicious breakfast on Sunday mornings! This recipe is one of our favorites. Although it uses pumpkin, which most people use mainly in Autumn, we enjoy this recipe year-round! It calls for whole wheat flour and agave syrup in place of white flour and sugar, so it's a healthier, and tastier, alternative to classic waffles!

Pumpkin Pear Waffles

Serves 6

Ingredients

-1 cup whole wheat pastry flour

-1 1/2 tsp baking powder

-1 tsp cinnamon

-1/2 tsp nutmeg

-2 medium eggs, beaten

-2 tsbp agave syrup

-1/2 cup pumpkin puree

-1/4 cup finely diced pear

-olive oil cooking spray

Directions

1. Mix together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and nutmeg
2. Beat together the eggs and agave
3. Add in the flour mixture

4. Fold in the pumpkin and pear
5. Pour batter into a hot waffle iron coated with nonstick cooking spray and cook until waffles are crisp and browned
6. Optional-top with maple flavored agave syrup and your favorite toppings such as fresh fruit, almonds and reduced fat whipped topping

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