Buttermilk Waffles

When I’m looking for a recipe, I don’t do anything fancy.  I don’t consult the index of the 30+ cookbooks in my kitchen.  I don’t page through the stack of CookingLight Magazines gathering dust on my shelf.  I go to Google.

With most of a quart of low-fat buttermilk still in my fridge, I was getting nervous – I hate to not use up dairy products (we’ve discussed this before).  Since my (Alton’s) cinnamon roll recipe only calls for 6 oz, I had the remainder of a quart hanging out on the door, taunting me every time I opened the fridge.

In Pittsburgh, I can’t seem to find buttermilk in any small quantity.  I know you can make milk into buttermilk by adding vinegar, but I’ve yet to see someone turn buttermilk back to regular milk.  Something has to be done.

Okay so that’s a little dramatic.  But I wanted to use the buttermilk.  And I wanted waffles – relatively healthy waffles.  So I Googled “low-fat buttermilk waffles” and found a recipe from ingredients, inc.  Does anyone read this blog?  It looks great!

I took the basic recipe and made some adjustments, of course.

Dry ingredients:

1/2 cup whole wheat flour

1/2 cup garbanzo bean flour (I’m kind of obsessed)

1 Tbsp Splenda blend (you could use 2 Tbsp regular sugar)

1/2 tsp baking soda

1 tsp baking powder

1/4  tsp salt (I forgot omitted this)

Wet ingredients:

1 cup low-fat buttermilk

1 Tbsp vegetable oil (I resisted the urge to substitute something here)

1 egg (used 1/4 c egg whites)

2 Tbsp water (if you think the batter needs to be thinner)

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Approximate nutrition (no toppings): 190 calories, 5g fat, 27g carbs, 8g protein

I was really happy with the way these turned out.  Light but substantial, with a decent nutritional profile.  I got 4 waffles from the mix but they didn’t quite stretch all the way to the corners of the waffle maker.  😉  I froze the leftovers to enjoy later in the week.  I see almond butter in their future.

Okay, math-wizzes: I had a quart of buttermilk.  I used 6 oz then I used 1 cup.  Result?  2+ cups remaining.

Translation = another buttermilk recipe coming tomorrow!

What’s your favorite buttermilk recipe?  

Where do you look for recipes?