Vegan Banana Bread Waffles

Vegan Banana Bread Waffles

I love banana bread. My husband loves it more.

If we ever bake a batch, he and our kids normally eat the entire loaf before I ever even get any. True story.

I mean it’s delicious, so I don’t really blame them. But here’s the thing, mixing up the batter is quick, waiting for the bread bake is not. You get me, right? Like having to smell it bake while waiting over half an hour for it to finish, then waiting for it to cool enough to slice……near torture.

So the other morning I was mixing up a batch of banana bread batter, lamenting on how long it was going to take for me to be able to eat a slice, if I even got one before my husband and kids polished it off, and suddenly a light bulb went off! I could just make the batter into WAFFLES!!!

It would be quick and easy, and I would snag one before everyone else swopped in and gobbled them up!!

Well it worked, and I may never bake banana bread again. I will probably now always opt to just turn the bread into waffles!!

Seriously, I don't honestly even like regular waffles a whole lot. I am not a huge sweets for breakfast fan. But I loved these waffles. They are just the right amount of sweet that I didn’t even put syrup on them. If you love syrup, then by all means load em up!!! Either way, these nutty banana waffles are delicious. And if you don’t like nuts or are allergic you can skip them or just add some chocolate chips or dried berries!! Easy swap!

So here is the moral of this story. It is way faster to make banana bread waffles than to bake banana bread. So try it! I think its the perfect waffle hack!

INGREDIENTS:

  • 2 cups all purpose white flour

  • 3/4 cups brown sugar

  • 1/2 cup vegan butter, melted

  • 1 tablespoon baking powder

  • 1 teaspoon baking soda

  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

  • 4 very ripe bananas

  • 3/4 cups chopped walnuts

  • 3/4 cup plant milk

  • 1 teaspoon vinegar

Vegan Banana Bread Waffles

INSTRUCTIONS:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

  1. Mash bananas in a medium sized bowl. Stir in the melted butter and vanilla extract.

  2. In a large bowl, mix flour, sugar, salt, baking soda, and baking powder.

  3. Mix the vinegar with the milk and let it sit for a few minutes.

  4. Add the wet ingredients to the dry and stir until combined. Mix in the chopped nuts.

  5. Heat a waffle maker (iron) to high heat and spray with some oil. Fill the waffle maker with batter and cook according to your waffle makers directions. Repeat with remaining batter until all is used up.

  6. Sever with vegan butter, maple syrup, and sliced banana if you like.

This recipe will yield around 5-6 waffles if using a regular sized waffle maker, not a Belgium waffle maker,

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