Waffles and Buttermilk Syrup

Getting a waffle maker for Christmas results in an increase of waffles eaten. And Rachelle shared her amazing buttermilk syrup recipe with me, so now we can eat these delicious waffles with an even more delicious syrup! The waffle recipe I found here originally but I changed a few things and the syrup was on a recipe card Rachelle got from a work party. My recipe made 8 waffles (which freeze nicely if you have leftovers!) and the leftover syrup can be refrigerated and reheated, just make sure to heat until it is foamy and looks like the original end result. Enjoy!

Waffles
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups of flour (I used 1 cup whole wheat and 1 cup of all purpose flour)
- 1 3/4 cup milk (I used buttermilk. Just add 1 1/2 tbsp lemon juice to milk and let sit for 5 minutes)
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon white sugar
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon-ish cinnamon

1. Preheat waffle iron
2. Beat eggs in a large bowl with hand mixer until fluffy
3. Beat in flour, milk, oil, sugar, baking powder, salt, vanilla, and cinnamon just until smooth.
4. Spray preheated waffle iron with nonstick cooking spray. Pour mix onto hot waffle iron and cook until golden brown. (You know how to cook waffles.) Serve hot

Now first of all, the trick to making buttermilk is adding 1 tablespoon of lemon juice (or white vinegar works too) to 1 cup of milk. This recipe can be halved or doubled or whatever to suit the quantity of buttermilk you're making. Moving on.

Buttermilk Syrup
- 1/2 cup buttermilk (so add 1/2 tbsp lemon juice to 1/2 cup milk and let sit for 5 minutes)
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon-ish cinnamon

1. Combine buttermilk, sugar, and butter in a saucepan and boil lightly for a few minutes.
2. Stir in vanilla, baking soda, and cinnamon.
3. The mixture with expand and become foamy (be careful, it might want to spill over the side of the pan. Move if off the heat momentarily if this happens) and ready to serve ASAP.