Whole wheat waffles with caramel poached apples and nuts

 

When I go to bed every night I think about what I can make the next day for my husbands lunch, my babies three meals and may be some thing sweet. So last night I decided I would make whole wheat waffles  and use a fruit of the season. So apples were the way to go. This recipe is so easy and it will keep you full all the way till lunch time.

Ingredients :-

1. Wheat Flour – 1 + 1/2 cups
2. Salt – 1/ tsp
3. Baking Powder – 2 tsp
4. Oil – 1/2 cup
5. Egg – 1
6. Milk – 1 cup + 1 tbsp
7. Palm Jaggery – 1tbsp + 2 tbsp ( use sugar, brown sugar alternatively )
8. Butter – 1 tbsp
9. Vanilla Extract – 1 tsp + 1 tsp ( for the caramel)
10. Apples – 2 ( cleaned, cored and sliced)
11. Cream – 1 tsp ( Or 2 tbsp of curd)
12. Cinnamon Powder – 1/4 tsp
13. Nutmeg Powder – 1/4 tsp
14. Star Anise – 1
15. Walnuts – 5 – 6

Instructions :-

1. Pre Heat your waffle iron
2. In a bowl mix flour + 1 tbsp palm jaggery + salt + baking powder + cinnamon powder + nutmeg powder and set aside
3. In another bowl, mix oil + milk + 1 tsp vanilla extract. Whisk egg into the milk mixture and whisk well
4. Now slowly pour the wet mixture into the dry ingredients. Do not over mix! If there are lumps its ok. Add 1tbsp of milk if too thick
5. Pour batter into the hot waffle iron and let them cook till nice a golden
6. Mean while, in a pan add the rest of the jaggery and butter. Let it come to the simmer and add the cream. Then switch off the flame and add the start anise and vanilla extract
7. Now add the cut apples into the caramel and let it cook in the hot caramel ( when the gas is off) This makes the apples soft on the out and nice and crunchy on the inside
8. Once the waffles are ready pour the caramel apples on the waffles and top it off with walnuts! Enjoy!!

Tips:-

1. All ingredients should be at room temperature
2. Use good quality flour ( fresh )
3. Use apples that are hard and not too sweet
4. You can substitute jaggery with sugar, honey, agave etc