Belgian Buttermilk Waffles with Glazed Bananas
Light and fluffy Belgian-style buttermilk waffles topped with caramelized banana slices and warm maple syrup. This classic breakfast dish combines the perfect crispy-on-the-outside, tender-on-the-inside waffle with luxuriously glazed fruit.
Ingredients
- •2 cups all-purpose flour
- •2 tablespoons sugar
- •2 teaspoons baking powder
- •1 teaspoon baking soda
- •¾ teaspoon salt
- •2 cups buttermilk
- •6 tablespoons unsalted butter
- •2 whole eggs
- •2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- •2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- •2 whole bananas
- •1¼ cups maple syrup
- •½ cup sour cream
- •1 piece waffle iron
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Put oven rack in middle position and put a large metal cooling rack directly on it. Preheat oven to 250°F and preheat waffle iron.
10 min
- 2.
Whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl.
3 min
- 3.
Whisk together buttermilk, melted butter, and eggs in another bowl, then whisk into flour mixture until just combined.
5 min
- 4.
Brush hot waffle iron lightly with vegetable oil and pour a slightly rounded 1/2 cup of batter into each waffle mold (see cooks' note, below). Cook waffles according to manufacturer's instructions until golden and cooked through, about 3 minutes. Transfer as cooked to rack in oven to keep warm, keeping waffles in 1 layer to stay crisp. Make more waffles in same manner.
20 min
- 5.
While last batch is cooking, heat butter in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat until foam subsides, then add banana slices in 1 layer and cook until golden, about 1 minute per side. Remove from heat and add syrup to skillet.
5 min
- 6.
Spoon bananas over waffles, then drizzle with warm syrup before serving.
2 min
