Oatmeal Waffles

Once upon a time, I was one of the thousands of teens who had braces.  What does braces have to do with waffles, you ask?  Well when you are a teen,  one that doesn't have a drivers license, someone, probably your mother,  has to drive you to the monthly appointments.  And said person must sit and wait for you while you get the delightful opportunity to have the entire contents of your mouth rearranged, tightened, and generally tortured.  While said  person is waiting, she will probably peruse the magazines provided in the waiting room.  And for two years she won't have to get subscriptions to the magazines that the dentist's wife likes, because each month new ones magically appear in the office waiting room.  While she enjoys those lovely new editions, there are likely to be recipes that she sees that she might like to try.  One of those recipes might just be a wonderful waffle recipe,

On one of my many orthodontist (or dentist, the two were the same person for me) appointments in my teen years, my mother found this oatmeal waffle recipe.  For the many years since she has made these waffles on Sunday mornings before church.  Many families have standing food rituals, like pizza on Friday night, or Sunday dinner after church, or homemade pizza on Saturday nights (that is mine).  My mom has Sunday morning oatmeal waffles.

1 C SELF RISING FLOUR

1 CUP OATS

1 TSP CINNAMON

2 TBLS BROWN SUGAR

¾ CUP BUTTER MELTED (I use ¾ cup applesauce)

2 EGGS

1 CUP MILK

1 TSP VANILLA

This her recipe that she has developed for two people (now her and my father).  She states you can add flour and milk to increase the recipe, keeping the rest of the indredents the same.  If using plain flour you can add 2 tsp.baking powder and 1 tsp salt.

I have mixed the dry ingredients, put them in a jar, fixed a cute tag listing the wet ingredients and preparation instructions, added a jar with my home made syrup (recipe to come tomorrow), and given as gifts.