Whole-grain Waffles with Caramelized Pineapple

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Want a special Carblovers weekend brunch? Try these delicious waffles.
You can substitute other fruit for tpiinnapple. Bananass, blueberries and apples are all amazing with these waffles.

Ingredients

• For Topping:
• 2 tbsp melted butter
• 3 tbsp dark brown sugar
• 1/2 t. pure vanilla extract
• 8 oz. pineapple chunks (about 1 cup) fresh or frozen, thawed
• For Waffles:
• 3/4 c. all-purpose flour
• 3/4 c. whole-wheat flour
• 2 tbsp wheat germ
• 1 1/2 t. baking powder
• 1/2 t. baking soda
• 1/4 t. salt
• 2 . buttermilk, plus more for loosening batter if necessary
• 2 tbsp melted butter
• 1 tbsp pure maple syrup\
• 2 egg whites
• 1 t. pure vanilla extract
• Cooking spray

Preparation

Step 1

Make Topping:
Combine butter, brown sugar, and vanilla in saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce ehat, add pineapple to coat, and cook until pineapple is golden brown, 3-4 minutes.

Make waffles:
Preheat a waffle iron.

Place flours, wheat germ, baking powder, baking soda and salt in abowl; whisk to combine. Place buttermilk, butter, maple syrup, egg whites, and vanilla in a separate bowl; whisk to combine. Combine dry and wet ingredients, whisk until just incorporated (batter will be thick)

Coatwaffle iron with cooking spray, pour 1/4 of the batter into waffle ironl. Cook until golden brown, about 3-4 minutes. Transfer to a plate and keep warm. Repeat with remaining batter.

Stack two waffle quarter (or quares) on top of each other. Drizzle with 1/4 c. pineapple topping and serve.
Seving size 2 waffle quarters wtih 1/4c. pineapple topping
cal 216; fat 7.3g (sat 4.1g; mono 2g; poly 0.6g;) chol 18mjg; prot 6g; carb 32g; sugar 13g; fiver 2g; RS 0g; sod 336mg