Waffles, Banana Macadamia with Toasted Macadamia Butter

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Ingredients

  • Waffles:
  • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon active dry yeast
  • 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1 1/2 cups milk
  • 1/2 cup butter or margarine, cut up
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 1 1/3 cup diced bananas
  • 1/2 chopped dry roasted, salted macadamia nuts
  • Butter:
  • 1/3 cup softened butter or margarine
  • 2 tablespoons diced banana
  • 2 tablespoons chopped dry roasted, salted macadamia nuts

Preparation

Step 1

Waffles:

In large bowl, combine flour, yeast, granulated sugar, salt, nutmeg, and ginger; set aside. In medium saucepan, place water, milk and butter. heat over low heat until mixture is very warm (120 to 130 degrees F), stirring frequently. Add milk mixture to flour mixture; mix well. Add eggs, mix well. Cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate overnight or let stand at room temp at least 1 hour until batter is light and bubbly.
Add brown sugar, bananas, and nuts; mix well.
Set preheated waffle baker timer to 3 minutes and 45 seconds. Spread 1 cup batter into top side of waffle baker. Close top; start timer and rotate baker. Fill second side of baker; rotate baker again.
When signal sounds remove first waffle. Remove second waffle. Repeat with remaining batter. Serve with Toasted Macadamia Butter.
Butter:
In small bowl, mash together butter and banana. Add nuts; mix well.