Waffles with Maple Pecan syrup

***MAKE SYRUP AHEAD OF TIME***

This is the perfect meal to make on Sunday mornings. Warm waffles, warm homemade syrup and pecans....there is in no way this can make your Sunday morning brighter. My son, Kai, said "this is te best syrup". Some of us are these with fresh strawberries and fresh whipped cream. Enjoy!!

Ingredients:

3/4 cup all purpose flour

1/4 cup cornstarch 

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 cup buttermilk 

1/3 cup veg. oil

1 egg

1 1/2 tsp sugar 

3/4 tsp vanilla

In a medium bowl, combine the flour, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; mix well. Add the milk, vegetable oil, egg, sugar and vanilla and mix well. Let the batter sit for 30 minutes.

Preheat a waffle iron. Do not use non-stick spray on the waffle iron; the oil will keep them from sticking. 

Maple Pecan Syrup

1/2 cups chopped pecans 

1 cup of sugar

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup of water

1 tsp maple extract

Combine both sugars and water in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Let it boil for about a minute or two, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and let cool for 2 or 3 minutes. Add maple extract. Let cool completely; the syrup will be thicker the colder it is. 

Store in the fridge for up to…forever, as far as I know. We’ve never had ours go bad, but then again it usually doesn’t last that long.