Vegan Waffles

This was a recipe for blueberry waffles but the first batch I made stuck to the waffle iron so badly I gave up and made them plain with a blueberry compote. This is another recipe that measures in cups from isachandra.com.

Makes 6 waffles

1 cup wholewheat flour

1 tablespoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon ground allspice

1 cup porridge oats

1/3 cup unsweetened apple sauce (stewed apple)

1 1/2 cups almond milk

3 tablespoons maple syrup

2 tablespoons vegetable oil

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

For The Compote

300g blueberries

50ml water

50g granulated sugar

1 tablespoon lemon juice

Put the flour, baking powder, salt and allspice into a mixing bowl. Mix in the oats, apple sauce, milk, maple syrup, oil and vanilla and stir until combined.

Let the batter rest for about 5 minutes, it will thicken in this time.

Preheat the waffle iron (following manufacturers instructions) and spray waffle plates liberally with vegetable oil. About a half cup of batter was enough for my Petra waffle iron and it spread out when I shut the lid. It took about 4 minutes to cook each waffle (check your instructions for your iron though) and made six waffles for this amount of batter. Make sure you spray the iron with oil after each waffle or they will stick!I froze these waffles and reheated them under the grill from frozen and they were delicious covered in blueberry compote!

For the compote

1. Combine half the blueberries with the water, sugar and lemon juice in a small saucepan. Cook gently for about 10 minutes covered with a lid. Add the other half of the blueberries and continue to cook for another 8 minutes staring frequently.

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