WAFFLES

2 eggs plus 1 egg white, beaten
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted
1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour with 1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
FOR SERVING:
Maple syrup
Mangos, strawberries, or blueberries

Mix all the ingredients except syrup and fruit in a large bowl.

Spray a waffle iron with cooking spray. Spoon the batter onto the heated waffle iron. Cook the waffle until lightly browned, about 2 minutes.

Serve with maple syrup and sliced mangos, strawberries, or blueberries.

Makes about 6 large waffles
From the Hardcover edition.
Excerpted from The Book Lover's Cookbook by Shaunda Kennedy Wenger and Janet Kay Jensen
Copyright © 2003 by Shaunda Kennedy Wenger Janet Kay Jensen. Excerpted by permission of Ballantine Books, a division of Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.