Recipe: Bacon Waffles with Warm Maple Syrup and Pecans

BACON WAFFLES WITH MAPLE SYRUP AND PECANS

12 bacon slices
2 cups Swans Down Cake Flour
2 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups buttermilk
2 large eggs
1/2 cup pure maple syrup
1/2 cup chopped pecans

Heat a well-seasoned or non-stick Belgian or standard waffle iron. Preheat oven to 200 degrees F.

In a large skillet cook bacon over moderate heat until crisp. Transfer bacon to paper towels to cool, reserving bacon fat. Crumble bacon into pieces.

In a large bowl sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt and stir in buttermilk, eggs, and bacon including bacon fat (about 1/2 cup) until batter is smooth.

In a small saucepan simmer syrup over moderately low heat 2 minutes.

Spoon batter into waffle iron and cook according to manufacturer's instructions. Transfer waffles to a baking sheet and keep warm, uncovered, in middle of oven. Make more waffles with remaining batter in same manner.

Serve waffles with syrup, sprinkled with pecans.

Makes 2 1/2 cups batter or five 7-inch round waffles
Source: Recipe booklet: Celebrate the Seasons with Swans Down (Swans Down Cake Flour)