Power Waffles

When I was growing up, a Sunday morning treat was waffles with ice cream—Dad's notso-healthy contribution to the family meal. I still love waffles, and this recipe provides a blend of great taste, healthy ingredients, and nourishment that will give your kids lots of energy for a great start to the day.

Yield: Eight waffles

The night before:

1. Take 1/2 cup of milk from the recipe and steep the ginger in it for 10 minutes and then strain the ginger out.
2. Warm 1/2 cup of milk from recipe amount and dissolve the yeast in it. Allow the mixture to sit for 5 minutes.
3. Combine the yeast-milk with the ginger-milk along with the remaining 1 ½ cups of milk and set aside.
4. In the bowl of an electric mixer combine the sugar, flours, oats, cinnamon, and baking powder. Mix to combine and then add the milk mixture and blend.
5. Pour batter into one large or two smaller containers leaving plenty of room for the batter to rise. Cover and store overnight in the refrigerator.

In the morning:

1. Preheat the waffle iron.
2. Melt butter and whip egg whites to soft peaks.
3. Put the batter made the night before into the bowl of the electric mixer, add 3/4 of the butter and mix until fully incorporated.
4. Add 2/3 of the egg whites, blend, and make a test waffle to make sure that the waffle iron is well seasoned. Depending on the consistency you may need to add more butter and/or egg whites – if the waffle is too heavy add a bit more egg whites and if it sticks try a bit more butter.