Gingerbread waffles with maple syrup butter

Ingredients

• FOR THE WAFFLES
• 2 eggs
• 375 ml milk
• 125 g butter/margarine (melted)
• 3 tbsp maple syrup
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 235 g all-purpose flour
• 3 tbsp brown sugar (light soft brown sugar)
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• 3 tsp gingerbread spices (or speculaas spice mix)
• pinch of salt
• FOR THE MAPLE SYRUP BUTTER
• 90 g butter/margarine (at room temperature)
• 2 tbsp maple syrup
• Pinch of cinnamon

Instructions

1. 1

   For the maple syrup butter, mix all the ingredients together and set aside.1. Mix the flour with the brown sugar, baking powder, gingerbread spices and salt. Set aside.

2. 2

   2. Beat the eggs together with the melted butter, maple syrup and vanilla essence.3. Add the flour mixture and stir until you have a smooth batter. (You can also do this in a stand mixer or with a hand mixer.)4. Preheat the waffle iron. Using an ice cream scoop, spoon the batter into the waffle iron — one scoop per waffle. Bake until golden brown (about 3 to 4 minutes).5. Serve the waffles warm with the maple syrup butter.Enjoy!