All I can think to do this week, all of my wandering thoughts, all of my lazy moments, they center around the bed. It's cold here (finally). Usually in the thirties when I wake up in the night looking for a blanket. Instead, I find an arm to hold me. A dog to cuddle with. A light that pulses through the branches of the trees when a car comes down the hill that our window overlooks.
It's usually grey from 6 until about 9 here. Foggy, sometimes so dense I don't even see the trees. Sometimes the water in the creek is so silent you can hear the squirrels padding along its bank. Sometimes Nolan's smoke and my breath and the coffee's steam all meanders above our heads like thought bubbles in old comics.
And so I think of relaxing in bed, even though we've been too busy to lately. I think of lounging. I think of the ten minutes it takes to put this recipe together and the half hour of waking up, bleary-eyed, while the coffee gets cold. It's my favorite time of day, I think.
Pumpkin Tahini Waffles
Ingredients:
- 2 cup flour
- 3 teaspoon baking powder
- Pinch of salt
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1/2 TB white vinegar
- 1/2 TB pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- 1/3 cup tahini
- 1 TB orange zest
- 1 TB molasses
- 2 TB honey
Directions:
- Prep and grease your waffle iron
- While iron heats, sift together all dry ingredients
- In a measuring cup, whisk together all wet ingredients and orange zest until frothy
- Create a well in the center of the flour mixture
- Slowly pour in your wet mixture, while stirring in the contents (I found that a rubber spatula actually worked great here)
- Using a ladle, pour batter into iron
- Bake waffles to waffle maker's directions
- Repeat with remaining batter
And here you can see that Elsa enjoyed the waffles, too! (Plus, I threw in a cute one of her because ISN'T SHE BEAUTIFUL!)