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Suzanne Nelson’s Nutella Banana Blitz Waffle Recipe

Nutella Banana Blitz Waffle Recipe

From PUMPKIN SPICE UP YOUR LIFE

Pumpkin Spice Up Your Life,  my ninth Scholastic foodie book, was published just last week! My newest book is all about crisp fall days and crushes as sweet as a pumpkin spice latte!

You can order it from your favorite local bookstore or right here, from Indiebound.

You can sample a “taste” of chapter one below, plus print out a book discussion guide for a book club with your BFFs.

Pumpkin Spice Up Your Life

Here’s a sneak peak at chapter one, read aloud by yours truly:

Here is a reader’s discussion guide so that you can talk about the book with friends and family!

Pumpkin Spice Up Your Life discussion questions

 

Even better, here’s a recipe for Nutella Banana Blitz Waffles from the book.

Nutella Banana Blitz Waffle

You’ll need: a waffle iron, cling wrap, measuring spoons and cups, parchment paper, large mixing bowl, a liquid measuring cup, and a baking sheet. NOTE: Anytime you’re using a stove, oven, or griddle, a parent should help you. Griddles and waffle irons get VERY hot, so use extreme caution and never touch a griddle with bare hands.

Ingredients:

Ingredients for a Snug Mug Waffle

2 ½ instant dry yeast

1 cup whole milk, lukewarm (slightly warm to touch)

2 ½ sticks butter, softened

4 cups flour

6 tbsp. light brown sugar3 tsp. vanilla extract

Pinch of salt

½–¾ cup

1 banana

Nutella

Whipped cream or vanilla ice cream

 

Directions:

In a large mixing bowl, whisk 2 ½ teaspoons of instant dry yeast with 1 cup of lukewarm milk. Let the milk/yeast mixture sit at room temperature for five minutes.

Adding the yeast

Add in eggs, flour, brown sugar, vanilla extract, and salt.

  Adding in ingredients

Knead with your hands or mix with a spoon until a sticky dough forms.

Dough

Add in the softened butter and knead until just combined. (Note: This may seem like a lot of butter and it will make the dough very slick. Don’t worry! The butter makes the waffles extra delicious!)

So much butter!

Mixing the butter into the dough

Set the ball of dough on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, and cover securely with plastic wrap.

Dough rising

Allow the dough to rise at room temperature for three hours. Once the dough has risen, knead in the pearl sugar (Note: Pearl sugar is small, pearl-sized balls of sugar.

Add pearl sugar

If you have trouble finding it at your local grocery store, you can order it online from Amazon.com or from specialty baking stores. The more pearl sugar you add to the batter, the sweeter your waffles will be. You can experiment with the amount until you’re happy with the overall taste.). Then divide the dough into 10 balls. Cover the balls with plastic wrap again and allow to rise for an additional fifteen minutes.

Separated dough ready for the griddle

Heat your waffle iron (if the waffle iron has a heat setting, you want it on medium to high). When your waffle iron is ready, place a ball of dough at its center and close the lid.

Dough on the griddle

Cook the dough for approximately 2–3 minutes, depending on your waffle iron, until the waffle is golden brown.

Hot off the waffle iron

Carefully and with the help of a parent, remove the waffle from the iron and set on a plate. Continue the process until you’ve used up all the dough. You’ll have enough dough for eight to ten waffles.

Top the waffle with one sliced banana, a generous drizzle of Nutella, and a scoop of vanilla ice cream or a heaping mound of whipped cream. YUM!

Nutella Banana Blitz Waffle

 

To pair this waffle with one of the Snug Mug’s fall-tastic drinks, check out these recipes:

Pumpkin Spice Supreme Recipe

Pumpkin Spice Supreme

Cracklin’ Campfire Cappuccino Recipe

Me and the Cracklin' Campfire Cappuccino

Be sure to check out the other Scholastic foodie books as well!

Eight foodie covers

 

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