Strawberry-Banana Waffles

One of my birthday gifts was a waffle maker. I have been dying to use it but something always gets in my way before I begin. Today was the day. My first ever attempt at homemade waffles. I found a highly-rated recipe on allrecipes.com that I decided to try. I wanted my first waffles to be special (to me), so I decided to add some strawberry, banana and cinnamon, cross my fingers and hope it works. I was pleasantly surprised how these turned out! You have to try them! YAY!

Ingredients:

• 2 eggs
• 2 c all-purpose flour
• 1 3/4 c milk
• 1/2 c vegetable oil
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 4 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  
• 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon, or to taste
  
• 1 ripe banana, mashed
  
• Handful of strawberries, coarsely chopped

Directions:

• Spray waffle maker with non-stick cooking spray and preheat.
  
• In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, vegetable oil and vanilla extract.
  
• In another large bowl, sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and cinnamon.
• Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix well.
  
• Stir in the mashed bananas and strawberries.
• Pour the batter into the waffle maker (I use about 3/4 c of the batter). Cook until the timer goes off, or about 5 minutes.
  
• Serve with sliced strawberries and banana and syrup.
• Enjoy!