Waffles!

One of my favorite childhood memories is cooking waffles with my dad on Saturday mornings. My mom had to work, so it was the main point that I had father-daughter time. While my dad is no cooking connoisseur, I give him serious credit when it comes to waffles. Amongst cold Colorado weather, there was nothing better than enjoying a hot waffle for breakfast.

Today, I woke up in my parents' house craving waffles once again. Before my mom and brother were awake, I began making waffles (and coffee) in the company of 2 hounds. I tried a recipe that I found in Food Network Magazine (which remains to be my favorite place to find new recipes), and I must say that it was pretty delicious. In fact, it smelled good enough for my parents' obese basset hound to hoist himself up for a bite of a waffle off the kitchen counter.

Spice Waffles
2 cups flour
4 tsp. baking powder
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp. salt
2 eggs
1 1/2 cup milk
5 T. melted shortening
4 T. melted butter
3/2 tsp. pumpkin-pie spice

Whisk flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt. Mix in eggs, milk, shortening, melted butter. Add pumpkin-pie spice to batter. Cook in a waffle iron until crisp. Top with butter and syrup.