Whole Grain Waffles

Ingredients:

• 2 cups kefir (or ½ yogurt & ½ milk, or use all buttermilk)
• 1/2 cup oats
• 1 1/3 cup whole grain flower mixture (spelt, barley, oat groat, kamut, quinoa, millit, brown rice, etc)
• 1/4 cup ground flax, cornmeal, or toasted wheat germ
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp sea salt
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 2 large eggs lightly beaten
• 2 TBSP raw honey, agave, or maple syrup
• 1 Tbsp applesauce or oil
• 2 teaspoons vanilla

Instructions:

Mix kefir, eggs, sweetener, applesauce (or oil), & vanilla in a medium bowl. Whisk flour, oats, flax, salt and cinnamon in a large bowl.  Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients; mix with a rubber spatula just until moistened.  You can let this sit for as long as you’d like. You can even have it sit overnight in your fridge. Add the baking powder & baking soda just before you are ready to cook & mix well. Coat a waffle iron with coconut oil, butter, or cooking spray.