Pumpkin Waffles :: Dinner

So I think I’m going to have to have my pumpkin waffles for dinner tonight. Sure, I probably eat them most Saturday nights anyway, but tonight is Halloween; it seems fitting.

I’m so excited about the month ahead, too! I already posted about it yesterday, but I just love that it’s the height of pumpkin season in general, so it’s also the height of pumpkin waffle season! If only people could ditch the need for pumpkin pie and just eat pumpkin waffles instead, Thanksgiving would be even better.

Pumpkin Waffles :: Buttermilk Syrup

Sarah T., a visitor to the blog, suggests that buttermilk syrup be paired with the pumpkin waffles. I have yet to try it, but here is here recipe…

Heat on stove until boiling:
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 stick butter
1/4 cup buttermilk (or milk w/ vinegar)

Remove from heat and add:
1/4 tsp. Baking soda
1/4 tsp. Vanilla

Pumpkin Waffles :: Halloween

It’s truly prime pumpkin waffle season . . . the period from Halloween through Thanksgiving. I hope lots of awesome waffles are baked-up. And too bad waffles would make a bad trick-or-treat treat, else I’d love handing them out to the kids

Pumpkin Waffles :: Thawed

I’ve long been making my waffles, freezing them and then defrosting them in the days that follow. Much of that time was during the tenure of the previous incarnation of the recipe, so I was interested to see how the “new and improved” version would hold up. The answer . . . very well. Since the texture is more subtle than its predecessor, it’s full awesomeness is not as resilient, post-freezer, but I’d say it’s nearly 90% of the day-of/fresh experience. Added to that is that it is the “ultimate”, so even if freezing takes it slightly off its heights, I still believe it’s the best around.

Pumpkin Waffles :: Slipping

My recipe has slipped a spot in Google’s rankings for “pumpkin waffles“, to #8, which is B.S. cause some terrible recipes with no photos are ranked higher. I think the fact that some recipe pages have been around since the internet’s inception are the only reason they do well . . . that and some of the recipes are on major sites that get a lot of traffic that’s then “associated” with the recipe page. If only Google’s bots really ranked according the value of the content!

Pumpkin Waffles :: A Lull

Now that the recipe has been re-perfected, I’m taking a little hiatus from tweaking the recipe. I’m casually studying other waffle recipes, in general, seeing if I can learn any tricks that could be incorporated into my ingredients or directions. We’ll see.

I’ve also been dealing with some health issues this week, which have curtailed my blog postings . . . but I’m trying to get back on track. It’s been a rough week, friends.

Pumpkin Waffles :: Waffles at Dawn

I baked my waffles this morning, and took a few shots. It was dawn on a cloudy day, so the shot is a little less vibrant than my usual. Still, I thought it was a very pretty, natural looking depiction of my waffles in the wee hours of the morning…