Bananas Foster Belgian Waffles

As a special treat for my mother, I created this recipe, which includes one of her favorite desserts and one of her favorite breakfast items. This creation also goes great with French toast, so make this as a special treat to your mom or any mom. Also a nice way to impress anyone with a special breakfast. I hope you enjoy as much as my mom did.

• Preparation Time: 25 mins
• Cooking Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 40 mins
• Calories: 1096 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ¼ cup butter
• 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3 eggs
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ¾ teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons white sugar
• ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 ⅓ cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons rum flavored extract
• ⅓ cup melted butter
• 1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1 ⅓ cups milk
• ⅔ cup brown sugar
• ¼ cup whole pecans
• ½ cup pancake syrup (i.e. Mrs. Butterworth's®)
• 3 bananas, cut into 1/2 inch slices

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat a Belgium waffle iron. Whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, white sugar, and salt in a bowl; set aside.

Step 2

Whisk together the eggs, 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract, and milk in a bowl. Stir in the melted butter and flour mixture until a slightly lumpy batter forms. Cook the waffles in the preheated iron until steam stops coming out of the seam, about 2 minutes.

Step 3

Meanwhile, melt 1/4 cup of butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the brown sugar, rum extract, 2 teaspoons vanilla extract, and cinnamon. Bring to a simmer, the stir in the pecans and continue simmering for 1 minute. Stir in the pancake syrup and bananas, continue cooking until the bananas soften, about 4 minutes.

Step 4

Beat the heavy cream, 1/4 teaspoon of vanilla and confectioners' sugar with an electric mixer in a medium bowl until firm peaks form.

Step 5

Once waffles are done, spoon bananas Foster sauce over waffle and top with a dollop of whip cream.