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Decadent Chocolate Dessert Waffles
1¼ cups white whole wheat flour
⅓ cup granulated sugar
⅓ cup Dutch process cocoa
6 amaretti cookies, finely crushed
1 ounce bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
1½ teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon baking soda
Pinch salt
1¼ cups low-fat (1%) milk
¼ cup fat-free egg substitute
3 tablespoons butter, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon confectioners’ sugar
1 Spray waffle baker with nonstick spray. Preheat waffle baker according to manufacturer’s directions.
2 Combine flour, granulated sugar, cocoa, cookie crumbs, chocolate, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in zip-close plastic bag. Seal bag and shake until mixed well. Whisk together milk, egg substitute, butter, and vanilla in large bowl. Add flour mixture to milk mixture bowl and stir just until combined.
3 When waffle baker is ready, ladle ¹⁄3 cup of batter onto each waffle grid. Close lid and bake until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Transfer waffles to platter and keep warm. Repeat with remaining batter, spraying waffle baker between batches, making total of 10 waffles. Serve sprinkled with confectioners’ sugar.
PER SERVING (1 waffle): 178 Cal, 6 g Total Fat, 3 g Sat Fat, 0 g Trans Fat, 11 mg Chol, 179 mg Sod, 27 g Carb, 14 g Sugar, 2 g Fib, 4 g Prot, 54 mg Calc.
HEALTHY EXTRA
Top the waffles with a mix of fresh berries or a mix of diced fresh fruit.