Banana sour cream waffles

The weekend is here my time to cook something a bit special. The hubby could eat sausage and eggs or bacon and eggs every day but I get tired of making the same thing time after time. So the weekend is my creative time. My time to spend a bit more time in the kitchen, a time to try new recipes that are a bit more labor intensive or something that you would like to sit and savor more than a weekday meal.

Today's plan was to make banana sour cream waffles with either bananas foster topping or sweetened strawberry compote. I slept in a bit longer than expected....so it turned out to be just banana sour cream waffles..lol. I didn't hear any complaints though from the hubby! Oh they made the house smell wonderful!! Not quite as good as banana bread but ohhh so close! Nothing better than a house that just fills your senses with the smell of food cooking!! Now that is comfort to me any day!

These waffles have a strong banana flavor that comes through but not over powering at all. They would make a nice base for any topping and I could even see them being used as the bread for a peanut butter and jelly sandwich or if you are adventurous a peanut butter banana and marshmallow sandwich...I however am NOT that adventurous...lol

This is an incredibly easy recipe that takes no time to whip together and would be a lovely weekday breakfast that your family would love.

So enough of me rambling on...let's get in that kitchen and get cooking!!!

Ingredients:

1 cup all-purpose flour
1 and 1/2 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg - separated (beat egg white until stiff)
1 cup sour cream
1/4 cup milk
1/4 cup butter - melted
1 medium banana - mashed

Directions:

Heat waffle iron per manufacturer's instructions.

Stir together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in mixing bowl. Set aside.

In separate bowl, whisk together egg yolk, sour cream, milk, butter and banana. Add liquid mixture to dry ingredients, stirring just until blended. Fold in beaten egg white.

Pour batter from cup or ladle onto center of hot waffle iron. *If the batter seems a bit too thick you can add a bit more milk to it to loosen it up a bit. I kept mine thicker as my waffle iron is a Belgian waffle iron with the deeper grooves so it handles the thicker batter. One thing to remember with this batter that I totally flaked on..is the sugar content of them from the banana. I normally just oil a paper towel and grease my waffle iron and well it wasn't enough. I don't normally like using cooking spray but didn't have time to melt some butter to grease it but the cooking spray worked well.* 

Bake about 5 minutes or until steaming stops. Remove waffle carefully.

I know I didn't plate it pretty for the photo but once the waffle iron gets hot and cooking it's hard to stop especially when the hubby eats them almost faster than I can cook them...lol They cook up nice and crisp and are nice and light as well. I hope you give them a try. Enjoy everyone...and enjoy being in that kitchen!

Double lemon sour cream pie

I had some lemons leftover from around Christmas time and needed to do something with them before I lost them to mold. So of course my first thought was lemon pie! LOL wouldn't that be YOUR first choice :-) Ever since I tasted Marie Calendars sour cream lemon pie I knew that I had to create something similar but with more lemon flavor! I love that slight pucker but sweet flavor of a lemon! So I thought now is the time! This recipe is a combination of my grandma's Lemon Meringue pie and an adaptation for the sour cream lemon layer. Grab your aprons and get ready to pucker up! This recipe makes two 9" pies so there is plenty to keep you smiling and enough to share if you dare...lol

Double lemon sour cream pie

Bottom layer
Ingredients:
1 1/3 cup sugar
6 Tablespoons cornstarch
1/2 tsp salt
3 egg yolks slightly beaten
2 Tablespoons lemon rind
1/3 cup lemon juice
2 cups boiling water

Directions:
In a small bowl mix 1/2 cup water into dry ingredients.

 

Put 1 1/2 cups water in a sauce pan and bring to a boil. Slowly add the moistened dry ingredients. Boil until thick and clear. Stirring constantly.

Remove from heat. Temper egg yolks, then add to the thickened base. Cook another minute.

Remove from heat. Add lemon rind and lemon juice. Divide mixture into two baked pie shells.

 
Top layer:
Ingredients:
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups milk
3 egg yolks slightly beaten
1/4 cup butter
2 Tablespoons lemon zest
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/2 cup sour cream

Directions:
In a sauce pan mix together sugar, flour, and salt. Gradually add the milk to the pan stirring constantly until to just bubbling but not boiling. The mixture will be thick just like the bottom layer. Reduce heat and cook 2 minutes more stirring constantly.

Remove from heat. Temper the eggs then add to the saucepan and cook for 2 more minutes stirring constantly. Remove from heat add butter, lemon zest, and lemon juice.

Then fold in the sour cream.

Divide the mixture into the two pie shells.

Mmmm the finished product! *If you don't plan on eating it right away, which if you can resist you are a stronger person than I...lol, take some Saran Wrap and over the tops so a thick skin like a pudding pie doesn't form. You could also top this with meringue if you like meringue, I just don't happen to like it* I had to wait an entire day to find out if it was good or not as I sent one of the pies to work with the hubby for him and the guys at work. I kept the other pie here at home and had to nearly chain myself to the radiator to keep out of it...lol Not to mention I had two of my favorite kitchen helpers with me dying to try it as well....

Meet Sasha the baby...she's 6 months old and those eyes!!! How can you not spoil a kid with such a cute face...lol

And meet Rocky, my big boy! He's 11 months old and always has that wrinkly brow...I can't resist either one!

 

Mmmm makes my mouth water to post this too....to bad there is no more pie and I'm not about to make some more...not yet...lol!!

 

I hope you try this recipe! It's a nice balance of sweet and light pucker of the lemon. Enjoy! As always I would love to hear your thoughts and if you liked it! Happy baking everyone....now let's eat some pie!!!!!