Creamy Cottage Cheese Waffles

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup cottage cheese
• 1 cup milk
• 2 large eggs
• 2 1/2 tablespoons honey
• 2 medium ripe peaches
• 1 lemon, juice of
• 2 tablespoons honey

Recipe

• 1 make peach-honey pour—bring 1 quart water to a boil in a saucepan; drop the peaches into the boiling water and keep them submerged for about 10-15 seconds.
• 2 remove with a slotted spoon and, when cool enough to handle, slip off the skins.
• 3 cut the peaches into small pieces and puree until smooth in a blender or food processor along with lemon juice and honey.
• 4 taste and if needed, add more lemon juice or honey (this can be made up to 3 days ahead and refrigerated in tightly covered container).
• 5 make the waffles—preheat waffle iron.
• 6 melt butter; set aside.
• 7 in a bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• 8 in another bowl, beat together the cottage cheese, milk, eggs, and honey; combine well.
• 9 don’t worry if curds of cottage cheese remain.
• 10 switch to a rubber spatula and gradually add the dry ingredients to the cottage cheese mixture, stirring only until the dry ingredients are incorporated; stir in the melted butter.
• 11 lightly butter or spray the grids of you iron.
• 12 spoon out ½ cup batter (or whatever is recommended by you waffler’s manufacturer) onto the hot iron.
• 13 use wooden spoon to smooth the batter almost to the edge of the grids.
• 14 close the lid and bake until browned and crisp.
• 15 serve the waffles immediately with peach-honey pour.