Banana Chai Waffles

---

Waffles are kinda my favorite - little pockets of melted butter and syrup - yes please. But making these waffles with freshly brewed chai tea and banana is really taking breakfast to the next level. It even has some sneaky protein powder hidden inside to enhance our morning treat with 6 grams of protein per waffle. Making it easy to look past the totally necessary banana caramel sauce.

---

Banana chai waffles smothered in a banana maple caramel sauce

---

Banana Chai Waffles

* Makes 2-6" waffles

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups - almond milk

1 cup - freshly brewed chai ( I used 4 tea bags to one cup water )

2 tsp - apple cider vinegar

1/4 cup - coconut oil

1/2 tsp - vanilla

1 - mashed banana

---

1 3/4 cup - flour

1/4 cup - vanilla protein powder

1 tbsp - baking powder

1/2 tsp - salt

1 tbsp - brown sugar

1/2 tsp - cinnamon

---

Instructions - Banana Caramel

1. Melt about 1/4 cup vegan butter and add a touch of cinnamon and nutmeg. Add in about 1/2 a cup of brown sugar and stir on low. This needs to cook low and slow to ensure the sugar doesn’t burn. I added in 1 banana, sliced and a sprinkle of salt. I sauteed this low and slow for about 30 min and then added 1 can of coconut cream ( not the same as coconut milk ).

2. Once finished I poured my caramel in a glass container and put it in the fridge to cool and firm up a bit.

Instructions - Waffle

1. First things first. Turn on and pre-heat your waffle iron.

2. Mash your banana and whisk it in with your brown sugar and cinnamon. Once nicely incorporated you can add in the rest of your dry ingredients and protein powder.

3. I steeped 4 chai tea bags into 1 cup of water and then added 1 1/2 cup almond milk to make my “tea mixture”. Pour in your wet ingredients and give your batter a good mix and set aside.

4. Grease your waffle iron and plop in your batter. This part will be different for everyone depending on the type of waffle iron you have. If you have a smaller waffle maker you will most likely get more than 2 waffles like I did.

5. With my 6 inch waffle iron my waffles cooked in about 4 and a half minutes.

6. To plate I topped mine with some cinnamon butter and that banana caramel sauce.