Pumpkin Waffles

Ingredients:

• 2  cups  whole wheat flour
• 2  tablespoons  brown sugar
• 1  tablespoon  baking powder
• 1  teaspoon  ground cinnamon
• 1/2  teaspoon  salt
• 1/4  teaspoon  baking soda
• 1/4  teaspoon  ground nutmeg
• 1/4  teaspoon  ground ginger
• 1-3/4  cups  milk
• 1  cup  canned pumpkin or mashed, cooked pumpkin
• 2  egg yolks
• 3  tablespoons  butter, melted
• 2 egg whites
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directions:

1. In a large bowl, stir together flour, brown sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, baking soda, nutmeg, and ginger; set aside.

2. In a medium bowl, combine milk, pumpkin, egg yolks, butter, and, if desired, orange peel. Add pumpkin mixture all at once to flour mixture; stir just until combined.

3. In a small bowl, beat egg whites with an electric mixer on high speed until stiff peaks form. Gently fold beaten egg whites into pumpkin mixture, leaving a few puffs of egg white.

4. Heat a lightly greased waffle baker. Pour some of the batter onto the waffle grids and cook.