Sweet potato Waffles

Molly like Erin loves a big hearty breakfast. Over the years we have found that waffles work well. Make a mix for the week, then in the am heat the waffle iron, pour batter in and wait for a hot crispy waffle.  We have done regular and usually every fall we have a spell of pumpkin waffles but this year we found a sweet potato one that is a winner. The recipe also says that you can make ahead and reheat in the toaster. 

1 cup whole wheat flour 

1 cup all purpose flour 

2 TBSP sugar 

2 teaspoons baking powder

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 

1/2 teaspoon sea salt

3 eggs

1 1/2 - 1 1/3 c milk 

1 cup mashed orange sweet potatoes

4 TBSPS butter, melted 

1) In a large bowl combine flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon and salt.

2) In a separate bowl whisk together the eggs, milk, sweet potato and butter. 

3) Add the wet ingredients to the dry and mis until just combined. 

4) To make waffles:  Heat a waffle iron and brush with high-heat oil. Ladle the batter into waffle iron, being careful not to overfill. Cook until golden brown. 

5) To make pancakes- add a little extra mils to thin the batter. Heat a large cast iron pan or griddle over medium - low heat. Add a small amount of high-heat oil just to coat. Spoon batter into the pan. cook until bubbles begin to form in the center of the pancakes. Flip the pancakes and cook until brown.  While trying to find a waffle Maeve might enjoy, I found a peanut butter one that was also very good. 

Ice Cream Social

Somehow this never posted. I wanted so save amounts. While planning an ice cream social graduation open house I found the site that lays out how much you need for an ice cream social for 200 or 250. We were not planning that many but this called for scooping to control portions and we were not. Katie also was able to provide me with the figure of 10 - 15 oz of ice cream per person. So I'm sharing our plan and what we had left over. 

I was able to get Kemp's ice cream in gallon tubs on sale for $4.99 and had the freezer space to store it so I got. 

2 gallons vanilla

2 gallons chocolate 

1 vanilla frozen yogurt

1 cookies and cream

1 chocolate chip

3 mint chocolate chip (1 ahead of time and then night before it was on sale for $3.99 the girls love mint ch chip I got 2 more) 

2 quarts sherbert 

4 quarts non dairy ice cream 2 vanilla 2 chocolate (one of each soy or coconut milk) 

Erin said it was all about the toppings. 

So I started buying in after easter sales and putting away 

2 big bags M& M, 

1 regular bag of peanut M&M

3 bags Hersey Kisses 

2 bags Recess Peanut butter cups

1 bag mini kit kats 

1 bag mini snickers 

1 bag coconut 

1 big container peanuts

2 pints ice cream sprinkles (one rainbow & one Chocolate ) bought from Grand Old Creamy 

Gummy Butterflies (5lbs) 

2 packages Oreos 

1 bag marshmellows

2 packages mint Oreos 

3 bunches Bananas 

10 cans Whipped Cream 

5 jars of cherries 

4 bottles of chocolate sauce (store bought) 

4 boxes of waffle bowls

3 boxes of waffle cones

2 boxes of sugar cones

1 large box of cake cones

1 box of sample cones

Homemade toppings 

1 quart strawberries topping (Grandma's recipe) 

1 quart hot fudge 

1 quart peanut butter topping

1 pint butterscotch topping 

1 pint nondairy hot fudge topping

We served homemade cookies Grandma made Peanut butter, Sophia Haley - snickerdoodle and chocolate. 

Ice tea, lemon aid and pop. I had hoped to have L shaped tables on the porch but it did not work so we has wash tubs of ice set up on the counter and rotated ice creams out (did I mention it was 90 degrees out) . Most toppings were on a round table. I had a big bin with ice for toppings to stay cool - whipping cream, store bought chocolate, strawberries and butterscotch toppings.  And then we had a separate table for all the peanut stuff. 

We had a lot of food left over. The only things to go completely were the chocolate chip ice cream and the 5lbs of gummy butterflies. Would do 1/2 the homemade toppings next time or less store bought.