Kamut & Spelt Waffles/ Pancakes

Tonight was sort of a last minute meal, but I needed to use up the buttermilk I had purchased, so I set out to make pancakes.  I've started noticing lately that my son (7 months & nursing) has been having more spit-up incidences when I eat products with wheat, so I've been trying to avoid it, especially white flour.  I've really enjoyed substituting Spelt & Kamut flours, as they are 'ancient cousins' of wheat, so they behave very much like wheat, but don't seem to have the same effect on my son's stomach.  As I was starting to put this recipe together (using my dad's "famous" recipe as my guide), my daughter decided she wanted waffles instead of pancakes, so I made some slight variations to accommodate the waffle iron.  What resulted was a fluffy, yummy waffles with a slightly nutty flavour.  Everyone, including the babe, gobbled them up.  I've also started making my own applesauce, using the discount bin at the produce stand ($1 a bag), buying bags of bruised or 'too speckled' apples.  The type of apple varies each time I go, and they don't always have apples, but this last time, they had Pacific Rose apples and they also had some Bartlett pears, so I grabbed some of those too.  I stewed the apples & pears together (peeled, cored & chopped), drained off the the liquid, and used my immersion blender to make it into applesauce consistency.  [I've also done it with carrots & apples, which is another lovely combination.  If trying it, my "note to self" was to start with the carrots, and let them stew until they are pretty much done, then add the apples, as they need much more time to soften to a mushable consistency.] 

Kamut/ Spelt Waffles
Ingredients:
2 c. buttermilk
1/3 c. oil
2 eggs
2 Tbsp. sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. bakking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. vanilla
1 3/4 c. spelt & kamut flours (combined) [I was at the bottom of my barrels, so it was about 3/4 c. spelt and the rest kamut]
1/4 c. (or less) white rice flour* [as needed to make it thick enough]

Directions:
Mix together everything except flours until smooth.  Add spelt/ kamut flours and mix until smooth.  Heat waffle iron, add a dab of butter (or non-stick spray if you have/ need it), and a scoop of batter to the center of your waffle iron, allowing it to spread out (add more batter if its not reaching toward the edge of your iron).  Close the lid, and watch until steam begins to slow down (or your light turns green, as is the case with mine).  Sorry I don't have better directions.  My waffle iron makes it pretty much foolproof.  If you find your first batch is a little soft, add a little more flour (not much!) and try again.
*I added rice flour, because I had used up all my other flour... and also it has a nice binding element to it.

If you'd rather make them into pancakes, you will need to make the batter a bit thicker, so probably more like 2 cups of flour, maybe even a wee bit more.  To quote my dad: "Mix it all up until the batter is nice and smooth, no lumps, no clumps of flour; about the consistency of, umm, halfway between ketchup and tomato sauce."