Ingredients
- 2 1/4 teaspoons 1 packet active dry yeast
- 2 cups flour
- 2 tbs sugar
- 1/2 teas salt
- 1/4 teas freshly grated nutmeg
- 6 tbs unsalted butter melted and cooled
- 3 eggs lightly beaten
- 1 ½ cups eggnog
- 1 teas vanilla extract
- 1 tbs dark rum
- 3/4 cup pecans toasted and chopped
Maple-Rum Syrup:
- 1 cup pure maple syrup
- 1 tbs dark rum
- 2 tbs butter
- 1/8 twas freshly grated nutmeg
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. Preheat and grease your waffle iron per manufacturers instructions.
- In a large bowl, whisk the yeast, flour, sugar, salt, and nutmeg together.
- Whisk the eggs into the cooled butter in a bowl. Add the eggnog, vanilla, and rum and whisk to combine.
- Pour the eggnog mixture into the flour and stir just to moisten everything. Fold in the pecans.
- Ladle the batter into the waffle iron and cook until toasty and golden.
- Arrange the prepared waffles on a baking sheet and keep in the oven to stay warm until ready to serve.
- Meanwhile, whisk the maple syrup, rum, butter, and nutmeg in a small saucepan. Heat over medium low and whisk occasionally.
- Serve the waffles with more butter and warmed boozy syrup.