Lovely Is. . .

1. Uplifting Relief Society and Sunday School lessons at church
2. Listening to the birds chirp through my open bedroom windows
3. A Sunday afternoon nap
4. Mangoes, green apples and Korean sweet potatoes from our sweet neighbors
5. Chocolate waffles—I have lovely memories of having friends over for Chocolate waffles on Sunday afternoons during my growing up years. This recipe comes from my Grandma Cassidy and my mother. There is a printable version available at All of Our Twists (a recipe blog that tow of my best friends and I curate).

Fudge Walnut Waffles

• 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 1 cup milk
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 cup flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup baking cocoa
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped (I actually used pecans because I like them better. You could also just leave out the nuts if you prefer.)

Sift dry ingredients together into a large bowl leaving a hollow in the center. Pour milk in well, drop in unbeaten eggs and pour melted butter on top; stir from center out until mixture is smooth. Add nuts and vanilla. Spread on hot waffle iron, cooking at a lower temperature than with plain waffles*. Serve warm dusted with confectioner’s sugar and spread with whipped cream.

*We have a waffle iron that has only one setting. I just didn’t cook them as long—between 1 to 1 1/2 minutes per batch (two waffles). Make sure to spray your waffle iron with non-stick cooking spray even if it is Teflon coated so that the waffles don’t stick. I learned that the hard way on the first batch.

Other topping options:

• vanilla ice cream
• sliced bananas
• cherry pie filling
• any fresh fruit
• marshmallow fluff
• peanut butter
• plain old traditional butter and maple syrup

What loveliness did the day bring to you?