Power Waffles

Description
.

Ingredients

 * 1½ cups non-fat milk (divided)
 * ¾ cup crystallized ginger
 * 3 tablespoons sugar
 * ½ teaspoon fresh (compressed) yeast
 * 1¼ cups Sir Galahad all-purpose flour
 * ¾ cup buckwheat flour
 * 150 g (5.3 ounces) rolled oats
 * 1 tablespoon cinnamon
 * ½ teaspoon baking powder
 * 2 egg whites (Heidi note: I ended up using 4)
 * ⅓ cup melted butter

Directions

 * 1) The night before, gently warm ½ cup of the milk and dissolve the yeast. Don't heat the milk too much or it will kill the yeast.
 * 2) Chop the ginger and steep it in a different ½ cup of hot milk, let it steep for ten minutes, so the milk becomes flavored.
 * 3) Combine the remaining ½ cup milk with the steeped ginger milk and the yeast milk.
 * 4) In a separate large bowl combine all the dry ingredients.
 * 5) Pour in the milk liquids and stir until combined.
 * 6) Scrape down the sides of the bowl, cover with plastic, and leave to rise on a counter overnight.
 * 7) The next morning, heat up your waffle iron. Melt the butter in a small saucepan.
 * 8) Whip the egg whites in a mixer . Using a mixer with paddle attachment (or by hand) stir in ¾ of the butter. Mix until fully incorporated.
 * 9) Add the egg whites, and finish by stirring in the rest of the melted butter.
 * 10) Ladle waffle batter onto heated waffle maker, and cook until deep and golden brown.