Pumpkin Waffles with Maple Cream Cheese

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup cream cheese (rm temp)
• 1/2 cup maple syrup
• 1 1/2 cups canned pumpkin
• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 3 eggs, separated
  
• 4 tbsp melted butter

Directions

1. whisk cream cheese and maple syrup together until blended
2. heat pumpkin on a small sauce pan, about 5 minutes
3. combine all dry ingredients into large bowl
   
4. in a seperate bowl, combine milk and eggs
5. stir the pumpkin and butter to wet ingredients
6. Brush waffle iron lightly with oil and heat.
7. Stir wet ingredients into dry. Beat the egg whites until soft peaks form
8. fold egg whites into batter. ]
9. ladle into waffle iron. enjoy =)

Overall: So for the record, these were made by my roommate and his awesome vegetarian cookbook/dictionary... Came home from shopping to this being made. Super awesome flavors and just a great treat. So good, they barely made it to a plate....