Cinnamon Roll Waffles Recipe

I made these for dinner TONIGHT and I had to post the recipe ASAP.  They. Were. So. Good!

It started as an experiment.  Somehow, we were 1 meal short this week, and while that normally would have meant me ordering pizza, or asking Will to meet us at our favorite Mexican restaurant (it's right around the corner, and cheap, and tempts us soooo easily),  we're trying to cut back on eating out, so I figured I better whip up something from the kitchen.

I remembered that I had some leftover sausage in the freezer, and decided we could do breakfast for dinner.  I thought waffles sounded good, but then I realized that we didn't have any syrup.... (seriously, Mexican was sounding better and better...)

Then... I thought about these AH-mazing pancakes that I had while we were on vacation in Gatlinburg.  They were cinnamon roll pancakes with all the cinnamony (is that a word?) goodness swirled in the middle, and then the "syrup" was cinnamon roll glaze.  I'm drooling just thinking about them....

Anyway.  I don't make pancakes, (and by don't, I mean can't-- they fall apart on me) so I knew waffles were the way to go, but how to swirl the yumminess into them??? Hmm....

Here's what I decided: I made regular buttermilk waffles, and topped them with all the yummies. My family was in love.  We didn't have any leftovers tonight!  Even Samuel was jumping for joy.

I've got to learn how to take better food pictures...

Here's the recipe:

Buttermilk Waffles (Use whatever your normal recipe is.  I used a mix- my mom has the best waffle recipe ever, but I couldn't find it...)
So.. cook your waffles in your waffle iron.

Toppings:
Brown sugar:  I melted butter (I used about a stick, but you could use more or less depending on what looks good) on the stove, and added brown sugar and cinnamon.  (sorry, I didn't measure- I honestly just used what I had left in the cupboard-- maybe a 1/2 c. brown sugar, and a TBSP cinnamon????)  If I had some chopped pecans I would have added them to this too.

Glaze:  I melted about a 1/2 stick of butter, and added powdered sugar until smooth and the glaze consistency that I wanted.  I played around with this some, and I have no idea how much sugar (maybe a cup???) I added.  Just do a little to start.  If you add too much, add a tiny bit of water to make it thinner.  This is a glaze, not a frosting.

Take waffles, and top with desired amount of brown sugar mix, and glaze.

So there you have it: add some bacon or sausage, or eggs, and some fruit, and you have a yummy dinner (or a sugary breakfast!)