Buttermilk Waffles with Bacon and Blackberry Syrup

While looking for a way to use up my frozen blackberries, which I LOVE btw, and not just doing the same ole thing again. I found this fantastic recipe for waffles and syrup. I did some tweeking and obviously doubled the recipe, which gave everyone 2 apeice plus a couple extra squares. I also purred the berries as I don't really like lumpy syrup, it came out really smooth, I also added a little brown sugar to thicken the syrup a bit. I didn't have any buttermilk either so I just added 1 tbsp vinegar to 1 c milk and stirred it well. I also didn't use as much bacon grease, the recipe calls for 1/4 c per recipe, I used maybe two tbsps until it looked like the right consistency. They came out beautiful. I would definately make this a special treat meal we enjoy time after time! Well worth the time, even though this really didn't take too much extra effort.