Maple Brined Fried Chicken with Cornbread Waffles - A Duck's Oven

Ingredients

• 8 chicken drumsticks
• 1/4 cup kosher salt
• 1/4 cup maple syrup
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 2 tbsp dried thyme
• 1 tsp black peppercorns
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 head of garlic (sliced in half crosswise)
• 6 cups water
• 2 cups buttermilk
• Canola oil for frying
• 1 box Jiffy cornbread mix
• 1 egg
• 2 tbsp canola oil
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 cup maple syrup
• 1/2 jalapeno (roughly chopped)
• 1 cinnamon stick