Healthy waffles!
This is my favorite waffle recipe!
The light and fluffy texture of these healthy waffles makes an ideal canvas for fresh strawberries and homemade whipped cream. Or peanut butter and mashed banana. Or pure maple syrup. Or ice cream and chocolate fudge sauce… and then more whipped cream. Why not?
Above, topped with jam, berries, and Homemade Whipped Cream.
It’s a whole-grain and healthy breakfast that’s easy to make and doesn’t taste like cardboard.
(I gave up buying frozen waffles years ago… frozen just does not compare to the taste of homemade waffles.)
Healthy Waffles
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup spelt flour (60g) (substitution: Gluten-Free Waffles Recipe)
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/16 tsp pure stevia OR 2 tbsp liquid sweetener (like agave or pure maple syrup)
- 1 tbsp milk of choice (increase to 3 tbsp if using stevia)
- 1/4 cup plus 3 tbsp applesauce
- 2 tsp oil OR 1 tbsp more applesauce (Use the applesauce if you want fat-free waffles.)
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
Instructions
Healthy Waffles Recipe: Combine first 5 ingredients in a mixing bowl, and stir well. In a separate bowl, stir together remaining ingredients. Grease a waffle iron with oil or oil spray: be sure to grease very well if using the fat-free version. Preheat according to manufacturer’s instructions for your machine. Pour wet ingredients into dry, and stir until evenly combined. When iron is hot, pour half of the batter into the center of the iron, and close the lid. (My machine has a light that goes out when the waffle is done. Do not lift the lid before the waffle is done cooking.) Serve with your favorite waffle toppings – my homemade squirt whipped cream recipe is linked above the second photo in this post. Makes 2 waffles, and you can easily double the recipe.
Question of the Day:
Do you ever buy frozen waffles?
When I was really young, my mom used to buy Eggo waffles as something quick for us to eat before school. But I’d get so hungry by lunchtime that she soon switched to serving more-filling breakfasts like oatmeal or egg-and-cheese breakfast burritos. On the weekends when we had more time, she’d sometimes make us homemade waffles in a Bugs Bunny waffle iron. My favorite way to eat them was topped with a layer of strawberry jam, whatever berries we had on hand, and probably half the container of Reddi-wip. I guess not much has changed! Link of the Day:
We made these for dinner last night and breakfast this morning. My family loves them. Thanks so much!
Oh my gosh! I made these and I made the, clean by using oat flour. They were amazing! I topped them with peanut butter and bananas!
Just made this today! Used Namaste gf flour and used Joseph’s sugar free syrup. It tasted like Christmas! Added some spices to make it a true holiday waffle. As expected they turned out on the mushy side, but didn’t mind 🙂
Oh and had a bit of coconut sugar
Thank you for the waffles!!
It’s so funny because I remember just a few years ago a co-worker of mine had said that her dad makes the best homemade waffles, and I remember asking her how to make homemade waffles because in my house we either had frozen or bisquick. We never made them from scratch! Once I made my first batch of homemade waffles I never went back! Not only because I became vegan but because there is such a difference in homemade waffles then frozen waffles. You can’t beat it!
Hi Katie love your blog! One quick question: what waffle iron do you have? I like that your waffles don’t look too thick, I am not a fan of the thick Belgium waffles. Thank you!
It’s very old, taken from my parents’ house. It’s called a Toastmaster.
I topped mine with pureed strawberries from my garden 🙂
I am most defs gonna “leggo my eggo”, so I can take a bite out of this tasty treat!! 🙂 Homemade is SOOO much better. Love your blog 🙂
We never buy frozen waffles but we do make our own and freeze them. They are easy to pop in the toaster before work and tastier than store bought!
I have to say a huge thank you. My kids loved it and the 14 year old who hates healthy food ate it because he had no idea what was hidden. So much better than even other home made recipes because there are no eggs. Love it.
Could you use a mixture of whole wheat and all purpose flours for this? Would it still turn out light and fluffy with the denser flour? Thanks!! I plan on cooking these for my grandparents and cousins that aren’t used to healthy food, and I don’t have access to my spelt flour.