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:
Wish I had a waffle iron! Growing up, my parents rarely bought frozen waffles because my dad made such good ones on the weekends.
Hi
Please can you tell me if its possible to make waffles with coconut flour?
Thanks
I’m from England.. What’s applesauce? As in mashed apples and water or is it something else?
Amazing! I made these for breakfast, and my normally picky 2 year old LOVED them! I added cinnamon (I’m a cinnamon fiend.) Best waffles I’ve ever had! Thanks for sharing this great recipe!
I just made these waffles and they were delicious! I used mashed banana instead of applesauce and it was a great substitution.
I need to know the nutrients listing…..I’m trying to find a recipe for waffles that have at least 1/2 gram of fat
I made these waffles for breakfast today and they tasted great and they would’ve been fine if it was just me but I was serving them to friends and they didn’t look so great. I have a super thick waffle maker and maybe that made a difference? And also I substituted melted butter for the oil because I didn’t have any but I still sprayed my waffle maker but they stuck to it a lot! I want to make these waffles again but do you think there is something I can do to make them stick less? Thanks
Hi Laily,
Unfortunately I have a small, single-serving waffle maker so I am not sure about the turnout in a thicker (I’m guessing Belgian?) waffle maker… perhaps the waffle sinks into the iron too much or cooks unevenly. That might be the issue with the sticking as well. Sorry I can’t be of more help :(.
I haven’t tried them with butter, so I don’t know about whether or not that would make a difference.
Wow! These sure don’t taste healthy!!!
Hello 🙂
I don’t have spelt flour where I live 🙁 what can I use instead ? Something that would keep it healthy
everyone loved them!! thanks!!