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:
Hi, I tried this recipe today , but i really only could make like 5 or 6 tiny waffles with my waffle iron ( a belgian one) and like the little squares in the waffles got burned. What is it that i’m doing wrong? But despite of those things they tasted yum! 😀
Thank you so much for this recipe, Katie! I made this today in a belgian waffle iron (it took the whole recipe to make one whole belgian waffle, but it was well worth it!) I subbed pumkin for the apple sauce and threw in some pumpkin pie spice, and it was amazing! I honestly had no idea that you could make waffles with no oil! I also forgot to spray the iron, but I guess the nonstick surface works well because it still came out pretty easily.! 🙂
Can I uses the waffle mix by Bob’s Red Mill or almond flour? Perhaps oat flour as well? What other flour substitute can I use?
I just tried these~ First waffles ever. Thanks for posting such an easy to follow recipe. They turned out awesome. 🙂
I’ve bookmarked so many of your recipes under the title “Recipes to cook in the future”! They all look delicious and the fact that they’re healthy is perfect for my diet at the moment! Made these today, absolutely yummy!
Hey!
First of all, LOVE your website! I can’t stop looking after more recipes, that I hadn’t seen before. Your such an amazing person!
Second: Can you make the dough the night before, and bake it in the morning? Because I don’t have so much time in the mornings.
You can mix the dry ingredients in the a. m.
Just had one of these for breakfast! I added cinnamon and used honey for the sweetener. It was the fluffiest softest waffle ever. Already thinking about breakfast for tomorrow, think I’m gonna try making your Pop Tarts 😀 Thanks for all the yummy healthy recipes!
This is my go-to waffle recipe now! I have had success making these with spelt flour, whole wheat flour, and buckwheat flour. The only one that didn’t work was oat flour.
I used to think Eggo Waffles were the best, until I had these! I will never need to buy frozen waffles again. Thank you for the awesome recipes! 🙂
Hi. A lot of your recipes mention apple sauce. I think maybe you can buy this as an ingredient in the US, but not in the UK. Is it just cooked apples or are there added ingredients? Thanks
Yes, cooked and mashed apples pureed.
These are so delicious! They have a rich, molasses-esque flavor, which is so magical and I am still trying to fathom how, and are thick, with a gently crispy exterior (with oil). At first, a recipe that only makes two waffles definitely makes you greedy for more, but I found that I couldn’t even finish them because they were so hearty and filling (with ww flour). The only downside is that the waffle are a tad bit dense, but as a result they can stand up to substantial toppings. Quick, very easy, and something I’ll make for my family before they get up this weekend :0) they won’t even know it’s vegan ;0) thanks Katie! You’ve never failed me!