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 Katie,
Santa brought me a Belgian waffle maker for Christmas, and I was so thrilled to find your healthy waffle recipe(especially since I already loved your similar pancake recipe)! I have made them for my family 3 times, and we all love them! My one question for you is regarding crispness – do you have any suggestions for your recipe that increases the crispiness of the waffles?
Thanks!
Dawn
I’ve made three of your recipes and they are all delicious!
Hi! I just made the fat- free version of these waffles and they were AMAZING! Do you know how many calories would be in these as far as planning for the rest of the day? Thanks for this awesome recipe!
Just made these with my new waffle maker I got for Christmas. They were PERFECT! I doubled the recipe and put a little more batter on the griddle than called for and they were amaaaazing 🙂
These waffles look amazing — which waffle iron do you use? I was thinking of buying one after I saw this recipe, but didn’t know which ones would create the same size & shape.
Thanks!
Mine is from Japan… but it’s small so I’d recommend a small one :).
These waffles do not taste like healthy alternatives, they taste like something I would make even if I didn’t know they were healthy. Like everything else I’ve made from her website, these were awesome and a decent portion size. You need to make these!
Hi. I was happy to find your recipe along with the nutritional facts. I recently decided to make my own waffles so i can control exactly what’s in them. My only question is how many waffles are in a serving? My daughter is diabetic so it is important to know how many carbohydrates she has for every meal.
thanks.
One full waffle is a serving.
I actually consumed four of these waffles today…! I made them first this morning and forgot the vanilla extract, so I decided to make them again with some changes. You mentioned gluten free recipe coming soon and I couldn’t find the updated version. Anyways I made this again using gluten free flour, applesauce, and I added the vanilla extract this time. They turned out really well! I decided to share this with you in case you were curious if this worked well without gluten! My friend is not gluten free so I’m finding her tons of recipes. Love your blogs!
Is the nutrition for 1 or 2 waffles?
Hi Katie !
First, I’d like to thank you for all those amazing recipes ! Everything you create is wonderful !
I tried to make these waffles this morning by dividing the recipe into two to make it single serving but the batter seemed to thick, so I added more milk. And although I did grease the waffle iron very well, they still got stuck a little. Do you think I missed something ? 🙂