Waffle Recipes

Waffle Recipes

By Dyfed Lloyd Evans

Here we will concentrate on the standard, basic waffle. Even here there are two main types of waffles. The standard waffle, where all the ingredients are simply combined together. And the ‘chiffon waffle’ where the eggs are separated before being mixed. Typically the chiffon waffle is lighter and fluffier than the standard waffle. Below you will see recipes for both types of waffle.

Traditional Waffles

Ingredients:

320g plain flour

4 tsp baking powder

2 eggs, lightly-beaten

600ml milk

60ml vegetable oil

Method:

Sift together the flour and baking powder into a bowl. Beat together the milk, eggs and vegetable oil into a separate bowl. Combine the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients and beat the mixture until smooth.

Heat your waffle iron and grease lightly with a little oil or melted butter. Add the waffle mixture about 120ml (6 to 8 tbsp) at a time and cook until the steam stops escaping and the waffles are golden brown (about 2 1/2 to 3 minutes).

Serve hot with your choice of topping…

Chiffon Waffles

Ingredients:

250g plain flour

2 tsp baking powder

1 tbsp sugar

1/2 tsp salt

3 eggs, separated

1l milk

120ml vegetable oil

Method:

Separate the eggs. Whisk the yolks until pale and creamy then, in a separate bowl, whisk the whites until stiff and glossy.

Add the milk to the egg yolks and whisk to combine, then sift together the dry ingredients into a bowl stir-in the egg yolk and milk mixture. Now stir-in the oil before gently folding-in the egg whites (do not over-mix).

Heat your waffle iron and grease lightly with a little oil. Add the waffle mixture about 120ml at a time and cook until the steam stops escaping and the waffles are golden brown (about 2 1/2 to 3 minutes).

Serve hot with your choice of topping.

You now have the recipes for the tow main styles of waffles. It’s fairly easy to adapt these recipes to your own specifications. If you would like to add another flour (eg oat flour or ground nuts) then do so at a ration of 2:1 wheat flour to your other flour. You can also include mashed potatoes, pumpkin, sweet potatoes etc to the mix.

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