Basic Batter Waffles

"This hearty waffle recipe comes from an issue of Parent's Magazine. Ive made it every week for years and it comes out great every time. I double it and freeze the leftover waffles and reheat in toaster oven."
 
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Ready In:
20mins
Ingredients:
9
Serves:
6
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ingredients

  • 2 eggs
  • 1 23 cups milk (I particularly like canned evaporated milk for some of it)
  • 13 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour (you can substitute wheat germ for 1/4 cup of white flour)
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 12 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 teaspoon maple extract (optional)
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directions

  • Mix all dry ingredients together using a large whisk.
  • Mix the wet ingredients together.
  • Gently combine but don't overmix.
  • Cook as your waffle maker directs.
  • Sprinkle with powdered sugar (my daughter).
  • Cover with toasted nuts, bananas, and real maple syrup (Me!).
  • Pour on log Cabin (my son) and Michele's Maple Cream Syrup for my husband!

Questions & Replies

  1. I wonder if you can put cheese and bacon on the waffles!
     
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Reviews

  1. This is a very good waffle recipe that we use in the belgian maker. We ommit the maple extract, and instead use a 1.5x the amount of vanilla and the zest from an organic mandarin. They are exclenet. We normally make at least a double batch, and freeze the leftovers after they have cooled completly so they do not squash. They re-heat at 400*f for 10 min, and are just like fresh. Excelent recipe, thank you!
     
  2. It's been a while since a recipe made me smile. I agree with another reviewer that there's the perfect amount of leavening to make these waffles fluffy without tasting like baking powder. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE that this is a no-fuss recipe. There is no beating of egg whites, no separate mixing of yolks with butter, no warming everything so that butter won't clump from other cold ingredients. Recipes like this make it possible to enjoy waffles on a weekday. We ate ours this morning with strawberries and everyone left for the day in a good mood.
     
  3. Great tasting basic waffle recipe. I agree with reviewers that it is so nice that it is no fuss so you can make them in a timely fashion for busy mornings.
     
  4. These are awesome waffles. This is a great basic, no fuss recipe. I have another recipe for waffles that my family really likes too, but it's so time consuming. I have now put that recipe on the back burner for when I get requests for them; otherwise, this is my go to waffle recipe. Everyone who has had these waffles loves them. Thank you so much for posting.
     
  5. This was such an easy recipe and I love the bananas, nuts, and syrup!!!
     
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Tweaks

  1. These were great and so easy. I tried both the oil and butter. I think if you prefer a lighter waffle go with the oil but I really liked the richness and density the melted butter gave it as well! Good either way!!
     
  2. I use butter instead of the oil and substitute 1/4 cup of the white flour for same amount of ground flaxseeds. No maple extract (don't have any) just extra mexican vanilla.
     
  3. Just added a little cinnamon and skipped the maple. Didn't have any and figured the maple syrup would do. I topped my second one with strawberry preserves. Then I went into hibernation??
     
  4. Nothing, perfect as is!
     
  5. Subsituted almond extract for the optional maple extract. Added 1tsp of cinnamon.
     

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Hi everybody, I’ve been using “Zaar” website for the last year but ready to commit myself to adding my two cents worth (including some photos). I live with my DH and two great kids and one crazy dog in the foothills of Colorado. We have a great view with lots deer and red rocks. I come from a food-loving family, including my nearby sister who is willing to discuss "what's for dinner" first thing in the morning! I’ve loved cooking every since I was a teenager. I don’t work so I have lots of time to cook my latest craving. I love to try and duplicate dishes I enjoy from restaurants. I have a lot of cookbooks, but now use mostly “Zaar” recipes and from “Cooks Illustrated.” I love reading cookbooks (library) and like the old classics from Betty Crocker to backs of food labels. I love to research lots of recipes before I decide which one to make.
 
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