Best Waffles Recipe (Homemade Waffles)

 How to make Waffles

As always, let’s walk through this waffle recipe step-by-step to ensure your success!

Combine dry ingredients

The first step in this waffles recipe is to combine the dry ingredients, then set them aside to use later! 

Beat the egg whites

Beating the egg white separately is the key to crispy fluffy waffles. Beat them until soft peaks form, then transfer them to another bowl and set them aside to use later. 

Combine wet ingredients

Next, combine the eggs and butter. Then add vanilla, milk and applesauce and beat on low speed to combine. 

Add dry ingredients

Next, add the dry ingredients you mixed together in the first step, and beat until just combined. 

Fold in beaten egg whites

Next, fold in the beaten egg whites carefully with a spatula until they batter in uniform throughout. Be careful not to over mix. 

Cook in Waffle Maker

Next, add the waffle batter to a pre-heated waffle maker and cook until they are done. The amount of batter used really depends on the size and shape of your waffle maker. For our Cuisinart Waffle Maker (which we LOVE), it takes about 1 cup of batter to make 4 waffles. 

Note: This Makes a HUGE Batch! 

This Best Waffles Recipe makes an enormous batch of waffles…18-20 of them to be exact! We always have lots leftover, even though our kids sometimes eat 3 per sitting!

Serving suggestions:

Here are our favorite ways to enjoy these homemade waffles: 

• With a glug of pure maple syrup (of course).
• Topped with a dollop of homemade whipped cream.
• With a side of fresh berries or other fruit
• Drizzled with nutella, peanut butter, etc. 

 Best Waffle Recipe: Ingredients & substitutions 

Here are a few possible substitutions for this recipe! However, as mentioned above, it has been tested over and over again with many variations and the recipe, as written, is pretty perfect!

• All-purpose flour. If desired, you may substitute up to half of the flour with whole wheat pastry flour or white whole wheat flour. This will make the waffles less fluffy but still delicious!
• Milk. We always use 2% milk because that’s what we buy at the store! Feel free to substitute your favorite variety (including non-dairy milks like almond milk)! Just remember, the higher the fat content, the richer and tastier your waffles will be!
• Butter. Ghee or canola oil can be used in place of butter in this recipe. However, real butter adds such an amazing flavor I don’t recommend making substitutions. 

FAQs about How to Make Waffles

How do you keep homemade waffles crispy?

Here are two suggestions I have for you to ensure the crispiest waffles ever!

1. Keep them warm in the oven. After cooking the waffles, put them in a warm oven (about 250 degrees) until you are ready to serve. This will ensure that they stay warm without becoming soggy!
2. Reheat in the toaster. Place chilled or frozen waffles directly in the toaster to reheat and enjoy! This will re-crisp them beautifully after they have been stored!

Can you freeze homemade waffles? 

The reason Ritch created this recipe to make such a large amount is that we love having leftovers in the freezer to warm up for a quick breakfast! To reheat, simply pop the frozen waffles in the toaster and enjoy!

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Best Waffles Recipe

Are you ready for the Best Waffles Recipe EVER?! These golden-brown, crispy, irresistibly fluffy waffles turn out perfectly every single time! They're made completely from scratch and freeze beautifully! Plus this recipe makes a HUGE batch, so you will definitely have leftovers to enjoy all week long! 

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Keyword best waffle recipe, easy waffle recipe, homemade waffles

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 5 minutes

Total Time 40 minutes

Servings 20 Waffles

Calories 139.9kcal

Author Laura

Equipment

• measuring spoons
• measuring cups
• spatula
• glass batter bowl
• KitchenAid Mixer
• waffle maker

Ingredients

• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 TBS granulated sugar
• 2 ½ TBS baking powder
• ½ tsp sea salt
• ½ tsp cinnamon
• 4 eggs separated
• 3 ½ cups milk
• ½ cup butter melted
• ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

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Instructions

• In a medium bowl, mix together flour, sugar, baking powder, sea salt and cinnamon. Set aside.
• Preheat a waffle maker to medium heat (on our waffle maker we use “3”).
• Separate egg whites from yolks (make sure to save both parts of the egg)!
• Put whites in the bowl of your standing mixer and beat on high until stiff peaks form.
• Transfer beaten egg whites to a bowl and set aside in the refrigerator.
• Add egg yolks and butter to the bowl of your standing mixer and mix on medium speed until combined.
• Add milk, applesauce and vanilla extract and beat until combined.
• Add half of the dry ingredients and beat until combined.
• Repeat with remaining dry ingredients.
• Add beaten egg whites and fold into the batter by hand with a spatula.
• Spray waffle maker lightly with non-stick spray and scoop 1 cup of batter into the center of the waffle plates.
• Cook on medium heat for 3-5 minutes or until the waffles are golden brown.
• Repeat with remaining batter until it has all been used.
• To keep warm: preheat oven to “warm” setting and put each batch of waffles on a large baking sheet in the warm oven until ready to serve.
• Serve warm with maple syrup, whipped cream, fresh berries, etc. etc.

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Nutrition

Calories: 139.9kcal | Carbohydrates: 18.8g | Protein: 4.5g | Fat: 5.4g | Saturated Fat: 3.1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1.3g | Cholesterol: 44.2mg | Sodium: 245mg | Potassium: 109mg | Fiber: 0.8g | Sugar: 3.3g | Vitamin A: 235IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 137mg | Iron: 1mg

Commentary from Ritch: 

My kids love Saturday mornings. As a pastor, I work each Sunday, and Laura gets all four kids ready for church by herself and out the door in time for service. So Saturday is really the only day in a given week where we get to wake up slow together. I usually stay in bed until the kids come bouncing in at [precisely] 7:30am. We snuggle in bed together, as I let them watch an episode of PJ Masks, or Spirit (the horse) on my iPad, before we all head downstairs in our pajamas together.

But one of the most special things that our kids love about Saturday mornings is having a big “Daddy-made” waffle breakfast using this Best Waffles Recipe!

I don’t consider myself much of a cook…for a few reasons: 1) I have an AMAZING chef for a wife, who loves to make incredible meals for us (I know, I am totally spoiled!), and 2) I have a very unsophisticated palette (to put it lightly). Seriously, I often confuse beef for chicken. Ha!

But after our last baby was born, I took a couple of weeks off, and worked from home to help Laura out around the house. {It’s true ladies, it was glorious and I love him so much for it} After a few mornings of serving the kids a sub-par breakfast, I decided to hunt down a good waffle recipe. I found a few that were decent…but felt uncharacteristically picky, and wanted to find a really great recipe.

After combining a bunch of good ideas from several other recipes, and testing out half a dozen different tweaks over a few months, Laura helped me dial in on what has become a family favorite…this Best Waffles Recipe! I hope you enjoy it too!

More of our favorite breakfast recipes: 

• The best healthy pancakes!
• Cinnamon rolls that taste better than Cinnabon! 
• My all-time favorite peanut butter breakfast bars.
• Baked oatmeal: Peanut Butter Banana baked oatmeal, Blueberry baked oatmeal, apple cinnamon baked oatmeal, pumpkin baked oatmeal. 
• The best green smoothie ever. 

Thank you Ritch, for this beautiful post! I am one blessed lady to be married to such a stud! He’s artistic, he knows how to cook, is the best daddy in the world AND he loves me very much! XOXO love you babe!

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