Belgian waffles represent a delicious way to start your day: a versatile breakfast that allows many customizations. Add your favourite fruits, syrups, chocolate, cream or ice-cream and treat your family with this popular dish. Check the following post to find inspiration for the best Belgian Waffle Recipe.
Mapple Syrup Waffles
This is a fantastic waffle recipe with maple syrup. Ground almonds and cornflour provide a nice texture.
Servings: 8 Preparation: 20 min > Ready in: 35 mins
Ingredients:
- 100g butter, softened
- 6 tablespoons maple syrup
- 4 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla sugar
- 150g flour
- 50g cornflour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 100g ground almonds
- 200 ml cream
- 1 pinch salt
Beat the butter until fluffy. Add the maple syrup. Separate the eggs. Mix the egg yolks with the butter and vanilla until frothy. Mix the flour, cornstarch and baking powder. Mix the almonds and cream. Mix this with the egg yolk mixture with an electric mixer until smooth. Beat the egg whites with the salt and fold into the batter. Bake the batter in batches in a preheated and greased waffle iron until golden brown.
Buttermilk Breakfast Waffles
A simple waffle recipe that results in a nice crunchy waffle from outside that is soft inside. The smell alone makes your mouth water.
Servings: 6 Preparation: 10 min > Ready in: 25 mins
Ingredients:
- 250g flour
- 25 g sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 475 ml buttermilk
- 75g melted butter
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Whisk the flour, sugar, baking powder, bicarbonate and salt together in a bowl until smooth. Whisk the buttermilk and butter together in a separate bowl; add the eggs one by one. Stir the buttermilk mixture into the flour mixture until batter forms nicely (where still small lumps may sit in). Then add the vanilla extract.
Heat the waffle iron according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
Pour enough batter into the preheated waffle iron up to 1.5 cm from the edge (or it will overflow if you close the iron). Prepare the waffle according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
Gluten-free, Quinoa Flour Waffles
Makes 2 large or 3 medium waffles. Mix together, grease the waffle iron and let cook until the waffles are done.
Ingredients:
- 1 egg beaten
- 1 banana, sliced
- quinoa 3 tbsp flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 2 tbsp (soy) milk
Bacon Belgian Waffle Recipe (Spekkedik)
A spekkedik is a waffle with bacon and sausage, a classic northern Dutch and East Frisian dish.
Servings: 4 Preparation: 20 min
Ingredients:
- 250g rye flour
- 250 g of wheat flour
- 500ml milk
- 50g butter
- 50g soft brown sugar
- 100 g of syrup
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon ground aniseed
- 3 eggs
- meat: 200 g (breakfast) bacon cut into small slices or strips; 200 g dry sausage thinly sliced
Mix the ingredients, except the meat and stir until it forms a lumpy batter. Cover the bowl and let it stand overnight in a cool place. The next day it becomes a thick batter. Add water at discretion: the batter must be thicker than normal pancake batter.
Let an electric waffle iron heat considerably. Grease the iron with a piece of bacon fat. Put a pile of batter onto the hot iron, put a slice of bacon and two slices of sausage on, close the iron and allow the waffle to get done in about half a minute. The spekdik is not crisp- it stays soft.
Airy Waffle Recipe
Ingredients:
24 servings
- 4 eggs
- 4 dl milk
- 4 dl water (sparkling)
- 225 g butter
- oil (for the waffle maker)
- 2 tbsp potato starch
- 375 g self-raising flour
- 4 tbsp sugar
- 4 sachets vanilla sugar
- icing sugar
Work with ingredients at room temperature. Mix the eggs with the sugar and the vanilla sugar until fluffy.
Sift the self-raising flour and potato starch over the dough bowl and mix the batter. Add the softened butter and stir smooth. Mix the milk with the sparkling water and stir until a smooth batter.
Heat a waffle iron. Apply some oil with a brush on the waffle iron. Fill with the batter and bake the waffles until golden.Keep them on a griddle until all waffles are ready. Serve with powdered sugar.
Delicious Vanilla Waffle Recipe
If you want to feel more of the fruit or syrup aroma and less of the butter- this is a great recipe. Also if you can believe it the waffles taste better cold then hot.
Ingredients:
25 servings
- 250g soft butter (room temperature)
- 250 g of cane sugar
- 2 tbsp vanilla sugar (or 2 packets)
- 3 eggs
- 240ml buttermilk (without flavors !!!!)
- 500g self-raising flour
- a pinch of salt
Beat the butter, the cane sugar and vanilla sugar until the sugar is nicely set ( 2-3 minutes). Stir in the egg yolks and then add the buttermilk. Stir until you have a smooth batter. Sift the flour and spoon until all the flour is incorporated. Beat the egg whites with a pinch of salt. Use a spatula to gently mix the two. Bake with a pre-heat waffle maker.
Sugar-free and Gluten-free Waffles Recipe
100% almond flour is free from wheat, gluten, cow’s milk, lactose, yeast, casein, soy protein, soy oil, added salt, refined carbohydrates or sugars! Almond flour is rich in vitamins B1, B2, B6 and E and magnesium.
These waffles are gluten free, dairy free, sugar-free and carbohydrate-poor.
Ingredients:
For 1 person
- Coconut oil
- 2 tablespoons almond flour
- 1 tablespoon buckwheat flour
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons almond milk
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3 drops of stevia (or 1 tsp. Honey)
Grease your waffle iron with a little coconut oil. Make the batter by adding all the ingredients in a bowl and mixing with a mixer until you get a fine batter. Pour the batter into the waffle iron for about 5 minutes. Do not open the waffle iron during this time because otherwise you do not get nice waffles. After 5 minutes, the dough hardens and it is ready to eat.
Add on top of the waffle some honey, peanut butter, cheese or fresh fruit!
