How To Make Waffles

So you want to learn how to make waffles? Well, you came to the right place :), this site is filled with different waffle recipes from the simple and basic waffle recipes to a bit more complicated recipes like the recipe for Belgian waffles. But don't worry, even the hardest and most complicated recipe is still pretty easy. Everyone can make delicious waffles right at home.

First thing you want to check is - do I have all the right waffle ingredients? Most of the time you will need some all purpose flour, sugar, baking powder and yeast, salt, eggs, milk, oil and butter.

Second thing you want to check is - do I have a waffle maker? Waffle maker is what gives waffles their shape, it makes those square indents that are just made to catch some syrup, chocolate or cream that you put on top of your waffles. Now if you don't have a waffle maker you can still make waffle batter and then bake it like you would bake pancakes. It will not be quite the same but it sure as hell beats having no waffles at all :)!.

Now lets learn how to make waffles!

You will need:
- 2 cups of all purpose flour,
- 2 teaspoons of baking powder,
- some salt (1/2 teaspoon),
- 2 teaspoons of sugar,
- 2 cups of milk,
- 2 eggs,
- and one tablespoon full of melted butter.
(note - this recipe doesn't use yeast, the ingredients we mentioned at the beginning were just some general things you want to have at home if you want to make waffles regularly)

1. Separate the egg whites from the yolk and beat them until they turn into white snow.

2. Mix all the milk, melted butter, sugar, and egg yolks into smaller bowl. Mix until the sugar dissolves. Put all the dry ingredients (all purpose flour, baking powder, salt) into a bigger bowl and pour in the wet stuff. Mix until most of the batter is nice and even but leave some lumps that will tell you that you did not mix too much.

3. Gently mix egg whites into the batter.

4. You are finished, all you need to do is to bake your waffles. Just put one cup of batter in the preheated iron waffle and close it. It should take about 2 minutes, but check you waffle maker for specific instructions.

...and this is how to make waffles :) Bon apetit!

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Comments

Josh 15.08.2010. 03:54

Can someone who has made waffles using this recipe please tell me how much this recipe makes!
Thanks :)

Justin 19.08.2010. 11:33

Nice waffles! It was fast and simple. I'm glad I pulled up this website! Thank you so much for the great waffle instructions.

alex 20.08.2010. 07:04

great repicie use it all the time they taste great
allong with milkshake :)

Nobe and Titi 07.10.2010. 11:04

We did it yeep,nice and perfect no more going out for a waffle

BenJoe 10.10.2010. 09:47

This makes 8 to 10 waffles in standard waffle maker.

For you that got pancake like waffles, go back and read the instructions and follow it. Do not just stick everything in a bowl and mix. Cooking is a science and there are reasons we mix things seperatly. If you have a mixer put the egg whites in there and mix until they are bubbles.


For some fun I added lime and lemon juice and it gave it a great flavor.

jgarsenal99 23.10.2010. 03:12

how many waffles does it make

irishcream 25.10.2010. 13:12

Followed recipe exactly. Waffles tasted like bland dough. The recipe made 4 large waffles. They cooked up nice and golden and rose properly. I think despite the extensive egg white beating, this is a heavy waffle recipe.

joy 27.10.2010. 07:18

I love waffle....I'll try to cook it tomorrow and I'll get back to you for the result..Thanks for the recipe ,very simple..

Ashlee 05.11.2010. 11:32

I halved the recipe and made two batches in my new waffle maker. I decided to add a splash of vanilla and I'm satisfied with the golden results! :) Very easy to memorize recipe too! Thanks

right 17.11.2010. 09:00

well from my own i made some waffles and they were horrible :( but from this they were awesum

HVS 07.12.2010. 15:55

Do i use an electric mixer or mix the egg whites by hand for a long time until theyre snowy?

PLZ ANSWER ASAP

weiling GaN 11.12.2010. 10:46

adorable!i love waffles sooo much!!

Rose 12.12.2010. 17:26

I do not have an iron waffle is it okay if i do it on a pan?

Dog 13.12.2010. 07:24

@Rose: real waffles need waffle iron. If you just want some sort of pancakes then you can try with a pan.

Dog 13.12.2010. 07:25

@HVS: whatever. Use electric mixer because it's faster :)!

Luga 20.12.2010. 12:20

well that was easy
mine turned out great

but i thought waffles were made out if potato

Ashley 23.12.2010. 07:59

These waffles were so good. I loved them. My whole emtire family loved them! :) But there's one problem. :-/ The waffles were'nt crisp. My family likes crunchy waffles. I reccomend you pu some oil in it if you like crunchy waffles. But everything else was awesome! :)

DP 26.12.2010. 11:50

Bout to try the recipe out to test a wafflemaker I got a few weeks ago.

Tip: separating egg whites doesn't require nearly as much effort as some have suggested on here. The way I've always done it is Customer cracking it into my hand and letting the whites slip in between my fingers. If you're extremely paranoid about using your hands, then you can crack it in half and pass the yolk between the two halves like I've seen chefs do when they didn't want to risk cross contamination.

Anna 06.01.2011. 02:11

Hi Im English and just bought a waffle maker but your american measurements are confusing to us brits so can you help me out please
1. what is "all purpose" flour we use plain or self raising, self raising has a raising agent added, plain is just ordinary, we normally use self raising for cakes etc.
2. how much is a cup of flour when weighed? we use ounces or grams
3. how much is a cup of milk in liters?
Can I just use any old cup and measure all the ingredients out like that?
I dont want to attempt this recipe without knowing what im doing as it could go wrong? Many thanks

Ben 06.01.2011. 04:15

Hi Anna, all purpose flour is plain flour without any raising agents. All purpose means that it is appropriate for any kind of use...this is the most ordinary flour you can find. It's not just raising agent that makes flour "not all purpose". It is also the way it is ground - some types of flour are better for bread, some are better for cakes etc... all purpose is ok for anything.

As for 2. and 3. try this site for instance: http://www.convert-me.com/en/convert/cooking

I usually just use a medium sized cup and go by the feel and it works out...

Anjana christy 14.01.2011. 10:20

thankyou simple and nice

Elizabeth 16.01.2011. 08:50

They were nicely brown and fluffy...great texture. Might put a touch of vanilla in next time around. My kids and I loved them. In fact, they were easy enough for my 9 year old to make them (with a little instruction from mom).

yerboii 17.01.2011. 00:45

thanks soo much 4 the recipe

MEBO 27.01.2011. 10:40

I followed the recipe and they came out looking great but they weren't the best tasting waffles...i've definitely had better, i think these were decend but they need a little more flavor, they just tasted like the metal waffle machine..

waffle enthusiast x 2 27.01.2011. 21:05

As waffle enthusiasts- we live for waffles. We cannot survive without our 'daily fix'. However, this waffles disappointed us beyond imagination. Our tastebuds dismayed, our faces screwed into expressions of disgust, these truly were the worst waffles we have ever tasted. Shame on you. In our waffle lab we usually add coconut, just to bind the ingredients. We feel this would greatly improve this recipe. May the force be with you... over and out.

pp 02.02.2011. 06:53

i need to learn how to make waffles .... wanna impress this really awesome girl.... hope it works.

Jaycee G 03.02.2011. 23:16

I really like waffles. They are really good and soft and fluffy. I eat waffles not very often but i love them I wish if I wasnt so young I would go make me some waffes right now but there are really good but I wish my parents would make them more often because there so good. All I have to say is that they are so ggggggggooooooooooooooooooooodddddddddddd that I could eat them for breakfast lunch aaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnddddddddddd dinner

stephni 18.02.2011. 06:29

this waffle was awesome thanx

Molly 19.02.2011. 14:58

Hey they sound great, but my brother is allergic to egg, do you know a way with to make them with out egg??

meeeeexx 26.02.2011. 03:35

i love waffles!!!!!!!!!!!!

lol sorry n if ur still strugglin seperate the egg white n egg yoke crack the egg into ur hand coz thn the egg white slipps through ur fingers n u dun get any left behind, u hands get messy but it worth it wen the waffles cum out :D :):):):):) xxx

jc 28.02.2011. 03:09

MINT RECIPE IT WAS BEST EVER!!

channon 28.02.2011. 10:48

how many waffles does this recipe make??

Lizzie 27.03.2011. 03:59

How many does this make?

nikki 16.04.2011. 17:25

hi,
im about to try this, i have made and cooked them before but i used doughnuts mix,and you just add water to that. but in your ingredients you say oil, but them no mention, do you add the oil to the recipe or to grease the waffle maker? i have looked up another recipe and it similar to yours,but uses 1 3/4 cups instead of 2,and adds 1/2 cup of oil to it.
what would you say is best?il probably end up making to batches to see whats different in them. and defiantly add cinnamon,just a bit for flavour and vanilla.
nikki

Anonymous 17.04.2011. 03:58

how much waffles
awesome though

Willy 19.04.2011. 21:50

I am glad I found this site. It gives me a starting point and a recipe that's easy to begin with. I have seen a lot of complaints and questions. I will start with following the recipe to a T and then make my adjustments from there. You need to experiment people, not all irons are the same as are taste-buds. If I feel I come up with any good tweak to this I will pass it on later!

trenten 25.04.2011. 14:58

they make like 7 or 8 for me but i just threw everything together and did not separate anything and they turned out fine,also i mixed the batter very well so i will use this again.

Anoyanous 14.05.2011. 21:09

This helped~ You rock, man.

Gert 30.06.2011. 14:16

I don't have a waffel maker will it work in a pan if you use a small enough pan and just flip it please i'm a huge waffel fan:)

ella 19.07.2011. 18:14

this recipe is so good we had 3 times in a row

drama queen 21.09.2011. 05:42

nice waffle recipe you got there.... i like it... very much

Monica Yoo 27.09.2011. 15:45

this looks awesome!

bluashley 29.09.2011. 19:43

My mom just bought a waffle maker, and I have no idea how to make waffles, but thanks to this website now I know.:)

DHVS 13.10.2011. 07:42

I like waffles.

Laraine Anne Barker 18.10.2011. 23:57

You're all making me hungry. I've actually been thinking about buying a second-hand waffle maker; they are too expensive new. I use what we call "high grade" flour for everything, even making bread. The one that's meant for cakes (and which I never bother with) is called "standard" flour here in New Zealand. I never use self-raising flour. I don't like the taste of the raising agent used in it.

yvette 05.11.2011. 19:29

I shall try! (:

Erik 13.11.2011. 10:44

Not but, but not great. Easier recipe:

Don't bother beating or separating the eggs, I don't find it makes a lick of difference.

Melted butter or veg oil, doesn't matter. One is a lot less work.

Don't bother with the sugar, use 2 tablespoons of vanilla instead.

And, if u care, u can sub the reg flour for whole wheat.

And whammo, way less dishes to clean and your arm doesn't get sore from whipping those stupid eggs.

Cheers

loves to eat 23.12.2011. 08:41

waffles taste like heaven!

Charlotte 27.12.2011. 06:27

How many waffles does this recipe make.x

CuriousCook 05.01.2012. 02:36

If we don't have waffle machine what do we use ?

Rach Craig 16.01.2012. 13:59

Really nice, we added more sugar though, this was our first waffle. made a mess :) Add nutella!
Cheers. x

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