🧇 What Makes This Recipe So Good
Whether you’re new to a gluten-free lifestyle or not, you’ve probably found yourself missing crispy, fluffy, dense, moist, light breakfast waffles at least once. Fluffy gluten-free pancakes are wonderful, yes, but pancakes just don’t satisfy that waffle craving. Agonize no more – these gluten-free waffles are everything you could ever want a waffle to be. Fluffy on the inside, crisp on the outside, golden and light, with deep pockets perfect for holding syrup. Like any “traditional” waffle, gluten-free waffles are easy to customize depending on the occasion, your mood, or just your preferences. Top them with blueberry compote, mix in chocolate chips (like in our chocolate chip pancake recipe), dress them up with the caramelized bananas from our caramelized banana oatmeal recipe or the bourbon-vanilla maple syrup from our croissant French toast casserole. Leggo those Eggos. Errr… whatever brand of store-bought frozen gluten-free waffles you’ve been getting, since Eggo doesn’t actually make them anymore. Regardless. You can turn these homemade gluten-free waffles into frozen, toaster-ready waffles super easily. All you have to do is prepare the waffles as instructed below. Let them cool completely, then spread them out on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Pop the baking sheet in the freezer and flash freeze the waffles 20-30 minutes. Once they’re frozen, transfer them to a food-safe sealable freezer bag (or another airtight, freezer-safe container) and freeze them up to 3 months. When you’re hungry, heat them up in the toaster or use this simple air fryer method.
💠Chef’s Tips
Don’t pay too much attention to the number of servings or the nutritional information on the recipe card below. The number of gluten-free waffles you’ll get from this recipe will vary wildly depending on the type of waffle maker you’re using. For a shallow mini-waffle maker, like these seasonal ones from Dash, you’ll be able to make many more waffles than you’d be able to make with a larger, Belgian-style waffle maker. The number of servings you’ll end up with will depend on the number and size of the waffles you make, and your preferred portion sizes. Use a gluten-free cooking spray and spray your waffle maker between each waffle. No one wants to have to scrape waffles out of the grill of a waffle maker! Gluten-free flour is fickle, and every brand behaves differently. Opt for any cup-for-cup GF flour (Bob’s Red Mill, King Arthur, and Pamela’s all have good ones!) and make sure your flour contains xanthan gum. When you’re measuring out your flour, you’ll probably be tempted to stick the measuring cup straight into the bag, scoop a big scoop of flour, scrape the excess down the inside of the bag, and plop it into the mixing bowl. Yeah, don’t do that. Instead, use the “spoon & level” method. Spoon the flour from the bag into the measuring cup, then use the back of a knife to level off the top of the flour once the measuring cup is full. That method keeps you from packing in the flour, overfilling the cup, and ending up with too much flour in your waffles.
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