vegan waffles

This makes 6 Belgian waffles. finally got a ratio that I like. Non-vegan waffles tend to have a ratio of 1/2 cup fat to 2 cups of flour and I don't know why many vegan recipes call for only 1/4 cup. I modified an existing recipe to up the fat & added two flax "eggs" which is what non-vegan waffles with 2 cups of flour would typically contain. 

 1 1/2 cups unsweetened soymilk 

2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar 

2 cups all-purpose flour (240g) 

1 tablespoon baking powder 

1/2 teaspoon sea salt 

1 tablespoon brown sugar 

1/2 cup melted coconut oil 

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract or almond extract 

2 TBSP flaxseed, ground 

6 TBSP warm water 

Turn on waffle iron to preheat. Add apple cider vinegar & vanilla extract to (room temp) soy milk and let sit for a few minutes to make buttermilk sift dry ingredients together into big bowl melt coconut oil mix flaxseed & water together in small bowl, let sit for a minute or two add wet ingredients to dry and mix gently spray nonstick cooking spray on waffle iron before each waffle use 1/2 cup batter for each waffle

Belgian Waffles with oil (not butter)

https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/simple-homemade-waffles-50027026 I made these today because I didn't want to mess with melted butter. They were decent! I was also out of milk so I used half and half (thinned with a little water.) I did not grease my waffle iron and they came out of the iron just fine - not sure if it's something about my waffle iron or if people who say you need to grease the pan are just always lying.

• 2 cups flour
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 3/4 cups milk
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 2 eggs

(I also added a splash of almond extract.) 1. Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a mixing bowl. 2. Whisk the milk, vegetable oil, and eggs together well. 3. Gradually pour the milk mixture into the dry mixture. Stir until almost blended. There will be a few lumps. 4. Pour the batter into your waffle maker (about 1/3 cup)and cook according to instructions - approximately 4-6 minutes on medium high or until the waffle maker stops steaming. Optional: To make Blueberry Waffles, pour the batter onto the waffle maker, sprinkle fresh blueberries on top, and close the lid. Cook as usual according to the waffle maker instructions.

Whole Wheat Belgian Waffles

This recipe came out pretty well. I used about half a cup of batter for each /side/ of the waffle iron, and it yielded 6 waffles (with a little extra batter.)

http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/whole-wheat-waffles-recipe

1 1/2 cups white whole wheat flour (from Trader Joe's)

2 teaspoons baking powder (**the next time I cut this down to 1.5 tsp so they'd be a tad less airy. I think I prefer that.)

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons sugar

1 large egg

1 1/2 cups lukewarm milk (I warmed it in the microwave for 30 seconds in a glass cup - would have done it longer, the butter still re-solidified a little)

1/3 cup melted butter  (I used salted and omitted added salt)

Preheat your iron while you make the waffle batter.

Whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar.

In a separate bowl, whisk together the egg, milk, and butte

Mix together the wet and dry ingredients, stirring just until combined. (I used a spatula)The batter will be a bit lumpy; that's OK.

Cook the waffles as directed 

I used not-the-hottest setting. (4/5?) I think something more like 3.5/5 would have been better - the first few were a tad overdone.

I ate them topped with sour cream (sweetened with some sugar) and frozen strawberries, defrosted.  

Pumpkin waffles

I made these: http://pumpkinwaffles.wordpress.com/ultimate-pumpkin-waffle-recipe/

They are awesome. I had a container of pumpkin that was about 1.5 cups, so I multiplied the recipe by 1.5. I also didn't grease the waffle iron because mine doesn't seem to need it. And we added some chopped walnuts. Other than that I followed the recipe exactly. They were spicy and not too sweet, which was nice.

Waffles!

I found a Vitantonio brand belgian wafflemaker on the street, so naturally I had to try it out.


I used this recipe, which someone on the internets said came with their Vitantonio waffle iron.

I used 1/2 cup of batter for each side of the waffle iron (i.e. for each waffle) and that seemed just about right. I believe this made 8 waffles.


"Quick Waffles"
3 Eggs
1 C Milk
1/2 C Melted Butter or Margarine
1 Tbsp Vanilla
2 C Flour
1/2 tsp Salt
1 Tbsp Baking Power
2 tsp Sugar

Beat whole eggs in a bowl until thick *I used a fork*
Beat in milk and melted butter and vanilla
Combine remaining ingredients. Sift into egg mixture (I just added it slowly) and beat well (I stirred and allowed some lumps for fear it'd get too tough.) Bake and serve.

I made them on the second to highest setting for my iron and that worked well. I did not grease the iron at all.