Those of you who frequented my very small(and now defunct) baking blog have already seen this recipe, but it should be new to the vast majority of you. Most waffle recipes have a shockingly large amount of oil or melted butter in them, but this one actually has no added fat. However, the waffles this recipe makes are probably the best I’ve ever had.
You will need a waffle iron for these(nothing else will do). If you don’t have one, you might take a peek around your local thrift store, as waffles irons seem to show up at those types of places with some regularity.
Buttermilk Waffles
Ingredients
2 eggs, separated
2 cups buttermilk
2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
1. Pour buttermilk into a measuring cup and add egg yolks. Beat the egg whites, using a mixer, until they are stiff.
2. Combine the dry ingredients in a large bowl, using a whisk. Beat the egg yolks and buttermilk together(I use a handheld egg beater or a whisk to do this task).
3. Add the buttermilk mixture to the dry ingredients, and mix gently. Some lumps of flour may remain, which is fine. Don’t over beat.
4. Using a spatula, gently fold the egg whites into the batter. It should look something like this when you’re done.
5. Grease(I use cooking spray) and preheat the waffle iron. Put about 1 cup of the batter into the iron, and cook according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
I don’t like my waffles especially brown, so I take them out when they look like this(I also never seem to put quite enough batter into the corner of the iron, so mine are rarely perfect squares.).
6. Break the waffles apart, and serve promptly(waffles get cold really fast) with butter and syrup.
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We LOVE these. I make them all the time! They are easy, light and most of all YUMMY!
Oh, I’m glad to hear that, Jill.
I love it when a food is easy, delicious AND cheap. lol
I find it highly amusing that you post these delicious looking recipes that beg me to make them, and then there’s this ad on the side that tells me about going on diets and getting a flat stomach. The battle will be life-long for me, I think!
LOL Franci! Um…the waffles have no fat in them besides the eggs.
And you could go light on the butter and syrup. Or you could just not eat tooooo many of them.
I did post a salad recipe a little while back.
I haven’t clicked on that ad, but I don’t think there’s any hope for me to have a perfectly flat stomach ever again…I had four kids, for crying out loud! lol
Between this recipe and your orange julius, I’m REALLY wishing I didn’t have so much stuff in storage – my blender, my mix master…*sigh* alas, I just don’t have the arm strength to whip egg whites! LOL
I made these on Valentine’s Day and we topped them with whipped cream and strawberries. YUM!!
Kristen,
I’m really enjoying your blog! I found you through Faith Acres Farm blog.
We had fried mush at my grandparents house while I was growing up. This was one of my favorite breakfast foods! I haven’t had it in so long. Thanks for the sweet memories.
I have missed the reason you do not have the blog for cooking. Why did you discontinue it. I love the fotos that you post. I know it must be a lot of work for you to post them. Oh, all for the love of baking and cooking. A miracle that you stay so very thin and pretty.
lol
linda walmer
Linda, it was indeed too much work to keep up a baking blog. I couldn’t manage to do that and maintain this one, so I just decided to do baking stuff here once a week.