This Homemade Waffle Recipe is made with simple ingredients and is light and crispy on the outside, soft and fluffy on the inside. They’re perfect every time!
This fluffy, crispy waffle recipe is best when covered in butter and real maple syrup and a side of bacon. Below you’ll learn why this recipe has been TOP-RATED on Google and Pinterest for 10 years!
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Sundays are for sleeping in, drinking coffee at the kitchen table, and making a delicious breakfast from scratch! No need for a waffle mix when you have this recipe in under your belt!
One of our favorite meals to make on the weekend together as a family is this Homemade Waffle Recipe – they’re just as delicious as my Baked French Toast Casserole.
We love pulling out our Belgian Waffle Maker – the same one we received as a wedding gift years ago – and making a homemade waffle batter that promises to be the most amazing waffles from scratch you’ve ever had!
I grew up with my mom and dad using everyone’s favorite Bisquick waffle recipe. Bisquick has a wonderful flavor and always turns out amazing. But, I also like to make my pancakes and waffles batter from scratch whenever possible.
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Ingredients For Easy Homemade Waffles
This recipe is easy to make and uses everyday ingredients you most likely already have on hand in your pantry:
- flour – regular flour is best for this recipe
- melted butter – trust me. Melted butter gives this waffle recipe the most amazing taste and texture.
- baking powder – to make your waffles nice and fluffy.
- eggs – I like to use large, good-quality eggs.
- sugar – Don’t leave this out.
- vanilla – Madagascar vanilla gives you the best flavor
Directions For The Easiest Fluffy Waffles
- Preheat your waffle iron and spray with cooking spray or rub a little melted butter on.
- Whisk together the dry ingredients – flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
- In another bowl, beat the eggs with a mixer until light and fluffy and pale in color.
- Add the vanilla to the egg mixture.
- Mix the egg mixture into the dry mixture.
- Add the butter and milk into the mixture- blending until just smooth.
- Let the mixture sit for about 5 minutes before adding to the waffle iron.
- Pour onto hot iron and cook until golden brown.
- Serve topped with pure maple syrup and butter or your favorite fruit and whipped cream.
How to Keep Waffles Warm
- Set Oven to “warm” setting
To keep waffles warm while you’re whipping up more for your family, preheat your oven to the “warm” setting or lowest setting available. - Place waffles right on the oven rack
Place the waffles right on the rack when you take them out of your waffle iron. The waffles will stay crispy and warm until you’re ready to enjoy!
Waffle Toppings + Variations
The best thing about this recipe is that it can be modified to to your liking! Sweet, savory, or topped with delicious berries, syrup or whipped cream! Here’s a few of our favorites!
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Common Questions for Making the BEST Waffles At Home
Can you use a pancake recipe for waffles?
Waffles are made of a richer batter than pancakes, with an additional egg and oil. In fact, most pancake mixes offer directions for creating waffles out of the mix if you decide to go that route!
How do you make waffle batter from scratch?
It’s easy! By mixing flour, butter, baking powder, eggs, sugar, and vanilla together, you can have a delicious homemade waffle batter recipe from scratch in no time! Just follow the recipe below to learn more!
What is the difference between a waffle and a Belgian waffle?
The texture is also lighter and crispier. To make a Belgian waffle, you need a waffle iron with a deeper, larger grid pattern. Most Belgian waffle recipes are yeast-based, to get that crispy texture. But you also can use a waffle batter that uses beaten egg whites for lightness like this one!
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Leaving the lumps in will give you a fluffier and more tender waffle in the long run. A good mixture will have the consistency of pancake batter or honey—not so thick and clumpy that it’s clinging to your whisk or so runny that it’s essentially water.
Pour the batter into a preheated waffle maker that has been sprayed with cooking spray and cook for about 3-4 minutes – check and see if they are done to your liking, if not cook a little longer. If the waffles don’t get crispy enough in your waffle iron, place them on a rack set on a baking sheet (or it can be the rack in the oven if it’s clean) and bake in a 250F oven for another 5-10 minutes, until crisp.
If you don’t have a warm setting, set it to 200°F. Place a cooling rack on top of a cookie sheet and put it into the oven. By placing the rack on top of the sheet rather than placing the waffles directly on the sheet, you are allowing the hot air to circulate right around the waffle to keep it crisp.
YES! You can freeze waffles in ziplock freezer bags and pull them out as needed throughout the week. All you need to do to reheat waffles is to pop them in the oven, microwave or even the toaster! This is the perfect make-ahead homemade waffle recipe from scratch!
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Perfect Homemade Waffle Recipe
Equipment
- Waffle Maker
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon white sugar
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup butter melted
- 1 3/4 cups milk
Instructions
- Preheat your waffle iron and spray with cooking spray or rub a little melted butter on.
- Whisk together the dry ingredients – flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.2 cups all-purpose flour, 1 tablespoon white sugar, 4 teaspoons baking powder, 1/4 teaspoon salt
- In another bowl, beat the eggs with a mixer until light and fluffy and pale in color.2 eggs
- Add the vanilla to the egg mixture.1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- Mix the egg mixture into the dry mixture.
- Add the butter and milk into the mixture- blending until just smooth.1 3/4 cups milk, 1/2 cup butter
- Let mixture sit for about 5 minutes before adding to the waffle iron.
- Pour onto hot iron and cook until golden brown.
- Serve topped with pure maple syrup and butter or your favorite fruit and whipped cream.
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Notes
Tips for Keeping Waffles Warm:
- Set Oven to “warm” setting To keep waffles warm while you’re whipping up more for your family, preheat your oven to the “warm” setting or lowest setting available.
- Place waffles right on the oven rack Place the waffles right on the rack when you take them out of your waffle iron. The waffles will stay crispy and warm until you’re ready to enjoy!
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I will have to try this recipe next weekend when we have the whole family here for breakfast!
I actually got rid of my waffle maker when I moved last summer because I hadn’t used it in forever and have been craving waffles ever since. I may have to break down and buy a new one…LOL!!
My husband is Chief Waffle Maker in our home. Sometimes he makes them from scratch but other times he tweaks pancake batter accordingly. I will share your recipe with him
We love waffles and love them crispy. Your tips on how to ensure that the waffle are crispy and stay crispy are going to be very useful indeed. Hope to try them out for Christmas.
We enjoy taking it easy and making waffles on the weekends as well! This looks like a great scratch recipe!
Ooo we do love Waffles in our house. I’ll have to try your recipe out.
I love waffles but I rarely make them at home. I don’t know why since I actually own a waffle maker.
I love to make homemade pancakes and waffles. Love that these are minimal sugar and simple ingredients with lots of great tips for serving a crispy result! Thank you.
Waffles are an amazing breakfast. So versatile. I want some now. I have to have crispy edges to make it an out of this world experience.
My family always loves waffles and this recipe is a winner!
You had me at easy! I am all about waffles but I don’t feel like putting in all the work LOL. I will definitely trying these!
WAFFLES ARE TOTALLY THE BOMBBBB!! I haven’t made them in a while, but it’s 1000% time! I need to give my waffle maker some love!
I love waffles. Not a pancake fan, but love waffles. I love how they are just a bit crispy on the edge. Thanks fro the recipe.
Your waffles look so good and just the way I like them – crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. I have to try your recipe ASAP.
These look fabulous. I just love waffles. We actually have them a lot for dinner. I’ll have to try these for sure. Normally I make them from a box.
I don’t know anyone would buy the box mix when it is so easy and simple to make your own waffle or pancake mix. Really better tasting and so much better for us.
I love having waffles with the family on Sunday mornings – thanks for sharing your amazing homemade waffle recipe!
Thank you! I’m glad you liked them!
We love homemade waffles at our house. We make them every Sunday. Great recipe!
THANKS! It’s the best!
This waffle recipe looks amazing and they LOOK incredible! I can’t wait to try these.
Let me know!
I need this in my life! Looks delicious
YES! They are the best!