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Waffles of Insane Greatness

During the week, my family’s usual breakfast consists of oatmeal or cold cereal. While I love both of these breakfasts (and many days find myself eating a second bowl of cold cereal as an afternoon snack), sometimes it’s nice to have something a little different on a Saturday or Sunday. For us, most often that something is waffles.

We used to buy store-bought waffle mix and liked it just fine. But then one morning after looking at the ingredients and not being too thrilled with what I saw, I decided we needed to find a from-scratch waffle recipe to make from then on. So far we’ve tried two, and I’ve really enjoyed both of them. Today I’ll share these Waffles of Insane Greatness (I know, what a name!), and soon I’ll share the other recipe.

These waffles are slightly sweet, with a crisp exterior and a light and tender inside. After mixing up the batter, they do require a short 30 minute rest before cooking, but they are well worth the wait.

Waffles of Insane Greatness

Printable Recipe

Yield:  Depends on the size of your waffle iron; one recipe makes just enough to feed our family of 3.

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/4 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 1/2 tsp. sugar
• 1/2 cup whole milk
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 1 large egg, lightly beaten
• 3/4 tsp. vanilla extract

Directions:

1. In a medium mixing bowl, combine the flour, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar. Whisk well. Add the milk, buttermilk, oil, egg and vanilla and whisk just until incorporated and few lumps remain. Set aside to rest for 30 minutes.
2. Preheat a waffle iron. Fill waffle wells and cook according to the manufacturer’s instructions, until crisp and golden. Serve immediately.

Recipe from Orangette, originally from Food Network