Waffles > pancakes, right? When there’s a weekend morning where there isn’t too much going on, I like to make waffles so it feels more like a special occasion. These waffles happen to be vegan and you can’t even tell. They’re exactly how I like them: light, crispy, and fluffy. Serve with a side of eggs and bacon and top them with whipped cream, berries, and powdered sugar. Most recently I topped mine with a bananas foster-esque syrup of rum, banana, and brown sugar. Make extra waffles and you can even freeze them! Throw them in the toaster for a quick breakfast.
Ingredients
Cornstarch – The combination of AP flour and cornstarch leads to a light, crispy waffle. If you don’t have cornstarch, you can use all AP flour. Your waffle just won’t be as crispy if you used cornstarch.
Maple syrup – I like waffles that already have a maple-y flavor to them. With the aroma of maple in the batter, I usually don’t even need maple syrup on top.
Flax eggs – This was a happy accident on a day I wanted waffles but didn’t have any eggs left. Flax eggs are much healthier than the usual chicken eggs and you really can’t tell the difference in this recipe. It helps bind all of the ingredients together without making the batter taste “eggy”.
Soy milk – Another happy accident. I needed to add some moisture to my waffles and didn’t have any other milks available. Feel free to substitute with cow milk, macadamia nut, cashew, almond, etc. Use what you have!
Vegetable oil – Since these waffles don’t have any butter or other rich, fat content in them, the vegetable oil provides an extra richness and moisture to the waffle and helps them crisp up.
Light, Fluffy, Crispy Waffles
Equipment
- waffle maker
Ingredients
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup cornstarch
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 3/4 cups soy milk
- 5 tbsp vegetable oil
- 2 flax eggs 2 tbsp flax seeds + 6 tbsp water
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla
Instructions
- Prepare flax egg. Mix together flax seeds and water. Leave aside to thicken.
- Mix together dry ingredients of AP flour, cornstarch, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
- Mix together wet ingredients of sugar, soy milk, vegetable oil, flax eggs, maple syrup and vanilla.
- Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix until just combined. Do not overmix!
- In a heated waffle iron, scoop 1/2 cup of the waffle batter mix in to the waffle iron.
- Cook for ~5 minutes until just light and crispy.
Want a different dessert-y breakfast? Try Pumpkin Pull Apart Bread or Banana Bread.
Need ideas for lunch? Try Pumpkin Panang Curry with Spinach and Paneer or Chicken & Cabbage Dumplings.