I’ve never had an authentic “Belgian Waffle” but I’ve had the dish at countless American diners. This recipe was adapted from the “Taste of Home” site where a story was shared about this recipe and its origin. If you’re interested, please read the post (link at the bottom) but regardless, it’s a great tasting waffle that is light, airy and crisp. I always add cinnamon to my waffles to suit my families preference.

Yield: 8 8-inch waffles

Total Time:

** minutes to prepare

** minutes to cook

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• ³⁄₄ cup sugar
• 3 ¹⁄₂ teaspoons baking powder
• 2 large eggs, separated
• 1 ¹⁄₂ cups milk
• 1 cup butter, melted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ¹⁄₂ tablespoon cinnamon, ground

Cooking Instructions

Preparation

1. Preheat a waffle iron

Create the batter

1. In a large bowl, combine 2 cups of all-purpose flour, ³⁄₄ cups of white sugar, 3 ¹⁄₂ teaspoons of baking powder, and ¹⁄₂ tablespoon of ground cinnamon and stir until combined
2. Crack 2 eggs, straining the whites into a mixing bowl and the yellows into another small bowl
3. Beat the egg whites with a stand or hand mixer until stiff peaks form
4. Add 1 ¹⁄₂ cups of milk to the egg yolks and whisk them together
5. Add 1 cup of melted butter and 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract to the milk and eggs mixture and whisk until well blended
6. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix until just combined
7. Gently fold in egg whites to the batter

Cook the waffles

1. Add ¹⁄₂ cup of waffle batter to the preheated hot waffle iron
2. Bake in the waffle iron until golden brown

Notes

Adapted from “Taste of Home’s” True Belgian Waffles

Revision: 5/15/2020