You’ll love these delicious and easy waffles! They waffle recipes needs only one bowl and a spoon to make and produce classic waffles that are crispy on the outside and fluffy and flavourful on the inside. Perfect recipe for your waffle maker!
Why you’ll love these waffles!
I’ve tried a lot of waffle recipes over the years, but these are the best waffles, in my opinion. These delicious waffles have a perfect fluffy interior and are lovely and crisp on the outside!
And they have flavour, as well as great texture (and I discovered that not all waffles do).
The other reason I love these waffles? They’re easy! One bowl and a spoon is all you need. And you don’t even have to worry about lumps in the batter. I’m all about the easy. I don’t want to be separating eggs or busting out my mixer to whip up egg whites (followed by the requisite, ever so careful fold in thing). Nope. I’ve never had a waffle that is so good it justifies all that effort :)
Ingredients and Substitutions
These easy waffles need only 7 ingredients …
All Purpose Flour – regular or unbleached all purpose flour will work here. All purpose flour is also known as “plain flour” in some places. Do not use self-rising flour here.
Eggs – you’ll need 3 large eggs for these waffles. I haven’t tested this recipe with any type of egg substitute.
Vegetable Oil – I prefer vegetable or canola oil, though any neutral-tasting cooking oil will work here.
Milk – you can use any milk, though a higher fat milk produces nicer results, in my option. A non-dairy, milk substitute might also work here, though I haven’t tested it myself.
And yes! You can substitute buttermilk for the milk. The only catch though is that you need to add a teaspoon of baking soda to the batter (for the “1X” recipe. I’ve included these details in the recipe card below.
You will also need – baking powder, salt and a bit of white sugar.
Video: How to make homemade waffles
Waffle Making Tips
- Don’t be tempted to reduce the added oil to the batter. The oil is what ensures a crispy outside, so reducing the amount will result in softer waffles.
- With my round, Belgian waffle maker, I get about four 7-inch diameter/1-inch thick waffles from this recipe. Of course, you can double as needed.
- Depending on your waffle maker, you may need to spray with a little non-stick cooking spray before adding the batter, just to ensure that there is no sticking issues at all.
- Be sure to preheat your waffle iron well, setting it on medium-high-ish (or equivalent for your waffle iron). Cook these waffles until golden brown, to make sure the inside is cooked and the outside is crispy. While my waffle maker has a light that comes on when they are ready, I always watch for escaping steam from the sides. When the escaping steam is minimal, they are about done.
Blueberry Waffle Variation
If you’d like to add blueberries to these waffles, simply scatter some (fresh or frozen) over the batter after spooning your batter into your waffle maker.
Buttermilk Waffle Variation
Simply substitute buttermilk for the milk and add 1 teaspoon of baking soda to the batter, in addition to the baking powder already included in the recipe.
Making ahead, storing and freezing
These waffles actually keep quite well in the fridge, if you have leftovers or want to make ahead. Re-heat on a baking sheet in a 350F oven until warm (about 10 minutes) or the toaster may also work, but watch carefully to avoid over-heating and scorching.
Cooked waffles will also freeze well up to 2 months.
I wait until my waffle iron is preheated before I mix the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, so my batter doesn’t sit mixed very long.
Get the Recipe: Simply Perfect Homemade Waffles
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cup (220 g) all purpose flour, spooned and levelled
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 Tablespoon white sugar
- 3 large eggs, *See Note 1 below
- 7 Tablespoons vegetable oil, or other neutral tasting liquid oil
- 1 1/2 cups (360 ml) milk, or buttermilk, but for buttermilk, add 1 teaspoon of baking soda to the batter
Instructions
- **For buttermilk waffles, add 1 teaspoon of baking soda to the batter, in addition to the baking powder.
- Preheat your waffle iron before starting to mix your batter.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Make a well in the middle. Break the eggs into the well and beat lightly with a fork. Add the oil and milk and stir until moistened (Some lumps are ok. Doesn't need to be smooth. Just moistened.)
- I like to spray my waffle iron with cooking spray right before adding the batter. Your waffle maker may or may not need that step.
- Spoon batter into hot waffle iron and cook until golden and crispy.
- Serve warm, with butter and maple syrup.
Notes
- If you are new to making homemade waffles and/or perhaps used to store-bought waffles, you may initially notice the taste of the eggs (since that flavour is lacking in the store-bought ones). Stick with it and I'm certain you will come to love it as much as I do. If you really don't, try reducing the eggs from 3 to 2 and see if that is more to your taste. The reduction may affect the finished texture though.
- If using buttermilk, add 1 teaspoon of baking soda to the batter (for the "1X" recipe), in addition to the baking powder.
- **Makes four 7-inch diameter round/1-inch thick waffles using about 1/2 cup batter per waffle. Nutritional information based on 1 serving = 1/2 of the 7-inch waffle.
Hi! I’m Jennifer, a home cook schooled by trial and error and almost 40 years of getting dinner on the table! I love to share my favourite recipes, both old and new, together with lots of tips and tricks to hopefully help make your home cooking enjoyable, stress free, rewarding and of course, delicious!
Hi there, these sound fabulous, thank you – will definitely be trying them with my new waffle maker 😀😋 Do you have a few topping suggestions you can recommend? Thank you!
Hi Helen, I like blueberries myself, like the easy blueberry sauce from this post – https://www.seasonsandsuppers.ca/mini-dutch-pancakes-warm-blueberry-sauce/
Sauteed apples with a little cinnamon is nice, too. Or I don’t think you can beat sliced strawberries and a bit of whipped cream :) Enjoy!
Fantastic, thank you so much, they sound yummy 😋
I am 11 and i love them
People say i am too small to bake
But i prove them wrong🤯
After they eat their minds are blown away🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
You go! So glad you enjoyed them and proved them wrong :) Happy baking!
Made these this AM … perfect !
The best I ever made. Thanks for sharing this!
So glad to hear, Daniela :) Thanks so much!
love this recipe!! very easy and quick to make,highly recommend and will for sure use it again!
So glad to hear! Thanks so much :)
So AMAZING very good with strawberry sauce !
Glad you enjoyed them and love the sound of strawberry sauce :) Thanks!
Hi Jennifer,
Greetings from Down Under, thank you for this amazing recipe. I’ve always been a bit intimidated by waffles, but this looks like an easy recipe for me to try. I don’t have a Belgian waffle maker though. I was given a waffle maker that is like a sandwich maker, my question is do you think this recipe will work with the simple waffle maker or do I really need a Belgian type one?
Thank you again & God bless.
Reet
Hi Reet, this should work just fine with any waffle maker. You’ll have to experiment with how much batter to add, as it doesn’t have as much room to expand in a shorter waffle maker. Other than that, it should be good :)
Thank you so much, Jennifer, you reply is much appreciated.
I love your recipe Jennifer. Thank you.
So glad to hear, Peter :) Thanks so much!
Thank you very much Jennifer. These are very good. I made the batter the night before and cooked the waffles the next morning, my whole family really loved them and it’s such a quick recipe to make. Congratulations for your work and for posting it. We appreciate it. Rita.
So glad you enjoyed them, Rita and also good to know that you can make the batter the night before :) Thanks!
Can you swap the oil for butter?
The oil is responsible for the crispness, so I feel like butter wouldn’t perform as well. I haven’t tested it, but my gut says the waffles with butter would suffer. If you try it though, I would use melted butter. Let me know how it works out.
my husband ate them without syrup. A great compliment to your recipe
So glad to hear, Suzy :) Thanks!
I want to take a moment to thank you. I have a new waffle maker and tried other recipes online and they were complicated and failed. Yours gave me the best results and it was the easiest. And I like the use of 3 eggs for protein. I highly recommend.
Thanks so much, Alexandra :) I tried a lot of recipes over the years as well, and always came back to this one. As you say, easy and delicious. Hard to beat that!
These are phenomenal! I added a tap of cinnamon and 1tbs of vanilla and topped them with sautéed bananas in brown sugar. To. Die. For. Thanks so much for posting this! It’s so easy I’m adding it to my weekend breakfast/brunch rotation.
So happy to hear, Katie! Thanks so much :)
So easy and tasty! Little one was obsessed with frozen waffles for breakfast so got us a waffle maker for Christmas! Tried a few recipes since then (including the ones with the careful folding of egg whites! lol) but this one simple takes the cake! So delicious! And came together so easy and fast! Definitely my go-to waffle recipe from now on, thank you so much!
So glad to hear, Steffie! Thanks so much :)
Omg these tasted like I was at a restaurant. Easy to make, only one bowl and soooooo fluffly and good.
So happy you enjoyed them, Stephanie! Thanks so much :)
Could I make the mixture the night before and refrigerate it?
Hi Natalie, I’ve never actually done it, but I’ve heard it works just fine to mix it up the night before.