Golden brown overnight yeast waffles, crispy on the outside and tender and fluffy on the inside. A whole wheat yeast batter made the night before, so in the morning you’re enjoying delicious fresh, hot waffles in minutes.
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I bought an awesome new double Belgian waffle maker recently. I was surprised to see that the classic Belgian Waffle recipe in the manual contained yeast.
I’d seen yeasted waffle recipes before, but had never tried them. That recipe was a little more work than I wanted to do, so I sent out a tweet asking for a great yeasted waffle recipe.
Red Star Yeast tweeted me a link to their Crispy Yeast Waffle recipe. I couldn’t think of a better source for a yeasted waffle recipe than Red Star Yeast and knew it would be great.
Of course, I had to tweak the recipe a bit. I used whole wheat flour for extra nutrition, brown sugar, vanilla and butter for flavor, and oil for the crispness. I also made a batch and a half so I would have plenty to feed my crowd.
This waffle is fantastic. I was worried that it would have a strong yeast taste, but I couldn’t taste the yeast. My son said they were better than my Light and Fluffy Whole Wheat Waffles which is a great waffle and was our favorite.
In the morning after sitting in the refrigerator overnight, your batter will be bubbly and your waffles will bake up crispy, but light and fluffy.
In fact they baked up so fluffy I had to use less batter than with my traditional recipe. I will definitely make these waffles again. You should too.
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Whole Wheat Overnight Yeast Waffles
Ingredients
- 2 ¼ cup all purpose flour
- 1 ½ cup Whole Wheat Pastry Flour
- 2 ¼ teaspoons 1 package yeast*
- 1 ½ teaspoons salt
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
- ⅓ cup oil
- 3 tablespoon brown sugar
- 3 cups milk I used 1%
- 4 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- In large mixing bowl, combine flours, yeast, and salt.
- In medium saucepan or large microwave safe bowl, combine melted butter, oil, brown sugar and milk. Heat to 120º to 130º.
- Add liquid ingredients to dry ingredients and blend on low speed until combine. Add eggs and vanilla. Beat 2 to 3 minutes on medium speed.
- Cover bowl; refrigerate batter several hours or overnight.
Notes
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Lemon Ricotta Blueberry Waffles, Kitchen Belliecious
Brown Sugar Bacon Waffles, Joy the Baker
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Angie@Angie's Recipes
Crisp and light. These yeast waffles look perfect!
Maureen | Orgasmic Chef
I think I’d like a waffle for dinner.. lordy these waffles look fantastic!
Amy
This is a perfect looking waffle. I have all these ingredients but I don’t have an waffle maker! 🙁 I still can’t believe I don’t own one by now. I’ll check into the one you bought. Do you like it? I would love to get some feedback from you.
Barbara
Thanks Amy – I love this waffle iron. I’ve only used it twice now, but it really does seem like the perfect waffle maker. Love that you can make two at a time, the deep Belgian style, cooks them quickly and golden brown, has a timer that beeps when they’re done and the waffles didn’t stick. I read the reviews before I bought it and others loved it too. Christmas isn’t too far away!
Christina @ Sweet Pea's Kitchen
I really need to get a waffle maker. Ours died a few months ago and I haven’t replaced it yet. Seeing recipes like these makes me want to run out a buy one right now! 🙂
Deeba Rajpal (@vindee)
Fabulius! I have a Belgian waffle iron … Must make these soon. Mmmmm
Lisa
Barbara..I’m coming over for breakfast tomorrow..so worth the price of a flight if you make these! They look terrific. I’ve never made waffles or pancakes with whole wheat flour, or yeast for that matter..but it’s high time I tried!
Liz
Yeah, so much better from scratch…your waffles looks perfect! I love that you served them with fruit…mmmmm.
Maggie
Barbara – I love how simple these are to toss together. I’m going to put my focus on how to have them for dinner – I have a favorite chicken in mustard cream sauce that usually goes over pasta I bet would be a knock out on these.
Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar
Such a great breakfast idea 🙂
Coleens Recipes
Absolutely beautiful photos!! We are a big waffle family, so thank you!!
Chung-Ah | Damn Delicious
Wow, now this is breakfast done right! If only I could have this during the week!
Valérie (Franche-Comté)
Barbara,
Voilà une façon bien gourmande de préparer et présenter cette gaufres
Je te souhaite une belle soirée
Valérie.
Erin @ Texanerin Baking
Oh yum! My father makes overnight yeasted Belgian waffles, and they were always a treat, but he’s never made whole wheat. I definitely prefer the sound of these! I need a waffle iron. They sound fantastic!
Becky
I’ve never made yeast waffles before but I’m sure they boost the average waffle especially in texture! One day I’ll have a bigger family where we can wake up a make a big batch of waffles!!
Barbara | Creative Culinary
I don’t think I’ve ever had waffles made using yeast but these sure look fantastic. Gorgeous pics too!
Rosa
Delicious! A breakfast fit for a king or queen.
I have a waffle maker that I’ve used only once… Shame on me! I really have to make that treat more often.
Cheers,
Rosa
Megan
Wish I was there for breakfast!!!
Jamie
We have a waffle maker that has hardly been used and I’ve been dying to try a yeast recipe. Love Red Star Yeast recipes and these waffles look fantastic! Dinner!
leslie
These look perfect. I purchased a regular waffle maker…I so wished I bought a Belgian one 🙁
kelley {mountain mama cooks}
I so wish I had waffle right this second! Do yo deliver? 🙂 Anytime i can sneak in whole wheat flour, I do! Great breakfast recipe!!