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A rich, buttery waffle with a sweet, crisp caramelized exterior served cinnamon roll style with a sweet cinnamon butter and a pretty icing drizzle.
Today’s recipe is the third recipe that I’ve developed for Red Star Yeast this year. I’ve wanted to make liege waffles ever since I tasted my first Belgian sugar waffle at Bruges Waffles in downtown Salt Lake City.
The secret to the Liege waffle is the Belgian Pearl Sugar, which melts when the dough is baked and creates an amazing crisp sugar crust on the outside of the waffle.
I researched liege waffles and there were lots of great recipes, including several websites dedicated just to the liege waffle. My goal for my liege waffle recipe was to make it easy to make and ready to eat in the morning.
It used to be that scalding milk was necessary to kill bacteria that might affect the yeast activity and to alter a protein in the milk that played havoc with the gluten structure in bread. However, pasteurization has protected us from harmful bacteria and has altered the proteins, so scalding milk is no longer necessary.
Another change I made was to make the dough with my stand mixer. The mixer does all the work and the dough comes together quickly. Then you just leave the dough covered on the counter to rise overnight.
Sugar waffles are sweet enough to enjoy without any topping, but I recently had a Cinna-luv waffle from the Waffle Luv food truck that was heavenly. So I decided to serve my liege waffles cinnamon roll style too with a sweet cinnamon butter and icing.
My sons weren’t home when I made these waffles. So I put several in the freezer and sent them home with my daughter the next time she visited. She said they were ridiculously good, and she couldn’t get them off her mind.
I couldn’t agree more. Liege waffles are craveable. If you haven’t tried a Liege Waffles (Belgian Sugar Waffles) you need to buy some Belgian Pearl sugar and get cooking.
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Cinnamon Roll Liege Waffles – Belgian Sugar Waffles
Ingredients
- 4 cups bread flour
- 1 package 2 ¼ teaspoons Red Star Active Dry Yeast
- 1 ½ teaspoons salt
- ¾ cup whole milk 120°-130°
- 1 cup unsalted butter melted
- ¼ cup honey
- 2 large eggs room temperature
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 8 oz package Belgian Pearl Sugar
- ½ cup butter
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- ½ cup corn syrup
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
- 1 or 2 tablespoons milk
Instructions
- Make cinnamon butter and icing and set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine 2 cups flour, yeast, and salt. Add milk, butter, and honey to flour mixture. Beat 1 minute at medium speed. Mix the eggs in one at a time until well blended. Mix in vanilla.
- Switch to the dough hook and gradually mix in remaining flour to make a soft, slightly sticky dough, add more or less flour as necessary.
- Cover bowl with plastic wrap and let rest on the counter overnight.
- The next morning, punch down the dough and knead in the pearl sugar. Divide dough into 8 pieces and shape each piece in to a ball. Cover with plastic wrap and let pieces rest for 15 minutes.
- Preheat a Belgian waffle iron on medium heat (3.5 worked perfectly for me). Brush waffle iron with melted butter and cook one waffle at a time until golden brown, about 4 minutes.
- Cinnamon Butter
- In a large mixing bowl, combine butter, powdered sugar, corn syrup, and cinnamon. Beat until light and fluffy.
- Icing
- In a mixing bowl, beat powdered sugar and milk until smooth.
- Spread each waffle when it’s hot with Cinnamon Honey Butter and a drizzle of icing.
Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Red Star Yeast, but all opinions expressed are always my own. You can also find Red Star Yeast on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest.
Denise
do you think one could use muscovado sugar instead of the Belgian pure ~`after all it is gritty as well
Barbara Schieving
Hi Denise – no I don’t think you’d can substitute anything else. The Belgian pearl sugar is huge and melts easily. Thanks for the question.
Adri
Oh my, but these sound divine! I am going to break out my waffle maker and try these!
Liz@HoosierHomemade
Oh my! Just in time for breakfast! These are amazing!
~LizHoosierHomemade
Miss @ Miss in the Kitchen
This is seriously delicious! Wish I had a plate of these this morning!
Thalia @ butter and brioche
If I could wake to a plate of these cinnamon roll waffles every morning, I would be one happy person! They look VERY delicious.
Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella
I love eating these but I’ve never made them. Thanks for sharing the secret to that amazing crispy sweet texture on the outside mum! xxx
Annie @ The Garlic Diaries
These waffles could not look any more delicious! Definitely going on my list of must-tries!
Maureen | Orgasmic Chef
I’ve never tried them because I’ve never heard of them. I can’t wait to give this a try the next time I pull out the waffle maker.
Liz
Sugar crusted waffles? I’m sold!!!
Medha @ Whisk & Shout
I love waffles and I LOVe Belgian waffles! That melty sugar sounds heavenly and these look so great 🙂
Rosa
Very tempting and surely mighty delicious!
Cheers,
Rosa
Nicole
Oh goodness. Will you just come to my house and make me breakfast every morning!?! These look so delicious!
Carol
Those waffles look ridiculiously amazing-all I need to do is track down some pearl sugar and I’ll be good to go.
Pam
They look fantastic! My kids would love these waffles.
Jenny Flake
These look perfect Barbara!! Love the sound of cinnamon roll waffles, mmmm!!
Mary
Could these waffles possibly be any more perfect? I still have never made a yeasted waffle. You’ve inspired me to give it a try!! Thanks!
Liz @ The Lemon Bowl
I just bought a huge jar of Red Star Yeast and waffles are on my to do list!!! These look heavenly.
Kate @ Framed Cooks
You had me at cinnamon butter ~ waffles always seem like a lot of work, but these look TOTALLY worth it! 🙂
Julie @ Willow Bird Baking
I’ve been wanting to try my hand at making liege waffles for awhile now, but this pushes me right over the edge! These sound AMAZING!
Maria
I am coming over for breakfast! These look amazing!