A whole wheat waffle that is light and fluffy inside and crispy, golden brown outside. They’re easy to whip up with ingredients I always have on hand.
We eat waffles or pancakes every weekend and a few years ago I decided I needed to start using whole wheat flour to bump up the nutrition we were getting at breakfast. Unfortunately, most of the recipes I tried were healthy, but not the fluffy, delicious waffles my family was use to eating.
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Then I stumbled on a recipe that folds in whipped egg whites to the batter. It not only helps lighten the batter, but also creates a crispy golden waffle. I’ve tweaked the recipe over the years so it’s easier and use my immersion blender to whip the egg whites and then whisk the batter together.
I use whole wheat pastry flour, but you could use a mix of all purpose flour and regular whole wheat flour.
I served these waffles with a luscious Peach Freezer Jam my neighbor gave me for Christmas. Made with tree-ripened, juicy peaches from the tree in her yard it was a sweet taste of summer on a cold winter’s morning. Thanks Darlene!
This has become my go to recipe for light and fluffy whole wheat pancakes too. I add an extra ¼ milk when I’m making pancakes.
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Light and Fluffy Whole Wheat Waffles
Ingredients
- 2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ cups milk
- ⅓ cup canola oil
- 2 egg yolks
- 2 egg whites stiffly beaten
Instructions
- Preheat waffle maker.
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt.
- In a small bowl, whisk together milk, oil and egg yolks. Add to flour mixture and stir until just combined. Gently fold in beaten egg whites. Let rest 10 minutes.
- Bake waffles as recommend in your waffle maker until golden brown.
Notes
Waffle recipes I’d like to try:
Carrot Cake Waffles, Willow Bird Baking
Banana Walnut Waffles, Joy The Baker
Cinnamon Roll Waffles, Recipe Girl
Sour Cream Waffles, Vintage Mixer
Mercedes
Ooh, I love this! These waffles look so light and crispy I can’t believe they are whole wheat! I can’t wait to try them!
natalie (the sweets life)
I love waffles but my waffle iron doesn’t like me so I often stick to pancakes…but these pictures remind me how much I LOVE waffles!
Jenn and Seth (@HomeSkilletCook)
these look wonderful! i’d love a stack of these right now 🙂
Katie {Epicurean Mom Blog}
I’ve made whole wheat pancakes but not waffles/ I’ll be trying this recipe out very soon! My girls would adore these!
Daisy@Nevertoosweet
Ohh these are great 🙂 and I’m sure they’re perfect because you’ve tweeted it so many times ~ Thanks for sharing! I love waffles but have never made any at home hehe maybe i think it’s time i got a waffle pan 😛
Rocky Mountain Woman
These would be wonderful frozen and taken to work and heated up in the microwave! I am always looking for ideas that I can take to work because I start work quite early and drive-throughs just don’t cut it for me!
Melanie
Oh, these look so delicious!! Thank you for sharing. I like to incorporate whole wheat into our breakfasts too. Luckily I keep a small bag of the pastry flour in the freezer. I have a waffle cookbook and she recommends that w/ waffles you should always, always whip your egg whites & then fold them in w/ everything else to get the best textured waffles. I try to, but in the morning I’m usually not in the mood for extra work. I wish I had an immersion blender.
Ashley @ Kitchen Meets Girl
Waffles are my absolute favorite breakfast food, hands-down. Seeing this recipe heading into the weekend has gotten me revved up for waffle-making. This looks like a great recipe!
Lyndsey@TheTinySkillet
We love waffles on weekends too, so good you posted this lovely waffle before the weekend! They sound amazing!
JG
Thanks for reminding me to use my waffle iron! I add the beaten egg whites to the batter, but now will use the whole wheat flour. Yum! You have a thoughtful neighbor – Peach Freezer Jam is the best!
~Judy
Sara (Belly Rumbles)
Fantastic waffles and I wish I had your neighbours.
sally
yummmmmmmm, these look so easy and simple barbara. healthy, too! peaches and waffles sound like an incredible combination.
Cookin' Canuck
We always make whole wheat waffles, but I haven’t tried whipping the egg whites. I am definitely going to try that next time!
Maria
What a great breakfast! Whole wheat waffles are the best!
Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar
Mmm these sound so yummy!
kelley
Oh how I wish I had a plate of these right now. Nothing beats homemade jam! Have a great weekend, Barbara!!
Becki's Whole Life
They look great, Barbara. In looking at them they certainly don’t look like you used whole wheat. I bought some whole wheat waffles at the store last weekend and while they were good and the girls liked them I was thinking to myself how easily I could have just made them….and now I have this recipe. I am going to try them this weekend and then freeze some for later! I have used egg whites in waffles before and it definitely does give them that waffle texture we all know.
Blog is the New Black
Wow, these look terrific!
Rosa
Great waffles! That is a treat which I still have to try making…
Cheers,
Rosa
Julie @ Willow Bird Baking
Thanks for the mention, Barbara! These look delicious!