Traditional Gluten Free Waffles
These gluten free waffles are soft on the inside with a perfect crisp outside. They come together quickly and easily and freeze beautifully for eating later!
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 12 - 4 inch waffles 1x
- Category: Breads
- Diet: Gluten Free
Ingredients
Scale
2 cups (330g) all-purpose gluten-free flour blend
1 TBS maple sugar
3 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 3/4 cup milk (both dairy or non-dairy alternatives work)
1 tsp vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract
2 eggs, room temperature
1/2 cup of oil (I like avocado oil)
Instructions
- If you have it, lay out a long strip of parchment paper on your counter to protect your work station from mess and to make an easier clean up. Have your waffle iron ready, but do not plug in/turn on yet.
- In a medium to large bowl, whisk together GF flour, maple sugar, baking powder, and salt.
- In a microwave safe liquid measuring cup, measure the milk. Warm the milk in the microwave for about 1 minute. The temperature of the milk should be about 110 degrees F. Add the oil, eggs, and vanilla to the liquid measuring cup and stir gently.
- Add the liquid ingredients to the dry ingredients. Stir gently until the batter is smooth.
- Plug in and turn on your waffle iron, allowing it to preheat. Doing this at this stage gives the gluten free flour in the batter a chance to hydrate, which prevents any gritty texture.
- When the waffle iron is hot, fill the well of the iron, but do not overfill. Shoot for about half full to give the batter room to expand in the well.
- You want to keep the waffle maker closed the whole time and not open and shut it several times. The waffle maker has an indicator light that will come on when the waffles are near completion. That indicator light is not 100% accurate, though. The best thing to do is to pay attention to the steam! The steam will ramp up and then slow down as the waffles cook. As the steam really starts to slow down but before it stops is the sweet spot when your waffles should be done. The indicator light will usually go off while the waffles are still steaming pretty good, so use that as your warning to start paying attention.
- Enjoy!