These whole grain vanilla waffles are a delicious recipe for a special breakfast. You can make some extras and stash them in the freezer for later.
Vanilla extract is a wonderful ingredient for making things taste delicious without adding sugar. My children were home from school recently for yet another snow day here in Massachusetts, so we celebrated by making a special breakfast.
These homemade vanilla waffles have the best flavor! The vanilla makes them more of a treat than plain waffles. As an added benefit, your house will smell amazing for hours after you make these.
Vanilla Waffle Recipe Tips
These are delicious served with berries and maple syrup, but you can get creative with other fruit or different toppings that you have on hand.
If you have extra waffles, you can freeze them. This batch serves four, so you may want to double it and freeze the leftovers for an easy breakfast on a busy day.
Visit my gluten-free waffles recipe if you don’t want to use wheat flour. They’re just as delicious!
Vanilla Waffles
Ingredients
- 2 cups white whole wheat flour
- 1 tbs baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 1/2 cup melted butter
- 1 tbs vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a small bowl, stir together the dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, and salt).
- In a large bowl, mix the remaining ingredients (eggs, milk, butter, vanilla). Add the dry ingredients and stir to just combine.
- Scoop a ladle full of batter onto a hot waffle iron and cook until light brown. Repeat with the remaining batter. Serve warm.
Nutrition Estimate
Vanilla Waffles Price Breakdown
This recipe yields 6 medium waffles and it costs $1.97, or $.33 per waffle. These healthy vanilla waffles are a wonderful whole grain breakfast that your family will love.
Jillian says
These look delicious! My kiddos will gobble these up before school!
Jessica Levinson says
What a great breakfast meal prep! Having these vanilla waffles already made and waiting in the freezer is perfect for busy mornings!
Cindy Gordon says
We LOVE waffles at our house! Such a delicious recipe!
Tisha says
Love the addition of vanilla to the waffles…gives it an extra special touch!
Sandi says
Vanilla Waffles are actually our favorite to try as we can dress them up with anything and everything!
Michelle says
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kirsten@FarmFreshFeasts says
Annemarie,
I know I’ve said how having all the CSA farm share veggies flooding into the house means I eat more veggies (a good thing), and having the cow in the freezer means I eat more beef (not as good), but what I’ve recently realized is that having a large bottle of vanilla in the baking drawer means I use more vanilla. Back when I’d buy the small spice aisle bottle of vanilla I’d use it, a teaspoon at a time, when the recipe called for it.
But now that I’ve got a large bottle I find I’m throwing vanilla in everything, and it provides just that little something a recipe needs.
Thanks!
Annemarie says
Great point, Kirsten! A big bottle of vanilla in my cabinet is strangely comforting to me.
Sarah says
Ooh, I might have to try these with Ener-G egg replacer in the ol’ waffle machine 😉
Annemarie says
You’ll love them, Sarah.
Jill says
I’ve been making vanilla extract for the last year or so. I love it! I also love waffles. I can just imagine how yummy these are!
Annemarie says
Thanks, Jill! Vanilla makes everything taste better, and these waffles are no exception. Such a treat.