I would never have guessed that these waffles were anything but ordinary, yummy, perfectly browned, Saturday morning breakfast fare, had I not made them myself! The crazy wonderful thing is, these waffles are gluten and grain-free, high-protein and just so good. I know, I'm perhaps a little zealous about my first shot at making these nutritious waffles. I have been looking for something my picky 8 year old son, Ari, will eat for breakfast. He would prefer to eat only lucky charms if he could. I wanted something healthy, rich in proteinand other nutrients, and most importantly, good tasting!
Enter almond flour waffles; here is the general recipe I used, though I made this up as I went along, so feel free to be creative and improvise with what you have on hand, substituting part coconut flour, or other gluten-free flour, for part of the almonds.
Saturday Morning Almond Flour Waffles
1. blend 3/4 lb blanched almonds in the food processor or vita-mix until a soft flour magically appears (don't process too much or you'll end up with almond butter!)
2. pour almond flour into large mixing bowl, add in 2 tsp baking powder
3. stir in 1/4 cup sucanat or other dry, natural sweetener
4. in a separate bowl beat 4-5 pastured eggs until frothy and light, then gently mix into dry ingredients
5. melt 1 stick/4 oz organic butter over low heat, do not allow to burn. cool butter to room temp, then mix into bowl with flour, sugar and egg
6. pour in approximately 3/4 cup whole milk from grass-fed cows
the texture should be similar to regular pancake batter, if it is too thick add in a bit more milk.
preheat waffle iron until very hot, brush both sides of iron with melted butter or coconut oil.
spoon 1/2 cup of batter onto iron and cook until quite brown.
Enjoy with a scoop of whole milk plain yogurt, fresh fruit, and a drizzle of real maple syrup!
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7 comments:
ooh! those look pretty yummy!
Those look great!
thanks! they are really tasty, fear not any strange new "flour", almond meal is so dee-lish. my grandmother was Eastern European and used almondorhazelnut meal frequently in her baking, and let me tell you, her baking was divine!
Yumm! They look really good. No wonder your son loved them! Thanks for sharing them in the Twister.
Looks delicious!
These look very yummy! I will have to try them with honey and maybe almond milk since we can't do most dairy or sugar. Thanks for the recipe - I know how hard it can be to get children to eat healthy things! I am thrilled when my son will eat my grain free baked goods too!
sarah- i think the waffles would be great with honey and maybe coconut milk subbing for whole milk, and ghee or coconut oil for the butter if you can't have butter. enjoy!
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