I love trying out new ways to make waffles and pancakes, and these buckwheat waffles are a delicious variation on my no-egg waffle recipe.
Buckwheat is not related to wheat– it’s actually a seed, and it’s terribly nutritious. You can read more about it here.
I mix up the buckwheat with a lighter flour– you can use whole-wheat pastry flour or just regular all-purpose– and they turn out just perfect: crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. These waffles are really low-fat: there’s just 2 tbsp of canola oil in the recipe and it makes 8 waffles in my waffle-maker.
Eat these with maple syrup, my favorite way to have them, or top them with some fruit and vegan whipped cream for a very special breakfast.
Here’s the recipe. Enjoy, everyone!
Buckwheat Waffles
Prep Time15 mins
Cook Time30 mins
Total Time45 mins
Servings: 8 waffles
Ingredients
- Dry ingredients:
- 3/4 cup buckwheat flour
- 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour or all-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1/4 tsp salt
- Whisk these together in a bowl and set aside.
- Wet ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups soy milk
- 1 1/2 tsp egg replacer like EnerG whisked into 2 tbsp warm water
- 1/2 cup apple sauce
- 2 tbsp canola oil
Instructions
- Whisk the wet ingredients together and add to the dry ingredients. Mix together but let some lumps remain.
- Heat a waffle iron and spray lightly with oil. Make waffles per instructions.
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DJ Karma says
May 15, 2009 atMmmm I’m craving waffles now! =)
Pavithra says
May 15, 2009 atWow thats looking so delish.. and wish i could have one. LOvely picture too.
Mahimaa's kitchen says
May 15, 2009 atvaishu, waffles look so good. a great breakfast option… especially when it is healthy and homemade and fresh.
Shreya says
May 15, 2009 atHi Vaishali, your pictures make me crave for some of those waffles! Love the color, so nutritious too:-)
Sharmila says
May 15, 2009 atThey sooo look good Vaishali! 🙂
Priya says
May 15, 2009 atHealthy Buckwheat waffles looks fabulous!
Curry Leaf says
May 15, 2009 atLove the wafffles.I was thinking of vegan waffles as I had heard of eggy ones only.Love the vegan waffles and that too with buckwheat.I am yet to try it.Too delicious they are.:P 😛
Happy cook says
May 15, 2009 atI love waffels, never made vegan, sure going to bookmark this.
Looks beautiful.
rekhas kitchen says
May 15, 2009 atwow a perfect breakfast that too eggless mmmmm mouthwatering.
Gita's Kitchen says
May 15, 2009 atDelicious and healthy waffles Vaishali…I would love to have those waffles for brekafast 🙂 I did see buckwheat flour in the supermarkets, though I never bought them wondering what would I make with buckwheat. Now I can start by trying your waffles 🙂
Pavani says
May 15, 2009 atYummy looking waffles.. I don’t own a waffle iron, but those proabably make equally tasty pancakes. Have a great weekend.
Mihl says
May 15, 2009 atThis sounds so yummy! Unfortunately I can’t get my waffle iron to work for me anymore…maybe I cound make pancakes from your recipe.
Sireesha says
May 15, 2009 atWaffles look divine..
anudivya says
May 15, 2009 atSOunds interesting, but I guess I will have to make pancakes out of them though!
I wish I had a waffle iron.
A_and_N says
May 15, 2009 atBuckwheat is the flavour of the season! Lovely 🙂
Jade J'adore says
May 16, 2009 atcan I use this for Belgian waffles? looks awesome!
Cham says
May 16, 2009 atIt thought it is choco, looks almost but very healthy and lovely breakfast!
Indhu says
May 16, 2009 atOMG… you are killing me… that picture is awesome 🙂
Netts Nook says
May 16, 2009 atWhat great looking waffles I have everything to make for breakfast. Thanks for sharing.
Vaishali says
May 16, 2009 atKarma, Pavithra, Mahimaa, Shreya, Sharmila, Curry, Priya, Rekha, Sireesha: Thanks, ladies!
Gita: Thanks, and hope you do try them.
Pavani, Divya, Mihl: I haven’t made these as pancakes, but I don’t see why not. You might want to add a couple of tablespoons more of soy milk to make them more spreadable.
A and N, Thanks!
Jade, I don’t have a Belgian Waffle maker, but I don’t see any reason why this recipe wouldn’t work with one. Let me know how it works out!
Cham, Indhu: Thanks ladies.
Netts Nook: Thanks! Hope you’ll like them!
Pomegranate says
May 16, 2009 atThanks for the recipe!
delhibelle says
May 16, 2009 atthose are delicious looking waffles!
Elements for Life says
May 17, 2009 atlove this, perhaps we will make this for our 7 year old. ever try making raw dishes??
Divya Vikram says
May 18, 2009 atLooks very professional n pretty!
BangaloreBaker says
July 19, 2009 atPicture looks so good. Have you tried freezing these? I always make a batch and freeze so that I don’t have to make it every other day. (One week’s worth) I’ll give these a shot, but if you have already tried freezing, let me know how they taste.
aclane9898 says
April 25, 2010 atfor those of you who dont have a waffle iron, I saw 2 at my local thrift store yesterday, many dont use them anymore. I received one as a gift a few years ago, love it, but dont buy new, I always see them secondhand.
Anonymous says
September 22, 2010 atHow many does this make? I’d like to make enough to last at least a week if not two. I’ll also have to play around with the egg substitute. I don’t have access to the substitute where I live, I could probably order it, but am on a tight budget and I don’t mind eating eggs.
Sowmya Chandrasekaran says
November 11, 2011 athi,
They look so good…I would like to try these.. Can I use Flax seed meal instead of egg replaceer? Also how many eggs should we replace.
Thanks
Vaishali says
November 11, 2011 atSowmya, use 1 tbsp flax mixed with 3 tbsp water. It replaces exactly one egg.
Mahima says
March 29, 2015 atThanks for the recipe – they look delicious! I want to make these tonight but am not really great at making flax eggs yet and don’t have any replacer. Do you think they’d turn out okay if I just used half a banana, mashed? I saw a chart a while back on various things that can replace eggs in recipes…
Vaishali Honawar says
March 29, 2015 atMahima, yes, half a banana would be fine.
lili says
September 11, 2016 atDo you have a link for that chart? I no longer use oil in my cooking.