Simple gluten free waffles made with chickpea flour – vegan option included! Leftovers are freezer friendly for easy, on the go breakfasts! | Gluten Free + Grain Free + Vegan Option
Question:
Personally, I’ve always favoured waffles more. I’m all about the crisp exterior and soft inside with the little square ridges which are good for holding more maple syrup. Plus they just look cooler, ya know? I mean, pancakes are good, but waffles are my jam.
Thoughts?
If you need more convincing just try these super simple chickpea flour waffles! They’re made with only eight ingredients and come together in no time at all.
The recipe itself is pretty straight forward – it’s just a matter of whisking together the dry ingredients, then the wet, then adding it all together to make a thick, silky batter. Let the batter rest for about 10 minutes to give the flour time to soak up all the moisture. While the batter rests take this time to heat/grease your waffle maker and then it’s go time.
About this Recipe
- Make it dairy/nut free: You can use any milk of your choice here (dairy free or not)
- Make it egg free:Â You can actually leave out the eggs altogether here. I found that these came out crispier without eggs but you do need to be a little more gentle with removing the cooked waffles from the iron and make sure you grease the iron well.
- Freeze it: Allow the waffles to cool completely then wrap up/seal in a freezer safe bag. You can just pop these in a toaster to heat through when you’re ready.
- Flour Substitute: Instead of chickpea flour you can also use regular gluten free all purpose flour or certified gluten free oat flour.
The best part about these is saving leftovers/making extra to freeze and enjoy throughout the week.
Having just got back home after a month away I’m currently thanking my past self for freezing a load of these waffles before leaving because right now I feel far too lazy to do any proper cooking today.
Enjoy!
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Gluten Free Waffles (Vegan Option)
Simple gluten free waffles made with chickpea flour - vegan option included! Leftovers are freezer friendly for easy, on the go breakfasts! | Gluten Free + Grain Free + Vegan Option
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cup chickpea flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon optional
- 3/4 cup dairy free milk, room temperature
- 5 tablespoons coconut oil (1/4 cup + 1 tablespoon)
- 2 eggs, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Whisk together the dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl (chickpea flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt) until no lumps remain.
- In another bowl whisk together the milk, oil, vanilla and eggs.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and mix with a spoon until just combined. The batter will be a little lumpy and that's fine. Let the batter rest for about 10 minutes.
- While the batter is resting take this time to prep your waffle iron according to its individual settings. If your iron allows you to choose the temperature set it to medium-high. Grease your iron plates if needed.
- When your ready, stir the batter once more and then scoop out 1/4 cup of batter and then pour onto the centre of your heated waffle iron. Close the lid and let cook until goldened and crispy.
- Transfer the cooked waffles to a wire cooling rack to cool and rest as you finish cooking the rest of your waffles. Make sure you don't stack them on top of each other or they will lose their crispiness.
- Repeat with remaining batter and serve warm with your preferred toppings.
Notes
Make it dairy/nut free: You can use any milk of your choice here (dairy free or not)
Make it egg free: You can actually leave out the eggs altogether here. I found that these came out crispier without eggs but you do need to be a little more gentle with removing the cooked waffles from the iron and make sure you grease the iron well.
Freeze it: Allow the waffles to cool completely then wrap up/seal in a freezer safe bag. You can just pop these in a toaster to heat through when you're ready.
Instead of chickpea flour you can also use regular gluten free all purpose flour or certified gluten free oat flour.
Nicki says
These waffles are so good! Your website is seriously my favorite!
Sarah Nevins says
Aww thank you so much Nicki – that honestly makes me so happy to hear 🙂
Maisie says
Hi Sarah,
I know it must be such a pain with people asking can I sub this for that, can I omit this…so thanks in advance for being so patient!
My question is, can I use any other oil rather than coconut oil?
THANK YOU!
Sarah Nevins says
Hi Maisie – no worries! I’m happy to help whenever I can 🙂 And yes, totally! You can use pretty much any neutral flavoured oil you’d like here: canola, rapeseed, avocado, etc. You can also use melted butter if you’d like too. Hope you enjoy these!
L Prindle says
What size are the waffles? 8″ round? Thanks. Just trying to figure calorie count for a mini waffle. They were delicious and plan to use them as sandwich bread. Thanks for the recipe.
Sarah Nevins says
Yay! So glad you liked them! Mine were 6 inch squares By the way I love that idea for using them as sandwich bread!
addie says
can I use gram flour instead?
Sarah says
Hi Addie! I could be wrong but it’s my understanding that chickpea flour and gram flour are the same thing so that’s no problem!