This quick waffle recipe is so delicious and easy plus it uses ingredient in you already have on hand (you don’t need buttermilk!). We love eating these with oven fried chicken, with berries, or with a side of croquettes.
There is just something so good about a fresh buttermilk waffle. But in case you were worried, you don’t need actual buttermilk to make this delicious breakfast!
These waffles come out barely crisp on the outside and soft and warm on the inside. Not only are waffles DE-licious, they are crazy fast.
Easiest Homemade Waffle Recipe
They are ready to be cooked up as fast as you can stir the ingredients which makes them the perfect post-church or any day brunch.
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Add your favorite sweet toppings like berries, whipped cream, or syrup. Or go savory like this with oven fried chicken and you’ve got totally different flavors in a snap.
You can also throw some extra stuff in the batter like chocolate chips, corn, or bacon and change things up that way too. Seriously possibilities are endless!
Buttermilk Substitute
If you’re like me you probably don’t keep buttermilk in your fridge regularly. No worries you can make your own.
Just add some lemon juice to your milk before you get started and you’ll have a great buttermilk replacement. Even the stuff in that plastic lemon shaped bottle works!
Basic Buttermilk Waffle Recipe
And yes you can totally halve the recipe if you want a smaller batch!
- 2 C Flour
- 2 C Buttermilk (or milk + lemon juice or just milk)
- 2 TBS Sugar
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
- 1/4 C Butter, melted
- 2 Eggs
How to Make Quick Waffles From Scratch
You can be all technical and mix the dry and wet ingredients in separate bowls but I hate dishes and I can’t tell a difference so I just mix it all in one bowl. I start with the wet ingredients.
- I almost never actually have buttermilk so a least 10 minutes before I start I add 1 tsp lemon juice to 1 cup of milk to make my buttermilk.
- Melt the butter.
- Mix the melted butter with the buttermilk.
- Whip in the eggs. A
- Add all the dry ingredients and stir.
- Heat waffle iron and cook up your waffles. This makes 6-8 waffles depending on the size of your waffle iron.
For more fun you can try throwing a handful of chocolate chips to the batter before cooking it up.
I like to do a combo, plain, chocolate chip, and sometimes cheese.
Oh yum I’m going to have to make these again (even though I just had them this morning ahaha).
And if you are an addict like me you could go for waffles for dinner with yummy Chicken and Waffles.
Basic Buttermilk Waffle Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 C Flour
- 2 C Buttermilk
- 2 TBS Sugar
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
- 1/4 C Butter melted
- 2 Eggs
Instructions
- You can be all technical and mix the dry and wet ingredients in separate bowls but I hate dishes and I can’t tell a difference so I just mix it all in one bowl.
- I start with the wet ingredients. Mixing the melted butter with the buttermilk then whipping the eggs into the bowl.
- After that I add all the dry ingredients and stir.
- It’s really that easy.
- Heat waffle iron and cook up your waffles.
Notes
Well I guess you could do that for lunch and breakfast too but you know what I mean.
So there it is the yummiest, easiest super delicious, Buttermilk Waffle recipe.
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Kacy says
I tried your buttermilk waffle mix this morning because I ran out of Bisquick and boy…..I have never been HAPPIER with running out of something that we used often! This recipe has taken the place of ours moving forward and I am so glad I found it on Pinterest and tried it! Thanks for posting!
marissa says
Oh Kacy, your comment totally made my day. You are just the sweetest to let me know and I am so happy that you like the recipe as much as we do!
Jamie says
This recipe is so so yummy!! Question- does this keep in the fridge? I made up some batter this evening and had some left. I was hoping I could keep it in the fridge for a day or two.
marissa says
I keep meaning to try to save some but then we end up using up the batter. If you try though I’d love to hear your report of how it went!
Dedra Lee says
Is it possible to use your left-over batter and then FREEZE the waffles? If so, how would one thaw them.
marissa says
you could probably freeze the waffles and then microwave or toast them similar to other frozen waffles you find in grocery stores
marissa says
yes I’m sure that would work. if you try it I’d love a report!
marissa says
I would guess you could toast them from frozen like you would an eggo waffle. if you try it let me know!
Lisa Clarke says
Made the waffles, for the family, on Sunday. YUMMY!! Although, I must confess…my son suggested adding 1 tsp. of cinnamon to the batter. Awesome!!! Thanks for posting an easy and delicious recipe!!
marissa says
genius! I’m totally going to do that next time
Andrea hofer says
Any porpes for the buttermilk in the recipe I thought it should taste a bit sour? Love tham
marissa says
I think it makes it a bit lighter and deeper of a flavor but I made it with just regular milk this week and they were fine
Janet says
I was sure that it was missing salt but it was great! There’s a lot of pressure at my house when it comes to waffles. My husband is all about the mix.
I used powdered buttermilk and it had dried out so there were lumps. I forgot the eggs until the last minute (he usually gets up and makes breakfast because he’s so picky).
I added about a tsp of vanilla extract.
I’m happy to report everyone liked them! Even with my mistakes!