These Easy Fluffy Homemade Waffles are crisp on the outside, fluffy on the inside and full of buttery vanilla flavor! Our whole family can’t get enough of this delicious waffle recipe!
This post is sponsored by Challenge Butter, but all opinions are my own.
The Best Homemade Waffles Recipe
These easy homemade waffles are a major hit in our home! They are made pretty much every weekend and even sometimes during the week when I get an extra sweet request from one of the boys. While 2-year-olds aren’t always known for being great eaters, they LOVE these waffles and can easily put down at least 3 between them.
These are classic waffles too, not to be mistaken for Belgium waffles. Being the classics they are, they are simpler and more straight forward to make. No need to worry about whipping egg whites here, just mix everything together and you’re ready to go! Quick and easy!
After tweaking the recipe to get it just how we like them – buttery, a little sweet, fluffy and crisp – I’m finally sharing this perfect waffle recipe. I can’t wait for you to try them and add them to your weekend rotation too!
Homemade Waffle Ingredients
These waffles couldn’t be easier to make and odds are you already have the ingredients in your kitchen!
- All purpose flour
- Granulated sugar
- Baking powder – Helps give these waffles their fluffy rise.
- Salt
- Butter – Adds great buttery flavor and I always recommend my favorite Challenge Butter. Challenge Butter is a wonderfully creamy butter that goes from farm to fridge in just two days, so you know it’s fresh. It has no added hormones, artificial flavors or filling, which I love. Be sure to check it out!
- Milk – I use 2%.
- Eggs
- Vanilla extract – Definitely adds lovely flavor.
How to Make Homemade Waffles
- Combine dry ingredients. Whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt and set that aside.
- Melt butter. Add a few tablespoons of the milk in with your butter and melt it in the microwave. Adding the milk helps ensure that when you add the melted mixture to the rest of your milk and wet ingredients, it doesn’t seize up and end up lumpy.
- Combine wet ingredients. Add the melted butter mixture to the milk and then add the eggs and vanilla extract. Whisk everything together until well combined.
- Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and gently stir together. Don’t over mix it! A few lumps are just fine.
- Cook your waffles. Add the batter to your waffle iron and cook them according to your waffles iron’s instructions. My waffle iron uses roughly 6 tablespoons of batter per waffle. Add in the batter and let it cook to the setting you choose on your waffle maker.
- Serve and eat! This is the best part. Serve your waffles with some Challenge Butter and syrup and dig in!
What to Serve with Waffles
While we love to eat our waffles with a little butter and syrup, there are lots of fun options. You could even set up a waffle bar for a special occasion. Some great options for pairing with your waffles:
- Powdered sugar – Dust it over the top with a sifter or spoon.
- Fresh fruit – Berries, diced peaches, sliced bananas. Whatever you enjoy!
- Raspberry sauce – Homemade raspberry sauce would be incredible topped with whipped cream and maple syrup.
- Whipped cream – You can use homemade whipped cream for the ultimate topping.
- Caramel Sauce – A drizzle of salted caramel sauce would be amazing on these waffles!
- Eggs – Scrambled on the side, or perhaps even over easy and served on top.
- Sausage or Bacon – Anyone else love dipping bacon in maple syrup?
How to Store and Reheat Waffles
Definitely! When storing them in the fridge or freezer, I recommend placing a piece of parchment paper between each waffle to keep them from sticking. They will keep in the fridge for up to a week and in the freezer for 4-6 months.
You can reheat them in the microwave or a toaster oven. Using a toaster oven will keep them more crisp than a microwave.
Watch How To Make Them
Easy Fluffy Homemade Waffles
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Ingredients
- 2 cups (260g) all purpose flour
- ¼ cup (52g) sugar
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup (56g) unsalted Challenge butter
- 2 cups (480ml) milk
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Instructions
- 1. Preheat your waffle iron and set aside.2. In a medium sized bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Set aside.3. In a small bowl, add the butter and few tablespoons of the milk. Melt the butter in the microwave and stir to combine it with the milk.4. Add the butter mixture to the rest of the milk, then add the eggs and vanilla extract. Whisk well to combine.5. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and gently whisk together to combine. Don’t over mix. A few lumps are fine.6. Add waffle mix to your hot waffle iron and cook according to your waffles iron’s instructions.7. Serve warm!
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Perfect and easy. These are like the Goldilocks of waffles Nothing too fancy, but nothing incredibly boring either. They’re just right.
Glad you enjoyed them!
Do I need to use any non-stick spray on the waffle Iron?
I don’t with mine and usually you don’t need to. But if you find your waffles are sticking, you certainly can.
Can you substitute water for the milk.
I haven’t tried it. The result would be a little different but it would probably be OK.
I love this recipe. But I had to add an extra cup of flour to the batter to make it thick enough.
I LOVE THIS RECIPIE!!!!!
Glad to hear that!
Easy to make but it only yielded me 3 waffles… and I burnt one… double it!
This recipe was great – easy, delicious fluffy waffles as advertised!
Great find!! I made these in a snap rushing to get breakfast made b4 school. We used a mini waffle maker and they were perfect! Will add some other ingredients to experiment next time.
Thanks for the recipe.
I really like your recipes
Thank you!
Love it and easy to make
Quickly whipped up this recipe in under 5 min. I even cut it in half. I did mess up on some measuring but they turned out delicious and fluffy. Great flavor. I added some Cinnamon for a bit of a fall flavor. I also saved the batter to use the next day and it was great. I usually make batter and save it for a couple days. I’ve never had any problems with Waffle consistency.
Hi, can the batter be left in the refrigerator to be used next day?
I don’t typically recommend that, but you could try it. I think someone may have said it worked well for them.
Just made this recipe – we cut it in half for the 2 of us. It was perfect – and they were sooooo good! Thank you!
Worst waffle recipe on the internet – came out floppy yet burned. Dumped it all in the trash. Wayyyyy too much butter, too much liquid and 1 tsp more of baking powder that it needs.
Perhaps you should give it one more try and be sure you measured everything correctly. I make these all the time and they always turn out perfectly. Sorry you had trouble!
Yes! I’d say give it another try. I found this recipe a few months back and haven’t looked for any other. I love them! I’ve also doubled each ingredient to make more and they came out great as well. Very delicious and so simple!
I was going to use bisquick and told myself NO! I need to find a homemade recipe. So glad I ran across yours, so yummy. Everyone loved them! Thank you for sharing
So glad you enjoyed them!
So good! The melted butter in the batter makes it extra delicious.