Bought myself a waffle iron in Lidl a few weeks ago. The moment I set my eyes on it, there was no way I was leaving it behind! Finally got around to trying out some waffles on it this morning. I opted for Oat Waffles and used certified gluten free oats so that my sister can have some as well if she wants (recently diagnosed as coeliac). So these waffles can be gluten free or not just depending on your oats and just to make sure your baking powder is gluten free as well. If you don’t have a waffle iron.. Get one!! But no if not, you can use this mixture for pancakes as well, just to leave out the baking powder because there’s no real need for baking powder in pancakes. Anyway recipe and all that below 😀

Ingredients

1 & 1/2 cup regular oats/certified gluten free oats

2 tsp baking powder (check the label if it’s gluten free or not)

1/2 tsp himalayan salt

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1 cup milk (I used almond but whatever you like)

2 eggs

2 tbsp maple syrup

1 tsp vanilla extract

Method

1. In a blender, place all the ingredients and blend for 15 – 20 seconds. Stop and mix around with a knife as some of the oats may get caught at the bottom. Blend again until mixture is totally smooth.
2. Turn on your waffle iron to preheat and set it to a medium – high heat, mine had a number dial from 1 – 5 so I set it between 3/4 and I brushed some rapeseed oil on the iron to grease it.
3. Once the waffle iron is ready to go, pour the mixture onto the iron, enough so that it reaches the sides, you can give it a helping hand to spread out with a spatula if you like. Just make sure you haven’t put too much mixture so that it doesn’t spill over the sides. Close the lid of the iron and cook for about 3 – 5 minutes, depending on how brown you’d like them. Make sure not to open the lid until after 2 minutes because if you open it before this, it may tear your waffle.
4. Once the waffle is cooked, remove carefully and keep warm under the grill or in an oven while you cook the rest. If you want to keep the crispness of the waffle, don’t pile the waffles on top of each other while they’re keeping warm.
5. Serve whatever you like on top of the waffles, I went for 1 banana, greek style coconut yoghurt and a drizzle of maple syrup.

Enjoy 🙂

Tee. X