Buttery Waffle Recipe: Perfect From Scratch Waffles

This buttery waffle recipe comes out perfect every time with delicious, fluffy waffles the whole family will enjoy! As an added bonus, these freeze beautifully, so you’ll want to make extra next time you’re in the kitchen.

Why Should You Make Homemade Waffles?

My two largest reasons for loving, and teaching, from scratch cooking, is control over ingredients, with the added bonus that it’s also often cheaper!

Having ultimate control over my ingredients is my biggest motivation for cooking from scratch. As an added bonus, it often happens to be cheaper as well.

These two factors are what made me want to share this way of doing things with other people who care about the ingredients in their food and want a more economical kitchen!

Store bought waffle and pancake mix contains:

• Enriched Bleached Flour (added niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, and folic acid)
• Sugar (unknown origin, quality, type etc)
• Leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate, UNSPECIFIED)
• Dextrose
• Soybean Oil
• Salt (unknown origin, quality, type, etc)
• DRIED egg yolks
• DRIED egg whites
• “may contain traces of milk, almonds, pecans, walnuts and soy.” – buyer beware if you are someone trying to avoid these ingredients.

Buttery Waffle Ingredients

This is an easy waffle recipe, with simple ingredients you don’t have to feel bad about!

• All purpose flour – I use a white, all purpose flour for this recipe. I’ve not tested a whole wheat option yet, but if you prefer that, I’d use additional liquid, as a whole wheat flour tends to be more absorbent than white flour.
• Granulated sugar – you can use white granulated sugar, brown sugar, organic cane sugar, or substitute with honey or maple syrup. If using honey or maple syrup, omit the same amount of milk from the recipe.
• Baking powder
• Fine salt – I use a Himalayan pink salt, but a fine sea salt will work as well.
• Eggs
• Milk – This recipe uses whole milk.
• Butter (melted) – You can use salted or unsalted melted butter for this recipe.
• Vanilla extract

How to Make this Buttery Waffle Recipe

Begin by preheating your waffle iron.

Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl or large glass measuring cup (at least 4 cup size).

Mix the dry ingredients, all the way to the bottom, very well.

Create a well in the middle of your dry ingredients to add the wet ingredients.

Melt the butter and add into the wet ingredients.

Mix thoroughly, taking care to scrape the sides and bottoms of the mixing bowl or measuring cup. 

If your waffle iron needs to be greased ahead of pouring in the batter, do that now. 

Pour the waffle mix into the preheated waffle iron. My waffle iron uses about ¾ cup of batter.

You can pour the batter directly from your mixing bowl/measuring cup, use a ladle, or a one cup measure.

Note: Depending on the size of your waffle iron, you may need more or less batter. However, the batter when initially poured, should be enough to fill just the center leaving the edges bare as the batter will rise and spread significantly. 

Follow the manufacturer’s directions or cooking instructions that came with your waffle maker for the appropriate cook time. For my machine the manufacturer’s instructions say about 2.5-3 minutes per waffle. Usually, as the steam from the waffle begins to slow or stop, they are done.

I know there are a lot of waffle makers on the market, however, I very much recommend a flip style waffle maker. These open, close, and…well, FLIP your waffle with a turn of the wrist.

Flipping your waffle iron ensures an even cook on your waffles every time.

My waffle iron even cooks two waffles for the time of one!

Serve and enjoy! 

What to Serve with Homemade Waffles

We have used our waffles as a vehicle for SO many flavors. You can really customize this homemade waffle recipe to your preferences and favorite toppings, which makes them quite versatile!

If you’re enjoying classic waffles, simply add butter and pure maple syrup, and you have the perfect sweet breakfast.

If you’d like to enjoy savory waffles, omit the sugar from the buttery waffle batter recipe and mix in some cheddar cheese before cooking. Then, use the cheddar waffle as a bun in your favorite chicken sandwich recipe!

You could even turn them into ice cream sandwiches for special occasions!

Other ideas include:

• fresh fruit / fresh berries
• fruit/berry compote
• stewed apples
• chocolate chips
• peanut butter
• homemade whipped cream
• fried chicken and my easy three ingredient gravy
• use for a grilled cheese
• top with a fried egg

How to Store Homemade Waffles

If you happen to have leftover waffles, luckily these are the best waffles to make ahead and store for later. They freeze extremely well.

These waffles can store in the pantry for 2-3 days for best results.

After a few days, seal them in an airtight container or bag and put them in the freezer for longer storage.

I’ve made these as a breakfast prep item and had them on hand, in the freezer, for up to 6 months in advance!

How to Reheat these Buttery Waffles?

There is nothing better than a hot breakfast, and luckily, these reheat well.

For best results, I recommend reheating these in the oven, or you can use a toaster oven. Avoid the microwave.

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.

Place your waffles in a single layer on a baking sheet and cover with foil to prevent too much moisture loss.

Bake for 10-15 minutes until warmed through.

Keeping them covered will bring back those perfectly crispy waffles, while still keeping their insides fluffy and delicious.