Banana Waffles

Soft and fluffy easy banana waffles made with banana are a delicious way to start the day – and a great recipe for brown bananas! Serve with yogurt and fruit for a healthy breakfast or sprinkle with a dusting of icing sugar.

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• Why we love this recipe
• Ingredient notes and substitutions
• How to make waffles from scratch
• FAQ
• My recipe tips
• Estimated Cost
• Buy brown bananas / over ripe bananas
• Toppings
• Serving Ideas
• Make ahead/storage
• Variations
• More banana recipes for you
• Easy Banana Waffles

Why we love this recipe

• Whilst I love making homemade banana bread, sometimes we want something other than that, and these homemade waffles are just the ticket! They are also made with simple ingredients that you probably already have in your kitchen.
• Great recipe to use up overripe bananas, and one that kids love – they may not like spotty bananas, but they will love these waffles with bananas!
• Enjoy for weekend breakfast or brunch.
• Leftover waffles are a great addition to lunchboxes.
• The waffles and light and fluffy, and sweet from banana. The banana flavour isn’t too strong either.

Ingredient notes and substitutions

• Bananas – spotty bananas are best for this recipe.
• Flour – plain flour or all purpose flour.
• Baking powder – this leavening agent is needed for fluffy waffles.
• Sugar – a little white sugar helps keep the waffles tender, but you don’t need to add much sugar to this recipe as the bananas naturally sweeten the waffles.
• Egg – whisking the egg whites before adding them to the waffle batter makes the waffles extra soft and fluffy.
• Melted butter – I like to use unsalted butter but you can use salted butter and don’t add any salt to the waffle batter.
• Milk – I prefer to use full fat but you can use any milk you like.
• Cinnamon – ground cinnamon is our favourite flavouring in these waffles, but you can use a pinch of nutmeg, or some vanilla extract.

How to make waffles from scratch

• Melt the butter then leave to cool slightly.
• Heat the waffle maker according to the instructions.
• Seperate the egg yolk from the egg white.
• Whisk the flour with the sugar, baking powder, salt and cinnamon (if using).
• Mix the cooled melted butter with the egg yolk, milk and mashed bananas.
• Mix this liquid in to the flour.
• Whisk the egg white until stiff peaks with a hand mixer and then fold in to the batter.
• Place a cup of batter in the centre of the heated waffle maker and close the lid. The exact measurement will depend on your waffle maker, I find mine takes about 200ml / just less than a cup.
• Cook for 2-3 minutes or according to waffle maker instructions.
• Repeat until the mixture has been used up – this makes 3-4 waffles in my waffle maker, but it is smaller than some.
• Serve the waffles dusted with icing sugar or with yogurt and berries or extra banana.
• Cooked cooled waffles can be kept in the fridge for a couple of days or frozen.

FAQ

My recipe tips

• Mash the bananas well, if you leave lumps of banana these will turn in to soft lumps in the cooked waffles, that can taste a little soggy. They don’t taste bad! And my son and husband don’t notice the lumps, but I personally prefer without.
• Don’t overmix your batter. Don’t worry if there are a few lumps, your waffles will be fluffier and more tender if you don’t mix too much.
• Don’t open the waffle maker lid until the waffle maker tells you too! Watch for the light or alarm or beep or whatever your waffle maker does to tell you! If you open before the waffle is cooked it can stick to the metal and you will end up with a sticky mess.
• When the waffle is cooked, turn it out on a rack whilst you make the rest of the waffles, unless you are serving them right away which is quite possible when you have a hungry kid wanting banana waffles. If you put them on a plate or stack the waffles, this can cause them to become soggy.

Estimated Cost

• Australia: AUD$2.51 for the whole recipe. Per serve: AUD$0.63
• UK: 93p for the whole recipe. Per serve: 24p

Serving Ideas

• Top with peanut butter and sliced banana.
• A dollop of Greek yogurt and spoonful of sugar free berry compote or strawberry compote.
• If you are a fan of sweet-salty combo, top with a couple of rashers of grilled bacon.

Make ahead/storage

• You can reheat any leftover waffles – or eat them cold. We love them cold in lunchboxes. Once cool cover and store in the fridge for up to 2 days.
• Freeze – these waffles can be frozen. Cool completely then place in a container with baking paper in between the waffles to prevent them from sticking. Take out as many as you need and reheat in a dry frying pan, under the grill or in a sandwich press.

Variations

• Different spices – a spoonful of mixed spice or pumpkin spice would be great.
• Chocolate – sprinkle over some chocolate chips or add a drizzle of chocolate sauce. Because bananas and chocolate is SUCH a good combination! Or a spoonful of Nutella.
• Baby waffles – these waffles are lovely and soft and would make a great baby led weaning finger food, so if you are wanting to make them for your baby in baby led weaning, leave out the sugar.
• Sugar free – you can easily make these sugar free waffles by leaving out the sugar. They will still taste mildly sweet due to the banana.

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