Feather-light Buckwheat Waffles

Feather-light Buckwheat Waffles | The Sugar Hit

 

I believe it was Leslie Knope who said,

 

“We have to remember what’s important in life: Friends, Waffles, Work. Or Waffles, Friends, Work. Doesn’t matter, but work is third.”

 

Feather-light Buckwheat Waffles | The Sugar Hit

 

So I made these waffles. They are buckwheat waffles, and I love them. I wish I had made a salted caramel sauce to go with them, but I already did that here (IGNORE THE PHOTOS). And they’re gluten-free! There’s no reason why our gluten-intolerant brothers and sisters should have to miss out on all this syrup catching goodness!

 

Feather-light Buckwheat Waffles | The Sugar Hit

 

These waffles are a million miles away from the leaden buckwheat pancakes that I remember eating when my Dad and sister were diagnosed with coeliac’s disease. They tasted like puddles of grassy paste. Not cool.

 

As with a lot of gluten-free things, I think it’s often a battle to keep things LIGHT. So much gluten free baking ends up too dense, too heavy. Which is why these babies are feather-light. Honestly, watch out for them, they might float away.

 

Feather-light Buckwheat Waffles | The Sugar Hit

 

I served these with fresh sliced plums, a slick of golden syrup and a splodge of greek yoghurt. They brought a lot of joy to my heart. I love the soothing repition of making waffles, and the way that you have to just. be. patient. There’s no way to speed up the waffle making process. You just have to stand around in your kitchen intermittently reading Around the World in 80 Days, and making waffles.

 

So would you like to see more G/Free recipes on here? Or just more BUTTERRRRR? Either way, I’d love to hear from you!

 

xx Sarah.

 

Feather-light Buckwheat Waffles | The Sugar Hit

 

Feather-light Buckwheat Waffles
 
Super, light, delicious, gluten free waffles with the delicious taste of buckwheat.
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Ingredients
  • ¾ cup (110g) buckwheat flour
  • ¼ cup (40g) corn flour (cornstarch)
  • ¼ cup (40g) brown rice flour
  • 3 tbsp nut meal (I used almond)
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp bicarb soda (baking soda)
  • 2 eggs
  • ¾ cup buttermilk
  • ½ stick (50g) butter, melted
  • 2 tbsp honey (or maple syrup)
  • vanilla
Instructions
  1. Turn on your waffle maker to preheat.
  2. Place all the dry ingredients into a large mixing bowl.
  3. Separate the eggs and add the yolks, along with the buttermilk, melted butter, honey and vanilla to the dry ingredients. Stir together until well combined.
  4. Whisk the egg whites with a pinch of salt until they reach stiff peaks.
  5. Fold the egg whites carefully into the batter mixture, trying to retain as much air as possible.
  6. Now, make the waffles according to the instructions with your waffle maker! Mine uses ⅓ cup of batter, and they baked perfectly on the medium setting. Once they are golden brown and beautiful, they're done!
  7. Now go, the syrup is calling your name.

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