I got these off of the GFCF recipes board (thanks Lauren!). They are egg, soy, corn, potato, and rice free, and of course GF/CF. Principally made with sorghum and tapioca (no bean flours Michelle!) they are crispy on outside, chewy on inside, and very substantial (not cracker-y like a rice waffle.) Hope you enjoy mamas, page down for recipe. LMK if you make 'em. Wanted to spread the joy at finding a fantastic new recipe!
I also got a new waffle maker. My cheapo Target Toastmaster was making my waffles way too dark. This new one I got from Amazon.com. It is Italian, has light-dark settings so you can customize for your batter. I do think GF batters need lighter settings. The waffle maker brand is Villa Ware, they make a bunch of different styles and I got this one for something like 30% off, it was $39.99. May not sound cheap, but for a great waffle, it's worth it to me. The other nice thing is I can make these a bit on the light side, freeze them, and unthaw in the toaster oven where they'll brown up more.
Sorghum waffles
Dry ingredients:
1 cup sorghum
1 cup tapioca starch
4 Tablespoons arrowroot powder
1/2 tsp. salt
4 Tablespoons brown sugar
1 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. cream of tartar (or substitute 4 tsp. gf baking powder for baking soda/cream of tartar)
Liquids:
1- 1 1/2 cup water or milk substitute (I used Pacific Rice milk)
6 Tablespoons oil (I used olive)
2 tsp. vanilla (or 1/2 tsp. vanilla powder)
Combine dry ingredients in mixing bowl. In small container, combine liquids, using only 1/2 cup water or milk sub to start. Add liquids to dry ingredients and mix well (I just used a whisk). Add remaining water or milk sub as necessary to have batter at correct consistency. (Author notes: I make thinner batter for thinner waffles or pancakes and add chopped fruit for variety. My kids and I like to eat waffles plain as a snack. I've also make this from millet and light buckwheat flour, but sorghum gives best results. For millet, I add 1 tsp. gelatin powder and an extra 1 Tablespoon arrowroot...light sifted buckwheat flour can sub directly for sorghum leaving other ratios the same.)Yummy recipe!
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I have a good buckwheat waffle recipe I think I posted. It is light and crispy on outside and great overall. My mom got me a waffle stix machine from Target. We love it. The kids can eat breakfast with their fingers - a winner with my kids.
I also have a berry buckwheat waffle recipe you can find a fitnessandfreebies.com - very good.
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Is it good? Does the batter stick to it? My worry is that maybe the cheaper waffle makers don't do as well with gf batters. The cheap Toastmaster waffle maker we had stuck horribly. But I do love the idea of the waffle stix. THat would make it fun and easy to eat them. And for us, it seems like the gf waffles soak up too much syrup unless you dunk them right before eating, kwim? Maybe not with sorghum or buckwheat, but this is very true with rice and bean flour recipes.
I will look at the gf recipes thread for that buckwheat waffle recipe. William can't have berries though, so the other one won't do me any good. We're also on Feingold/no salicylate diet, which pretty much means any kind of fruit. : ( Thanks for the tips! -Laura
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I have never had a waffle maker. But this works great. No sticking at all. But, my recipes also use very little honey/sugar. I make the berry one without the berries sometimes and it still turns out great. I do not even sub anything. It seems a bit lighter than the other I posted.
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Wow, Laura, sounds yummy!
Cool, I am going to look into the waffle stix maker. We are trying to streamline appliances...but we also need to be able to do quick breakfasts starting NEXT WEEK for school!
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I found one of those Waffle Stix makers at my Target for $7.95 and bought it. Even though it has non-stick plates inside, and I sprayed liberally with olive oil, my waffle mix stuck like GLUE! I couldn't even get a piece out whole. I'm stunned at the difference between this and my Villaware maker with my gf waffle recipe. Amazing. I'm really bummed too, I was really looking forward to offering waffle sticks with a little dipping cup of syrup. Bummer. Maybe everyone wouldn't have this experience, but several others did complain about sticking on Amazon too (and I'm sure they meant using wheat recipes. Wheat sticks way less than my gf recipe.) HTH,
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Don't spray it is all I can say. I do not spray mine with anything. Just pour in the batter from the waffle recipe. Could the high temp of the cooking plates be making the oil "sticky"?
It found it's way to Goodwill already. Major decluttering going on here. That's alright. We have way too much stuff (toys, kitchen stuff, clutter) in our house. My philosophy to get rid of a lot of stuff is, "If it doesn't work easily and well and/or if we don't use it, it's outta here!"
Thanks for your advice though Michelle. Maybe that would work for others. It is a really cute idea, the waffle sticks. Esp. for kids that like to dip.
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