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Recipe updated 11/4/15.
Did you see my 5-Ingredient Snacks and Drinks roundup the other week (including the 5 new 5-ingredient recipes I posted)? If not, you totally should check it out. There are more 5-ingredient recipes coming your way this week! Today’s post is the first in a series of 5-ingredient meals and desserts that I’ll be sharing this week, and this Saturday I have plans for a 5-Ingredient Meal and Dessert Recipe Roundup including the recipes I post this week, previous 5-ingredient recipes I’ve posted, as well as quite a few simple recipes from my blogging buddies! If you haven’t already, be sure to follow me via e-mail (in the sidebar), on Facebook, and on Pinterest.
I’m in love with this waffle recipe. It’s so easy (only 5 ingredients, not counting water – I thought I could have that one as a freebie), and you can make them ahead, freeze them, and pop them in the toaster to reheat! How’s that for convenient?
UPDATE: I’ve tested this recipe with my Baking Mix, and it works great! They make a great family supper on the run. Even my little sister liked them. AND, these make great pancakes!
These waffles aren’t as crispy as those made with glutinous flour, such as white or wheat flour (although they do crisp up more if they’re toasted in a toaster after baking). However, they’re still great for all your favorite toppings and make me feel like I’m indulging when I’m really not. My favorite traditional waffle topping is natural peanut butter and some homemade sugar-free syrup, but feel free to use any toppings you like that will fit into your eating lifestyle (look below for some of my suggestions).
(Edited to add: one of my awesome readers, LK Brown, says that she makes these in a round waffle iron, uses a scant 1/3 cup of batter, and bakes the waffles until there is no more steam coming from the iron…which means you’re baking them longer than you would think you should. She says they’re crispy this way, and she tops them with this caramel sauce from Simply Healthy Home. Sounds a-maz-ing, and thanks for the tip!)
One thing I would love to do with these is freeze them (maybe cut them into strips before-hand), then dip them into Skinny Chocolate (recipe in the book Trim Healthy Mama) and freeze again, keeping these chocolate-covered waffle sticks in the freezer for a quick dessert. Sound good? Why not top with some vanilla ice cream for a quick dessert?
Suggested toppings (for Trim Healthy Mamas in an S setting – click here for my synopsis of the THM plan):
- put some blueberries in the batter!
- add cinnamon and vanilla before mixing
- natural peanut butter and sugar-free syrup
- butter and sugar-free syrup
- cream cheese and Lily’s Chocolate Chips
- Slim Belly Jelly (from the book Trim Healthy Mama)
- chocolate ganache, sliced strawberries, and homemade stevia-sweetened whipped cream
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Question of the day (comment below!): what do you like on your waffles?
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You can find this recipe in my cookbook, Necessary Food. (It’s actually the first recipe in the book!)
- 4 eggs
- ¾ cup water
- 3 T salted butter, melted
- ¾ cup Briana's Baking Mix (or ⅓ cup coconut flour and ¼ cup vanilla whey protein powder together in place of the baking mix)
- 6 doonks THM Pure Stevia Extract Powder (a doonk is 1/32 tsp.)
- 2½ tsp. baking powder
- Beat all ingredients together until smooth. Bake in a standard-sized waffle iron sprayed with a nonstick cooking spray (my waffle iron used between ⅓ and a ½ cup of batter per waffle).
- These waffles can be frozen and reheated in a toaster (use the "frozen" button). This actually makes them crispier.
- Top with your favorite toppings of choice! I enjoy mine with natural peanut butter or butter and homemade stevia-sweetened, glucomannan-thickened syrup.
- This batter makes great pancakes! Fry on a nonstick pan or griddle sprayed with nonstick cooking spray. Fry until each side is golden brown. You'll get about eight pancakes (4 servings).
- For an easy single-serve waffle, mix together 1 egg, ½ tsp. baking powder, 1 pack (3/4 tsp.) Truvia, 3 T of Briana's Baking Mix, and 4 T water. Waffle it up!
You could probably use THM Baking Blend in place of Briana's Baking Mix, but you'll need a little more as my baking mix is drier and soaks up more liquid.
To make these dairy free, use collagen instead of whey protein powder to make my baking mix. Substitute melted refined coconut oil or olive oil in place of the butter and add a pinch of salt.
Click here for my Baking Mix recipe.
Suggested products:
- Coconut flour
- Whey Protein Powder
- Whey protein powder, THM Baking Blend, THM Integral Collagen, and THM Pure Stevia Extract Powder can be purchased from the Trim Healthy Mama online store.
I have THM Baking blend how much should I use?
“You could probably use THM Baking Blend in place of Briana’s Baking Mix, but you’ll need a little more as my baking mix is drier and soaks up more liquid.”
Favorite simple Waffle/ Pancake mix yet!
I’ve tried dozens of THM/ Keto recipes in the last 8 years, and this one just takes the cake! It’s super simple and easy to make! I make a big batch to eat the day of and then freeze the rest.
I did the trick of separating the egg whites first and beating them up to make extra fluffy waffles. And then leaving them in the iron a little longer to make it extra crispy.
I have yet to be disappointed with any of Briana’s recipes. So thankful for her and her skills in the kitchen!
Thanks for the great tips, Ashley!
Wow these were delicious. Love many of your recipes.
This sounds yummy and I can’t wait to try it. I see it makes 4 waffles. But on the THM plan, how many can I eat and still be on plan? I am afraid 1 waffle just won’t cut it for me!
In this case there’s really no “limit” – just eat until satisfied but not stuffed. 🙂
Can you make the batter the night before and cook in the morning? If so, any modifications?
I’m not sure – I’ve never tried that! I’d love to hear how it turns out if you experiment.
For the single serving ingredients, I didn’t see any butter, so would this be considered FP or an E? I love your recipes ❤️ Thank you for all your hard work 🌸
The egg makes it an S.. 🤦🏼♀️ I made 3 mini waffles topped with blueberries.. Delish 😋
This recipe is ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE!!! Next time I think I’ll add just a tiny bit of cake batter flavoring for that extra “cake” flavor like Huddle House waffles and pancakes have or butter flavoring for bit of extra indulgence! I’ve wanted to try these for a very long time and just got a waffle maker yesterday. This recipe DELIVERS!!
My family has had this recipe many times! Tip: Last time I did what I read to do (somewhere on the internet) to make really light, airy batter: separate the yolks and whites, and beat the whites into stiff peaks before incorporating them into the rest of the batter. Y’all. I love Bri’s waffles. And Try It to take them up a notch.
Thanks for the tip! Great idea!
Hi,
Does the THM baking mix work for this recipe?
You could probably use THM Baking Blend in place of Briana’s Baking Mix, but you’ll need a little more as my baking mix is drier and soaks up more liquid.
Just wanted to point out, in case it needs correcting, the single-serve waffle information in #5 of the directions may need a little butter added to it. Thanks.
I don’t think I used any, but I’m sure that would be good!
Thanks for the recipe. These are the best keto waffles I’ve had yet, and I thought I had already found the best. I tried these as both waffles and pancakes and I love the flavor and texture. BRAVO!
Yay! I’m so glad to hear that, Tara!
So, I’m wondering if this recipe would work in a fruit cobbler. I have some fresh cherries and would love to make a cobbler with them. These are my very favorite waffles & I think that it would be good. What is your opinion?
I’m sorry, but I have no idea! Cherries are an E, and this recipe is an S, so you’d get a crossover by combining the two. Maybe try the cherry cobbler recipe on page 407 of my second cookbook, Convenient Food?
Would this recipe work with regular wheat flour and sugar as opposed to the low-carb baking mix and stevia? I’m not really a diet sort of person–been trying to gain weight for years since chemo, so I’ve got the opposite problem–but I love simple recipes with fewer ingredients. Simplifies shopping and cooking! If I use regular all-purpose flour, should I still add protein powder?
Hi Morgan! I’m afraid this recipe would probably not work with regular flour used in the same amount as the alternative flours called for in this recipe. 🙁 I’m sorry! The alternative flours soak up different amounts of liquid and need more conditioners (like eggs) added along with them to produce a good texture, so this recipe takes that into account and would probably be rather eggy (and maybe too runny) if you used all purpose flour in place of the flours called for. I just did a quick Google search for 5 ingredient pancakes and found that there are recipes out there like that using regular flour, so maybe you want to give that a try instead of tweaking a recipe?
What are the macros of one serving? Is this an E or S. This is very good.
I’m glad you enjoyed them! I don’t usually count macros; I just separate my carbs and fats as per the Trim Healthy Mama plan. 🙂 These are an S.
I am a diabetic and count macros every meal. My carb counting app says a serving has 4.2 grams carbs, 24.2 grams fats, 10.8 grams protein, and 301 calories.
Thank u for the macro info!
Ok…so…I’ve been accused by my family members of having “strange taste” at times, however, I REALLY love these as a savory bread substitute as well! I leave out the sweetener and baking powder and add some garlic salt and onion powder and make them in the waffle maker. I do usually leave them in there a little longer though. I’ve even added cheddar cheese and jalapenos to the batter and it was delicious!
A cheddar jalapeno version sounds delicious! Thanks for sharing! I would personally leave the baking powder in so they stay fluffier as savory waffles. Chicken and waffles, anyone? 😛
I made the waffles using the coconut flour and vanilla whey protein powder and they were so good!! I have both of your cookbooks. Thank you for sharing!
That’s great to hear! I’m so glad you liked them!
Hi Briana,
I made these using the THM Baking blend and they turned out great. The only question I have is this… do you only use the whey protein if you don’t use the baking blend?? I used it and it was a little thick so I added some half and half and that made them perfect. I was a little confused by this because the baking blend doesn’t have whey or another high protein source.
Thanks!
Ashley
Hi Ashley! You use either 3/4 cup of my baking mix OR the combination of coconut flour and protein powder. Maybe I should find a way to reword that in the recipe so it’s more clear. You don’t use the protein powder if you use the baking blend. (In this recipe the protein powder is added primarily for flour and structure, not protein. The eggs in the waffles add protein, and I often eat them with another source of protein like Greek yogurt.)
Made the pancakes. Finally a recipe almost like the [email protected] think. In fact I think it’s better!
I was wondering if one could use the THM baking mix? I’m newer to THM and am craving some pancakes/waffles and these look good!
Hi Heidi! As I said in the Notes section of the recipe, “You could probably use THM Baking Blend in place of Briana’s Baking Mix, but you’ll need a little more as my baking mix is drier and soaks up more liquid.” General rule of thumb is to start with 1 cup of Baking Blend for every 3/4 cup of my baking mix (and vice versa), then adjust if needed.
I am supposing that you can use the batter to make pancakes with. If so what would I need to do to make it a pancake batter?
You don’t have to do anything special for a pancake batter. Just use it as-is. 🙂
Tried for the first time today, forgot to spray with oil. ;( but ate them anyway. Looking forward to trying again.
These are my new favorite breakfast. Today I had them with the Siimply Healthy Home blog caramel sauce, it was fabulous. I use a scant 1/3 cup of batter on the waffle iron and I cook until there is no steam coming from the iron, much longer than you would think, but they are crispy this way.
Thanks for another GREAT and SIMPLE recipe.
BTW, I am using a round waffle iron, not square with that scant 1/3 cup batter.
Awesome, and thanks so much for the crispiness tip!
How liquid Stevia would be equal to the powder?
I’ve never used liquid stevia, so I’m not sure on that, Kim. Find out how your sweetener compares in sweetness to sugar, then use this chart to help convert to the Stevia Extract Powder: http://www.trimhealthymama.com/main-home/sweetener-conversion-chart/
How many waffles does this make?
This recipe yields 4 waffles (this should be stated in the recipe).
I made these this morning and they were really good. However I should have went with my gutt and oiled the griddle they stuck and all I had was pieces. Maybe you should add that step.
Oops, I just took that step for granted. Added it in; thanks for the tip.
Briana, wondering if I could use Swerve sweetener instead of the Stevia, since that is what I have on hand? It measures just like sugar. Maybe a tablespoon?
You can use this sweetener conversion chart: http://www.trimhealthymama.com/main-home/sweetener-conversion-chart/
What if I added melted butter to the mix? I have found that that can make nice crispy edges in other recipes i’ve tried.
If you give it a try, let me know how it works! It’d bust my “5-Ingredient” idea though. Haha…
Any idea if I could sub the protein powder with something else? Im almost out of that and not sure when Ill get around to buying more. (its just too expensive where Im from 🙁 . The recipe looks so good tho. and simple. Waiting to try it.
Maybe oat fiber? I think they would be about the same consistency, but the oat fiber might be grittier. You could try another S flour, or more coconut flour, but you may need to add more or less, depending what flour you use.
Do you think they’d crisp up at all if you put them in the toaster after cooking them?
Yes, they do crisp up if toasted. I forgot to add that to the post; thanks for reminding me!
ok to try with almond flour or oat flour?
Oat flour is an E, so that would give you a crossover if you’re on the Trim Healthy Mama plan. Coconut flour soaks up a lot more liquid than either almond flour or oat flour, so if you do try to substitute (I wouldn’t recommend it), you’ll likely need more of the other flours to get the same result.
The coconut flour texture took me a bit to get used too, but I LOVED them topped with cream cheese and bacon bits. Thank you so much, you are amazing with all of your recipes and they are usually very frugal which I LOVE!!!
I’m so glad you liked them..and I LOVE your topping idea!
Brianna,
Thank you —the THMama’s love you. <3
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Made them twice today!
(They’re better “with” baking powder…. ahem)
Thank you sharing your recipes with us.
Loved your Easter post and music as well.
You almost gave me a heart attack…I thought I forgot to put baking powder in the recipe. 😛 Haha… Thanks for the kind words.
Hello!
These look really good.. But I was wondering, how many of them can you have? (If following the THM lifestlyle, plan or whatever)
Thanks 😉
Hi Mary, there aren’t really any carb sources in these that would make you crossover if you ate a certain amount, so there’s not a set serving size. Eat until you’re full. 🙂