Spiced Gingerbread Waffles with Maple Icing
These Spiced Gingerbread Waffles are the best ever light and fluffy waffles with crispy edges. Flavored with traditional gingerbread flavorings like molasses, ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, and brown sugar, and served with a quick maple icing, these waffles are a perfect holiday morning treat.
Servings: 7
Ingredients
Gingerbread Waffles
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 4 eggs separated
- 1/3 cup melted butter
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 cup greek yogurt
- 4 tbsp molasses
Maple Icing
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tbsp dark maple syrup
- 1 ½ - 2 tbsp milk
- ¼ tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
Gingerbread Waffles
- In a large bowl, whisk to combine the dry ingredients: flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and spices.
- In a medium bowl, add the wet ingredients: egg yolks, melted butter, milk, Greek yogurt, and molasses, and stir to combine, breaking up any clumps of yogurt.
- Add the egg whites to a separate large bowl and whisk by hand or beat with an electric mixer until they form stiff peaks.
- Add the wet milk/molasses mixture to the bowl with the dry ingredients and stir to combine. Gently fold in egg whites.
- Heat a waffle iron and grease with butter or cooking spray. Add about ¼ cup of batter to the hot waffle iron (or more/less, depending on your iron's recommendations) and cook according to iron instructions.
- To serve, spread warm waffles with butter and drizzle over maple icing and more maple syrup if desired.
Maple Icing
- In a medium bowl, combine the powdered sugar, 1 ½ tablespoons of the milk, maple syrup, and vanilla extract. Whisk until smooth. For a slightly thinner glaze, stir in up to another ½ tablespoon of milk - until desired consistency.
Notes
To freeze, let waffles cool completely, then store them in a ziplock bag (layer with parchment paper if you are worried about them sticking together). Reheat in toaster or toaster oven set to low heat until warm and crispy.
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