Potato Waffles – A Couple Cooks

Potato waffles are crispy and scrumptious! Made with mashed potatoes, they make a savory or candy breakfast, appetizer, or brunch.

Need a enjoyable technique to make a savory breakfast: strive Potato Waffles! These crispy waffles are to-die-for, with a crispy exterior and a fluffy, tacky inside. They style like a mixture of a hashbrown and a waffle, and wow are they scrumptious. Serve them up savory with bitter cream and chives (or as rooster and waffles). Or, they work simply as properly served candy with maple syrup! They’re the right concept for utilizing up leftover mashed potatoes from Thanksgiving or any meal.

What you want for potato waffles

This potato waffles recipe is ideal if you happen to occur to have leftover mashed potatoes, however you can also make them anytime. The scrumptious tacky, savory potato taste may have you hooked! This one went over extraordinarily properly in our household, and we cherished each the savory and candy methods to serve them. Apart from the mashed potatoes, you don’t want a lot to convey these collectively:

Fridge substances: Leftover mashed potatoes, eggs
Pantry substances: Olive oil, baking powder, salt, all-purpose flour
Dairy: Shredded cheddar cheese, milk of selection

Bought extra leftover mashed potatoes? Additionally strive Mashed Potato Pancakes.

Belgian waffles vs customary

This mashed potato waffles recipe works for both Belgian or customary waffles. Our private desire is Belgian waffles, since they’re thicker and look extra spectacular. (Right here’s the Belgian waffle iron we use.) Right here’s extra about the differing types:

Belgian waffles are twice as giant as common waffles. They’re 1 ½ inches thick with a deep grid sample. One serving measurement is half of a Belgian waffle, because it’s double the dimensions of an ordinary waffle — until you make the half measurement with ruffled edges (see under).
Common waffles, aka American waffles are about 1/2-inch thick. They’re half the dimensions of the Belgian waffles, and the serving measurement is 1 waffle.

Tips about cooking potato waffles

For these potato waffles, we prefer to cook dinner them in a Belgian waffle maker however make ruffled edges through the use of half the usual batter. We love the look of those: and you can also make extra waffles in a single batch! Right here’s find out how to do it:

Ruffled edges: Merely use about ½ cup of the batter in a Belgian waffle maker and don’t unfold it to the sides. You too can do that in an ordinary waffle maker through the use of about ¼ cup batter.
Full round waffles: Use about 1 cup for a Belgian waffle maker or ½ cup for the standard waffle marker, and unfold it the sides. These portions rely on the waffle maker, so eyeball it and regulate portions as essential.

Toppings for potato waffles

You possibly can serve potato waffles savory or candy, which makes them extremely versatile! We like them as a savory breakfast or appetizer topped with bitter cream and chives. However they’re simply nearly as good candy with maple syrup. Listed below are a couple of savory and candy methods we prefer to high them:

Bitter cream and chives for a savory breakfast or appetizer
Fried rooster for rooster and waffles
Pure maple syrup for a candy breakfast
Fruit sauce or compote like raspberry compote or blueberry sauce
Contemporary fruit like strawberries, raspberries, or sliced bananas
Whipped cream like home made whipped cream

Dietary notes

As written, this potato waffles recipe is vegetarian. For dairy-free, omit the cheese and add one other pinch of salt. Use oat milk, and serve with cashew cream.

For gluten-free, you need to use gluten-free 1-for-1 flour. Almond flour is an alternative choice, however the pancakes can be extra fragile and also you would possibly wish to make them smaller to be simpler to flip.

Extra waffle recipes

These potato waffles are nice for utilizing up leftover mashed potatoes at Thanksgiving, or simply as a enjoyable and distinctive savory breakfast concept. Listed below are a couple of extra waffle recipes to strive:

This potato waffles recipe is…

Vegetarian. For dairy-free and gluten-free, see the Dietary Notes part above.

Description

Potato waffles are crispy, tacky, and scrumptious! Whip them up as a savory or candy breakfast, aspect or brunch.

2 giant eggs
1 tablespoon olive oil
½ teaspoon baking powder
¼ cup all-purpose flour
1 pinch kosher salt*
¾ cup shredded cheddar cheese
2 cups chilly leftover mashed potatoes
1 tablespoon milk of selection

Whisk the eggs, then add the oil, baking powder, flour and salt and whisk till mixed. Change to a spatula and stir within the shredded cheese, mashed potatoes and milk.
Grease or butter your waffle iron. Add about ½ cup of the batter into the middle of the waffle iron (don’t unfold it out if it’s a Belgian waffle maker**), then cook dinner in accordance with the waffle iron’s directions till golden brown: about 3 to 4 minutes relying in your waffle iron. Word that this takes barely longer than an ordinary waffle as a result of the batter is denser. Take away the cooked waffles and place them on a parchment-lined or greased baking sheet with out stacking. Make the waffles to order, or place cooked waffles in a 250°F oven to maintain heat.
Serve instantly with bitter cream and chives or maple syrup. Cooked waffles may be frozen; place them in a plastic bag and take away the remaining air with a straw earlier than sealing. To reheat, take away from the freezer and evenly toast in a toaster.