Whether you live in a state without a Waffle House or just want to recreate their food at home, you can't have a copycat Waffle House meal without an at-home interpretation of their signature waffles. Our version uses pantry staples rather than a $15 bag of mix and comes together in 20 minutes. Serve with a side of Copycat Waffle House Hash Browns.
Well, that turned out nice, and actually appreciated by my self-admittedly difficult partner!
I made some changes though. I had some leftover potatoes of the kind that's perfect for mashing (and cooked with cajun spices as I always do). I figured their dry volume had to be about equal to the amount of cornstarch from the recipe, so I decided to use them instead. To get a workable batter I just mashed them with the butter, added the egg and all the more-or-less wet ingredients and finally folded in the flour until I got the consistency I like for making waffles, maybe 1.25 cups.
Other changes:
- only 2 tablespoons of sugar
- no vegetable shortening, replaced with 2 heaping tb spoons of whole-milk fresh cheese
- no half-and-half, instead 3/4 cups of (home-made) fermented milk
- regular (semi-fat) instead of whole milk
- about 2 tb. spoons of my sourdough
Because of the sourdough I let the batter sit in a covered bowl for about 6h, and only then added the baking powder just before baking.
Served them with slices of smoked salmon and a cream+fresh cheese sauce with a good serving of fresh chives and mashed garlic, but also kept a few for desert with just a dusting of powdered sugar.
I made this without the half-and-half, whole buttermilk, and vegetable shortening. It turned out pretty well and tasty. I’m pretty sure I also added 1/4 sugar instead of 1/3 because a review said it was too sweet. In conclusion, I enjoyed them and I recommend it to anyone craving waffles for breakfast, or at 1 a.m., like me.
The 6 3/8 is ounces (1 cup of flour weighs 4.515 ounces).
Make sure to put waffle setting on max to get them crispy. tasted exactly like waffle house
This is a great recipe but 1/3 cup of sugar is too much if u use syrup. I will cut the sugar in half when I make these again. They are fluffy and everything I love about a Waffle House waffle except they are just too sweet when I add my syrup. Without syrup they taste divine but I gotta have my syrup.
I am eager to try this recipe, and hope to love it, but have one question: For the flour measurement, it reads, "1 1/2 cups (about 6 3/8 ) all-purpose flour". I am confused about the 6 3/8 part.
Wow that’s delicious. It tasted just like a real Waffle House.😁😁