Make Ahead Freezer Waffles
ShareStock your freezer with homemade waffles, ready to grab and toast any day of the week. They’re a perfect breakfast or afternoon snack!
Okay this is the weirdest thing that happened all weekend and wasn’t fun either. Sunday morning I woke up to the sounds of someone screaming. Like omg something is seriously wrong kind of screaming. I bolted out of bed and ran to the girls room only to find one completely passed out and the other was asleep but not in the same totally zonked out state. I asked her if she had screamed but she said it wasn’t her. Of course if she was screaming in a dream she may not have known anyway. So I went back to bed only to be woken up again by more screaming. I listened for it to happen again so I could pinpoint where it was coming from. Maybe it wasn’t the girls after all? Honestly, I wish it was the girls… It was coming from downstairs.
Just what I want, screaming coming from the downstairs of my house and I have to go investigate what’s going on. We don’t live in a bad neighborhood but my heart sure was racing. A cat had already come racing up the stairs, needing to get away from who knows what. Great, right? Horrible sign of things to come.
I make it downstairs to find a cat sitting on our deck. Not our cat and not a cat I’ve ever seen before. It was sitting inches away from the deck door with one of our cats on the inside in total freakout mode. I’ve never in my life heard that kind of noise come out of a cat before. I’m telling you, that scream seriously sounded like a person in danger. I sure hope that other cat doesn’t come back, I’d like my sleep to be uninterrupted tonight.
Last week I shared a super simple and totally delicious strawberry fruit leather recipe, that you definitely have to make for your kiddos going back to school (or for yourself)! So continuing with the back to school theme, I knew I had to share a stand by recipe that I always make for my family. Taking it a step further, not just making the recipe but what I do with it. I rarely make waffles just for a meal. I almost always make these crispy waffles and then freeze them. The kids might steal a few before that happens, but the majority gets frozen for breakfasts later in the week. They’re just as good, if not better reheated in the toaster!
Forget boring cold cereal this school year. Whip up a large batch of waffles to stock your freezer. You’ll have a hot breakfast ready every day of the week!
Back to school breakfast recipes:
Lemon blueberry muffins
Banana chocolate marble muffins
Apple coffee cake muffins
Pumpkin streusel muffins
Chocolate chip banana muffins
Apple pie French toast casserole
Perfect breakfast potatoes
Pumpkin apple muffins with snickerdoodle topping
Brown sugar apple cinnamon bundt cake with caramel icing
Make Ahead Freezer Waffles
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 C all purpose flour
- 1/2 C cornstarch
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 1/2-2 tsp cinnamon optional
- 1 1/2 C buttermilk
- 1/2 C milk
- 3/4 C vegetable oil
- 2 large eggs separated
- 2 Tbsp granulated sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
Instructions
- Heat waffle iron.
- In a large bowl mix flour, cornstarch, salt, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl combine buttermilk, milk, vegetable oil and egg yolks. Set aside.
- In a separate medium bowl using an electric mixer, beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Add sugar and vanilla. Continue beating until stiff peaks form.
- Pour buttermilk mixture into dry ingredients, whisking until just mixed. Fold in egg whites until just combined.
- Pour batter onto preheated waffle iron, cooking to desired crispness. (*Amount of batter required will vary per waffle iron.) Remove waffles, separate sections and allow them to cool while continuing to cook remaining batter.
- Place cooled waffles in a gallon sized plastic bag. Freeze. When ready to eat, remove desired number of waffles, cook in toaster or toaster oven until desired crispness is reached.
Notes
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The beginning of your story definitely made me think horror movie… like bad horror movie. So I’m glad it was just a cat! Although I can’t imagine a cat making that kind of noise, it must be one crazy cat! I’m glad there are at least these yummy waffles to offer comfort. It’s a fantastic back-to-school breakfast!
Totally! Horrible bad horror movie kind of scary. So glad there was no blood.
Even your cat cracks me up. You hand choose them?! :) Hey listen love love it here. The waffles are gorgeous as well as the dried strawberry leather. I know you converted your site awhile back but still….so beautiful.
haha yes… I think they sort of picked us too.
Oh geez, a cat!?! That is crazy and totally weird!
Love freezer waffles! They are perfect for school mornings and your looks awesome!
Thanks Tieghan! :)
Oh wow, that’s creepy. I would have been totally freaked out!
Waffles are the best breakfast, especially when they’re already made and in the freezer waiting for you! I’d keep a stash in my freezer at all times if there was room :)
You need to eat through all of that ice cream to make room for waffles asap ;)
Yet another reason why I am not a cat person. But I AM a breakfast person and I LOVELOVELOVE these!!! So smart girl!
haha I swear they’re not usually like that (the cats) ;)
Oh god, cats taunting other cats is the worse! We go through that all the time with my cat. The cat screams freak me out! Loving that these can be stocked up in the freezer waiting to be popped in the toaster
Cats are strange. I bet there’s a crazy cat blog somewhere with lots of weird stories.
we start school tomorrow. pinning this for sure!
Thanks Carrian! :) Happy first week of school.
SUCH a great idea for schooldays! I don’t have any kiddos, but as a teacher I need the same fast, easy meal solutions!
You absolutely need this too then! :)
I love making waffles and freezing them — they’re one of my favorite breakfasts ever! Yours look light and delicious.
Thanks Macie!
That is so frightening about the cat, Rachel! I would have been so freaked out! Thank goodness it wasn’t anything harmful. PS: now I want a freezer full of waffles!
You NEED a freezer full of waffles ;)
hahaha! Poor cat! It must’ve been terrified!
I meant to make waffles this morning but got lazy when the alarm went off. I need to freeze some for days like that.
Seriously and your kids would love it. They can make their own breakfast and you not worry about spilled milk ;)
OMG one night last summer we had our windows open to get some breeze and we heard screaming to. It was a cat in the neighborhood. I don’t know if it was hurt or in heat but it was SCARY crap.
I want a waffle. I can’t decide on what to have for lunch. I’d totally have a waffle!
Seriously scary noise right? You need waffles ;)
Good grief! That would have scared me to death. That happened to us a while back, you’re right it sure didn’t sound like a cat and totally freaky!
Making some freezer waffles for the kiddos is on the top of my ‘to do’ list ;}
I hope they enjoy the waffles! :)
yeah so as i was reading your post, my heart was like beating out of its chest. total horror/scary movie moment. what kinda cat screams like a girl?? wow, that’s gotta be a scary way to wake up. i would devour waffles just because i needed to soothe myself haha
Your story sounds like the beginning of a horror movie. I was half expecting you to say that your house was haunted or something..haha. These waffles sound like the perfect way to start your morning.
LOL omg that is scary! But cats really do have the ability to scream like people sometimes. When my cat was giving birth, and I tried to pet her to ease the birthing process, she literally shrieked at me! It was crazy! Hope these waffles calmed your nerves later on!
This is such a wonderful idea! Can’t wait to try these!
I definitely need to get a waffle maker again! Going on my Christmas list for sure
Yes you absolutely do!
Not gonna lie, cats can totally freak me out!
These waffles look so good!I like to keep frozen waffles in my freezer for snacks for myself!
We live in the woods and in the middle of the night we have heard them scream before, totallly freaks me out! These waffles are awesome! My kids could live on waffles so these are something I am going to try soon! :)
Wow the beginning of this sounds like it would have given me a heart attack! Hopefully no more visits from that cat! I love the idea of make-ahead waffles like this because I love warm waffles but would not want to do all the clean-up every day! Thanks for sharing :)
I don’t even have kids, but I would love to make these and finally break my husband of his daily Eggo habit!
Oh my gosh! I would have been a basket case!
Great idea on the waffles and these are waaaay healthier than those chemical-filled ones.
I’m going to make these for this weekend and probably for every weekend,thanks!
I used to have a cat named Johnathon that screamed like a human in agony before he barfed up a hairball. Unnerving to say the least! lol!
Oh my gosh that sounds like an absolutely horrifying way to realize you’re about to have to clean up something nasty lol.
These look incredible! And what a great idea to make these ahead and keep them in the freezer!
I would have been scared. I’m terrified to think that in the future I’ll have to be the one who goes to investigate scary stuff.
And I love the thought of these waffles! Wish I had a waffle iron. But I kind of don’t. Because I’d be at least 20 pounds heavier.
Genius idea!!!
Oh wonderful :) I really need to do this!
I was about to be very upset: I tasted the raw batter before cooking it and it tasted so salty! But somehow, through the magic of science, once I tasted a cooked waffle it was great! Crispy and light. I hope I can actually get around to freezing some instead of “tasting” them…
Make ahead waffles don’t mention eggs in the list of ingredients.
Eggs are listed both in the ingredients and directions.
I love this recipe! Am planning for Easter brunch and thinking of making waffles in advance and freezing for less prep work. Cheers!
A great timer saver for sure! Enjoy! :)