These Gluten-Free Vegan Belgian Waffles are an easy recipe to make for busy mornings. It's a plant-based breakfast that's healthier than store-bought waffles and is made without eggs, butter, or white flour!
Here's Why This Recipe Works
My top 3 favorite reasons:
- Made Without Eggs, Butter, or White Flour
- It's 100% Vegan and Gluten-Free
- Made With Clean, Real Food Ingredients
You can feel good about making my healthy, plant-based recipe because it's vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free, soy-free, egg-free, grain-free, paleo-friendly, and Medical Medium® Compliant.
"Feel good about what you eat..."
- Karielyn Tillman
Feel good about what you eat...
- karielyn tillman
feel good about what you eat ...
-karielyn tillman
Ingredients
Here are the ingredients needed to make this recipe. Try to buy organic if possible:
- chickpea flour
- avocado oil
- cane sugar
- tahini
- baking powder
- almond milk
- lemon juice
- Himalayan pink salt
Instructions
Here are step-by-step instructions to make this recipe:
Step 1
Add all the ingredients for the waffles (including the "buttermilk" mixture) to a medium mixing bowl.
Step 2
Stir everything together until well combined.
Step 3
Pour the batter onto your waffle maker and cook according to your waffle maker directions (See equipment tip below).
Step 4
Remove and repeat with the rest of the batter. Serve with coconut cream, your favorite fruit, or maple syrup.
Step 5
Remove and repeat with the rest of the batter. Serve with coconut cream, your favorite fruit, or maple syrup.
Karielyn's Expert Tips + Ingredient Substitutions
Here are some of my expert tips to make this recipe perfectly:
Chickpea Flour: I haven't tested the recipe using any other type of gluten-free flour. Since "chickpea flour" is not a neutral-flavored flour, the waffles will have a somewhat strong, distinctive "chickpea flour" taste to them. If you don't like the taste of chickpea flour, this would not be a good recipe to try.
Homemade Almond Milk: This can be substituted with your favorite plant-based milk. Another great option is Joi Organic Almond Milk made with 100% organic almonds.
Lemon Juice: This acidic ingredient is used to make "buttermilk" in the recipe. It can be substituted with organic apple cider vinegar (not Medical Medium® Compliant).
Cane Sugar: Feel free to substitute with your favorite organic unrefined granular sweetener or organic coconut sugar. In addition, these are not overly sweet waffles so you can increase the amount of sweetener if you prefer a sweet waffle.
Tahini: I added this ingredient as a "fat" but it can be omitted if you prefer.
Himalayan Pink Salt: This is my salt of preference, however, it can always be substituted with sea salt.
Toppings: Some other options for toppings: bananas, crushed goji berries, crushed pistachios and drizzled with maple syrup, homemade coconut cream, or your homemade chia jam, or your favorite fresh fruit.
Equipment Tip
Waffle Iron Tip: These can be a little tricky coming off the waffle iron and need to be handled with care. You may want to spray the iron with a non-GMO cooking spray, such as coconut oil or avocado oil to help with this. Make sure you leave them on the iron long enough to get crispy on the outside, as well as cook all the way through on the inside. If you are using the same brand of waffle iron I have, I have found the best results with the setting in the middle of "2" and "3".
Frequently Asked Questions
In my opinion, yes! Let's look at the ingredient list for a popular store-bought waffle brand:
S.A.D. (Standard American Diet) Kellogg's Buttermilk Waffles Ingredients: Enriched Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Vitamin B1 [Thiamin Mononitrate], Vitamin B2 [Riboflavin], Folic Acid, Water, Vegetable Oil (Soybean, Palm, and/or Canola Oil), Eggs, Buttermilk, Leavening (Baking Soda, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Monocalcium Phosphate), Sugar, Contains 2% or less of Salt, Soy Lecithin. Vitamins and Minerals: Calcium Carbonate, Vitamin A Palmitate, Reduced Iron, Niacinamide, Vitamin B12, Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine Hydrochloride), Vitamin B1 (Thiamine Hydrochloride), Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin).
My healthier version is made without eggs, dairy, or white flour and doesn't contain synthetic vitamins or GMO ingredients.
Gluten-Free Vegan Belgian Waffles
Ingredients
For the waffles:
- 2 cups organic chickpea flour
- ¼ cup organic cane sugar
- 3 tablespoons 100% pure avocado oil
- 1 tablespoon organic tahini
- 1 teaspoon aluminum-free baking powder
- ½ teaspoon Himalayan pink salt
For the "buttermilk":
- 2 cups homemade almond milk
- 1 tablespoon organic lemon juice
Instructions
- Preheat your waffle iron.
Prepare the "buttermilk":
- Add the ingredients for the "buttermilk" to a small mixing bowl and let it sit for a few minutes, then whisk before adding to the other ingredients.
Prepare the waffle mixture:
- Add all the ingredients for the waffles, including the "buttermilk", to a medium mixing bowl and gently stir together until well combined.
- Pour the batter onto your waffle iron and cook according to your waffle maker directions.
- Repeat with the rest of the batter.
- Serve with homemade coconut cream, your favorite fruit, or maple syrup.
Recipe Notes
Nutrition Information
Copyright Notice
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Want More Healthy Breakfast Recipes?
Check out these:
- Baked Oatmeal Breakfast Squares
- Vanilla Bean and Wild Blueberry Chia Seed Pudding
- Gluten-Free Vegan Biscuits
- or my CLEAN EATING Cookbook with 75+ plant-based recipes made with clean, real food ingredients just like this one that you will love!
Jaclyn says
Making this recipe for the third time now! You would never know it's gluten-free they're that good. Will try to freeze them next time I make them since certain members of my family could literally eat them everyday! Thank you!!
Karielyn says
Hi there Jaclyn! I'm so glad to hear everyone in your family likes them! I never have any leftover to know if freezing them would work so I hope you come back to let us know.
Thanks for trying out my recipe and for letting me know how much you enjoyed them! 🙂
Chef Willy says
Thanks for posting this simple, yet amazing recipe. I used coconut light milk instead of almond milk and instead of baking powder used 50/50 baking soda and cream of tartar! Excellent t recipe! Thanks!
Karielyn says
Hi there Chef Willy! I'm so glad to hear you enjoyed the waffles and I love the substitutions you made...especially the coconut milk!
Thanks for trying out the recipe and for taking the time to let me know you liked it...I really appreciate it 😉
MandI D. says
This recipe is better than any white flour waffles I've ever had! I used coconut sugar since that's all I had and added a couple of extra tablespoons because I like my waffles SWEET! I also added a touch of cinnamon which gives them a great flavor. Thanks Karielyn for a great recipe!
Karielyn says
Hi there Mandi! I'm so glad to hear the coconut sugar worked out and love the addition of cinnamon - yum!
Thanks so much for trying out my recipe and for letting me know you enjoyed it! 🙂
Sue Daston says
These waffles are AMAZING!! I can't believe they are healthy and vegan!! Thank you Karielyn!
Karielyn says
Hi there Sue! I'm so glad to hear you enjoyed my recipe!
Thank you for giving it a try and for letting me know how much you liked it 🙂