The Best Waffle Recipe

sugarspunrun.com · 2020 · 4 belgian waffles

Against 455 waffle recipes

More liquid than 80% of recipes and more salt than 82%.

How it compares

Against the typical batch: the median of 455 waffle recipes, per 100 g of flour.

More liquid than 80% of recipes: 195% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 150%.
More salt than 82% of recipes: 1.8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.7%, about 2.5 times as much.
Fat in the middle half of recipes: 23% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 31%.

Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

2 cups all-purpose flour≈ 250 g
3 Tablespoons granulated sugar≈ 38 g
2 Tablespoons cornstarch≈ 16 g
2 teaspoons baking powder≈ 9 g
½ teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
¾ teaspoon salt≈ 4.5 g
2 cup buttermilk (please click the link for instructions on how to make a simple buttermilk substitute )≈ 488 g
2 large eggs (whites and yolks divided)≈ 100 g
1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
4 Tablespoons unsalted butter (melted and cooled a bit)≈ 57 g

flour 250 gbatter 969 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 455 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.