Sourdough Waffles
Joy Manning · tasteofhome.com · 2026 · 14 waffles
Against 455 waffle recipes
More egg than 92% of recipes and more leavening than 95%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 455 waffle recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More egg than 92% of recipes: 80% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 40%, about twice as much.
- More leavening than 95% of recipes: 7.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 4.1%, about twice as much.
- No sugar at all, where 85% of recipes use some (most of those 10 to 27% of the flour weight).
- More fat than 78% of recipes: 45% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 31%.
Ingredients (9)
- 2 cups all-purpose flour≈ 250 g
- 1 tablespoon baking powder≈ 14 g
- 1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
- 1/2 teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
- 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 cups buttermilk≈ 336 g
- 4 large eggs, room temperature≈ 200 g
- 3/4 cup sourdough starter≈ 180 g
- 1/2 cup butter, melted≈ 114 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- Optional: maple syrup, confectioners' sugar butter and fresh berriesn/a
flour 250 gbatter 1102 g
≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.
Baker's percentages
Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 455 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.
- Liquid134% · 38th percentile · median 150%
- Egg80% · 95th percentile · median 40%
- Fat45% · 81st percentile · median 31%
- Sugar0% · 7th percentile · median 15%
- Leavening7.9% · 96th percentile · median 4.1%
- Salt1.2% · 66th percentile · median 0.7%
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