WaffleParty.com: Delicious Vegan Waffles!

Someone recently commented on the Buckwheat-Rice Yeast-Raised Vegan Waffle Recipe, asking if it could be made without yeast. (Mandee, thanks for your inspirational question!) It did require a number of modifications, but here’s what tinkering produced. These do have a different flavor than the yeast version, but I think they’re still tasty in their own way. Please let me know how they turn out for you!

• 1 C rice flour
• 1  C buckwheat flour
• 1/2 C tapioca flour
• 1 t salt
• 2 t baking powder
• 1 t baking soda
• 2 t xanthan gum
• 2  1/2 C soymilk, plain unsweetened
• 1/4 C canola oil
• 2 T molasses
• 2 T sugar

In a large bowl, sift or whisk together the flours, salt, baking soda, baking powder and xanthan gum. In a medium bowl, mix together the soymilk, oil, molasses and sugar. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and mix just until blended – you don’t want chunks of dry flour, but it should still be a bit lumpy. Allow the batter to sit for 3 minutes, and then stir another 5 to 10 strokes. Cook on a waffle iron generously sprayed with oil for 1 to 2 minutes past the iron manufacturer’s suggested average cooking time. Makes 4 (7-inch) round Belgian waffles.