This waffle recipe is especially great for the fall or early winter, and for desserts near holidays including Halloween and Thanksgiving. My wife grew up near a farm that makes delicious apple cider donuts, and laments that no vegan version of them is available locally. These waffles, however, revived some of her childhood memories. Perhaps they’ll do the same for you.
Ingredients
- 1/3 C raw pecans, finely chopped
- 1 C whole wheat flour
- 1 C all-purpose wheat flour
- 2 t baking powder
- 1 t baking soda
- 1/2 t cinnamon
- 1/4 t nutmeg
- 1 t salt
- 1 1/2 C apple cider
- 1/2 C soymilk
- 3/4 C sugar
- 1/2 C canola oil
- 1 t vanilla
Directions
Chop the pecans and set them aside. In a large bowl, whisk or sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. In a small bowl, mix the apple cider, soymilk, sugar, canola oil, and vanilla. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and mix just until the dry ingredients are saturated. Fold in the chopped pecans. Because these waffles are exceptionally moist and cake-like, spray the waffle iron especially generously with oil, and cook for about a minute longer than normal cooking time. Drizzle with hot maple syrup or sprinkle with additional cinnamon and sugar.
4 responses so far ↓
1 Claudia K // Nov 30, 2008 at 4:00 pm
I had a craving for cider donuts, so I searched and found this recipe. These waffles are delicious! I’m not a vegan, so I made a few changes: used buttermilk instead of soymilk and added an egg. Also used walnuts instead of pecans. You do have to grease the waffle iron very well. I would definitely recommend them!
2 WaffleAdmin // Dec 2, 2008 at 4:34 pm
Claudia,
Glad to hear you enjoyed it, and tried a little variation with the walnuts. Apples and walnuts are certainly a tried and true combination. Liquid substitutions are pretty flexible in waffle recipes, a main difference here being that the buttermilk will give it more fat and cholesterol; and as odd as it may seem, the recipes here do work without egg (unless, again, someone really wants the cholesterol). Happy waffling!
3 Adam // Dec 12, 2008 at 8:56 pm
These might not be vegan if the sugar isn’t vegan. If you’re using cane sugar (in the US anyways), I’d recommend organic, since most organic cane sugar hasn’t been filtered with bone char.
4 WaffleAdmin // Dec 12, 2008 at 10:39 pm
Adam,
Thanks for pointing this out - very good point that many people aren’t aware of. We generally use raw sugar from the bulk section of our local Co-op, which is another option.
Dave
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