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Monday, May 05, 2014

Whole Wheat Chocolate Waffles

Hope all had a relaxing weekend and are busy back again in yet another week.Today's recipe is a whole wheat chocolate waffles.I recently added a new appliance in my kitchen,the most awaited waffle maker.Kids are a big fan of waffles and that's the only reason of buying this new gadget at home.But I never wanted to try the restaurant style waffles loaded with all purpose flour.I wished to sneak in a healthy waffle that can be tried at home with whole wheat flour.I know the first thing that comes to your mind is a dense waffle with whole wheat flour but I must admit that these are very light and soft in texture and my kids really enjoyed having these with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and strawberries.This is a very healthy alternative and a varied option to regular breakfast,enjoy !!!!



Ingredients
wheat flour 1 1/2 cups
baking powder 2 tsp
cocoa powder 1/2 cup
sugar granulated 4 tbsp
eggs 2 separated
canola oil or any vegetable oil 1/3 cup
milk 1 1/2 cup
vanilla extract 1 tsp
salt to taste



Method
-Sift the wheat flour,cocoa powder,granulated sugar,baking powder twice,mix it well.
-Beat the egg yolk and milk.Mix in oil and vanilla extract.Add in the mixed dry ingredients in batches.Mix slowly without lumps.(If there are lumps then don't bother much but don't overmix it)
-Using an electric mixer,beat the egg whites till stiff peaks.Fold in the egg whites to the batter without mixing it too much.
-Heat a waffle maker according to manufacturer's instruction.Spray a cooking spray all around.Pour half cup of batter in each or pour using a laddle or until the plate is full reaching all over.
-Cover and cook for 2-3 minutes or as per each manufacturer instruction.Using a fork gently flip it unto a wire rack and let them cool.(Don't stack the waffles one upon the other when it is hot as they become soggy)
-Enjoy them with chocolate chips or chocolate sauce or whipped cream or just a scoop of vanilla ice cream.



NOTES
* Sifting the flour is an important step as this will aerate the batter well.
* Add a pinch of salt when beating egg whites and also the bowl in which you're beating egg white should be grease free.
* Add sugar as per sweet tooth.As per this you get a bitter sweet chocolate waffles which tastes good with  a scoop of vanilla ice cream.Add chocolate chips if you wish that way too.


Servings 6 quarter size waffles in a 12" round waffle maker


24 comments:

  1. Perfect n healthy waffles julie

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  2. Lovely recipe Julie..... Will dfnitly try this coz my daughter is a waffle freak :). Deftly a healthier version

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  3. Kids will sure love this..fantastic...

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  4. At the first sight I thought the waffle itself to be a slab of chocolate,stunning it looks,wish to try this when I get a waffle maker

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  5. Healthy and so yummy waffles .Kid pleaser recipe for sure

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  6. Wow, this looks really really yum!

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  7. who can resist this tempting breakfast. not me or my kids for sure.

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  8. Chocolate waffle adipoli Julie.

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  9. looks yummy i too want to make this n give for kids but waiting for a chance to buy it

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  10. Absolutely yummy and tasty waffles !!

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  11. That is so tempting... best way to sneak in whole wheat flour... one question - what can I substitute for eggs?

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  12. wow! waffles look perfect and yumm..

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  13. The waffles look amazing...beautifully made

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  14. Always ready to have some..
    oh my my it is indeed one treat to eyes and tummy:)

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  15. wowww it looks like kit kat.. treat for kids indeed !!

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  16. @Nivedhanams Sowmya You can omit the eggs dear,still works good.Just give an additional minute or 2 to cook as waffles without eggs will take longer to cook.Also,add half of all purpose flour and wheat flour,I think the texture will be taken care of.These are my suggestions,I haven't tried these personally without eggs:)

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  17. Heyyyyy Julieeee....wow. ..great to see you back !!!! Saw your comment on Vineethas post and was like. Oh ...great. .she's back in action. Did drop by couple of times to chk out. .but felt u were out of bligsphere. Read the post on burfi saying abt u r shifting and stuff. Hope settled by now. Keep in touch. ...

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  18. Yummy filling breakfast,perfectly made

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  19. very good looking waffles julie, reminds me of those yummy one I had in belgium!

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  20. this looks so perfect and yummy... very tempting

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