This Apple Waffles recipe uses two whole apples and the batter is made easily in a blender. Made using healthy ingredients like rolled oats, eggs, milk, and butter, or coconut oil, it makes a healthy fall breakfast.
I wanted an apple waffles recipe that is packed with apples, like the instant pot apple oatmeal or air fryer apple fritters. However, adding too many apples diluted the batter because apples consist of 86% water. So I fold in some of the apples in the form of chunks.
Like my healthy waffles recipe or oatmeal waffles, my favorite part is that you dump all ingredients into a blender, blend and make waffles. It is one of the easiest waffle recipes that you'll make.
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Why this recipe works?
To maximize the apple flavor in this recipe, I blended some apples with all ingredients and stirred in more chopped apples for texture and flavor contrast.
Blended oats mostly absorb the abundance of water in apples, because they are up to 60 percent starch.
Ingredients
Scroll down to the recipe card below for full information on ingredients and amounts.
- Oats - Use old-fashioned rolled oats and not quick cooking or instant variety.
- Eggs – Since they are liquid when raw and firm up when cooked, they play a crucial role in binding and structure.
- Flavoring - Ground cinnamon adds warmth.
- Sugar – Like my eggless oatmeal cookies, brown sugar compliments the fall fruit with the deep molasses flavor.
- Baking powder - Lifts things up.
- Coconut oil - Use melted coconut oil or butter.
- Apple - Any medium size baking apple variety.
Types of apples to use: I like to use Honeycrisp, Braeburn or Golden delicious for it's sweet-tart flavor. Other varieties like Pink Lady or Jonathan will also be just as delicious. Check out more details in the apple round up post apple recipes.
Variations
- Replace cinnamon with vanilla extract.
- Stir in some finely chopped walnuts into the batter for added crunch.
- Use other fall spices like ground ginger, nutmeg and cloves, like in pumpkin waffles.
How to make?
You can find full printable recipe below, but here is a quick overview of the procedure along with step-by-step photos.
1 to 4. Add rolled oats, baking powder, sugar, eggs, cinnamon, milk and melted butter along with 1 cup chopped apples, into a blender and blend until smooth.
Tip: It took about 2 minutes in my blender.
Pour batter into a bowl and let rest for about 5 minutes while you preheat the waffle iron. This helps the batter to thicken slightly. Stir the remaining 1 cup chopped apples into the batter.
Make apple waffles according to the manufactures instructions. Cook until they are deep golden.
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How to serve?
I love these apple waffles, with a dab of softened salted butter and maple syrup. Other delicious toppings like whipped cream, caramel sauce or sautéed apples.
Quick recipe to make sautéed apples:
Slice apples into thin slices (about ¼-inch), cook in a skillet with some butter, brown sugar and cinnamon for a few minutes, over medium heat, until they are crisp tender. Spoon topping over waffles along with the sauce.
Storage and Reheating
Place cooled apple waffles in a ziplock bag and freeze for several weeks. My favorite way to re heat them is to pop one or two in a bread toaster, until hot and crisp. Great for weekday mornings!
Helpful tips
- Make it healthier – Replace butter with coconut oil, like in healthy apple crumble.
- Types of apples to use: Fuji, Honey crisp, Gala, Jonagold, Braeburn, and Golden delicious are all great options.
- You will need about 2 medium or 1 and ½ large apples to get 2 cups of chopped apples for the apple waffles recipe.
- Chop apples to ¼-inch dice for a uniform texture.
- Use gluten-free oats to make it gluten-free.
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Apple Waffles
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 cups chopped apples cut into ¼-inch cubes, divided
- 2 Eggs large
- 1 ½ cups Old Fashion Oats
- ¾ cup Milk more if needed
- ¼ cup melted coconut oil
- 1 tablespoon light brown sugar packed
- 1 ½ teaspoon Baking powder
- ½ to 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ⅛ teaspoon Salt
Additional ingredients
- Maple syrup for serving
Instructions
- Preheat your waffle iron.
- Add all ingredients along with 1 cup chopped apples (reserve 1 cup for later use) into a blender and blend until smooth. Tip: It took about 2 minutes in my blender.
- Pour batter into a bowl and stir the remaining 1 cup chopped apples into the batter. If the batter looks thick, then stir in 1 to 3 tablespoons of more milk.
- Add about ⅓ cup batter into each waffle plate and cook according to manufacturers' instructions until deep golden. (I cooked for 6 minutes in my waffle iron).
- Remove the waffles onto a wire rack and repeat with the remaining batter. Pro tip: Remove the waffles gently! These waffles tend to be softer, due to the high water content in apples and the absence of flour.
- Serve waffles hot with maple syrup.
Notes
Here is a quick recipe to make sautéed apples:
Slice apples into thin slices (about ¼-inch), cook in a skillet with some butter, brown sugar and cinnamon for a few minutes, over medium heat, until they are crisp tender. Spoon topping over waffles along with the sauce.Nutrition
Nutritional information, based on third-party calculations, should be seen as estimates, not guarantees, as various factors like product types, brands, processing methods, and more can alter the nutritional content in recipes.
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Yvonne
The amount of cinnamon is missing from your recipe.
Maria Doss
Hi Yvonne, It has been fixed, thank you for bringing it to our attention, Maria
Cecil
O-M-G. THIS IS SOOOO GOOD. It's like eating cookie almost. The apple just killed it and the chunks, wow. So I actually used 2 big apples, and 1 tbsp sugar and 1/4 c butter, no salt coz it's already salty. I up my oats to 2 cups. Just amazing. Even my picky eater 23 yr old daughter loves it. I also tried it with banana instead of apple and again ,sooooo good. I grinded my oat first then mix with the liquid. Thank you so much. I will be making this every wk on my day off.
Maria Doss
That’s so great to hear, so glad you loved it - Maria ♡
Alyssa Nichols
Would I need to make any adjustments to the recipe if I use a non dairy milk ?
Maria Doss
Hi Alyssa, Non-dairy milk should work just fine - Maria
Anita
I'm am wondering if applesauce can be used instead of apples - and if so how much? This sounds like a great recipe!
Maria Doss
Hi Anita, I apologize that we haven't tested this recipe ourselves, and none of our readers have tried it with applesauce yet - Maria
Rachael
How would the recipe vary if I were to make pancakes instead of waffles? Would I be the same measurements? My waffle maker suuuuucks
Maria Doss
Hi Rachael, I’m not entirely sure how this recipe will translate to pancakes. I suggest stirring chopped apples into the oat flour pancake batter, which is quite similar to this recipe using rolled oats. If you’re looking to make it a bit healthier, you can substitute the butter with coconut oil. Hope it helps - Maria
Jill
These are very good waffles!! Husband loved them too. Nice to have hot chunks of apple in the waffle and I'll add walnuts next time. Easy, quick, delicious! Glad we have a few for the freezer. 😊
Linda
I only had one apple on hand but had applesauce. So I used about 3/4 cup applesauce with the oats to blend and added in some chopped apple later as stated in the recipe, guessing maybe 1/2 cup. The chopped apple does add apple goodness to these but you could omit them if you only had applesauce on hand. I added in the milk a little at a time so I don’t recall the actual amount I used. The waffles were very soft but delicious. All that to say, you could make these with just if that’s all you had on hand to use. Hope that helps.
I also added some extra spices, cloves and nutmeg.
Miriam
These are now my fav waffles. Absolutely delicious!!
I swapped “more chunky flavor vanilla” fir sugar and used pea protein milk. Worked just fine!
Thanks for the recipe ❤️💕
Maria Doss
That’s so great to hear, so glad you loved it - Maria ♡
Ro
Could almond flour be substituted for the oats?
Maria Doss
Hi Ro, I'm sorry, but almond flour is quite soft and light, lacking the stability that oats provide. Additionally, apples contribute a lot of moisture to the batter, and oats are great at absorbing that moisture during cooking. Unfortunately, almond flour just won't work for this recipe - Maria
Nicole
Tasty waffles! Nice to have an alternative recipe work out. I made some modifications for those curious. I used flax seed eggs instead of regular eggs and oat milk. I recommend using a small waffle maker as they turned out better. nnThank you for the recipe
Maria Doss
That’s so great to hear and appreciate the tips - Maria ♡
Tuqa
I just made this for tomorrow’s breakfast. They taste amazing.
I only used one big apple in the blender and didn’t put another apple before baking and used maple syrup instead of sugar and I love the taste and texture.
Thank you for this recipe.
Maria Doss
That’s so great to hear! Wishing you a very happy holidays - Maria ♡