We love a whole grain waffle made with hearty whole wheat flour! These waffles are eggless thanks to aquafaba, the leftover chickpea brine that serves as an egg replacer. These are crispy, satisfyingly grainy and perfect for a cozy brunch!
Despite my professed love for pancakes, I also hold a huge soft spot for waffles. These whole grain ones made vegan with aquafaba really hit the spot when I’m craving something a little more wholesome and hearty!
Why You’ll Love this Recipe
- Crisp edges and hearty texture: The whole wheat flour lends these a really hearty, satisfying texture with a crispy-edged texture that is perfect for soaking up syrup.
- Lightly sweet: A combination of brown sugar and banana lends a light amount of sweetness to these waffles.
- Fast to make: You probably have most of these ingredients already in your pantry, no eggs needed!
Recipe Tips
- If you don’t regularly use aquafaba (like me), you can freeze leftover aquafaba in ice cube trays. Just defrost when needed!
Whole Grain Vegan Waffles
These whole grain waffles use whole wheat flour and aquafaba (or chickpea brine) for crisp, hearty, lightly sweet waffles!
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups whole wheat flour
- 3 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp kosher salt
- 1 small banana (about 1/2 cup mashed)
- 3/4 cup plant-based milk, at room temperature
- 1/4 cup oil or vegan butter
- 3 tbsp aquafaba
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
Instructions
- Whisk together all dry ingredients: whole wheat flour through salt. In another bowl, combine the mashed banana, milk, vegan butter or oil, aquafaba and vanilla. Gently fold wet ingredients into dry mixture until just combined with no floury streaks.
- Grease a waffle iron and cook as directed. Makes approximately 4 waffles.
Notes
To get aquafaba, I simply open a can of chickpeas and drain out the liquid to use. Reserve the chickpeas for another use!
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
Helen
I don’t see the banana listed in the ingredients, just in the instructions. Is it one banana and what size, please? Also, is the whole wheat flour the pastry type? Using aquafaba is so useful with this egg shortage/price. TY
erika
Thank you for catching–just updated, it should be 1 small banana or about 1/2 cup mashed! You can use either regular or pastry whole wheat flour.
CarterB
Enjoyed them, probably did a bit thicker pours than I should have for my waffle maker. Also recipe mentioned mashed banana but not in ingredients. Decided to mash a whole one (1 cup?)
Poppy
These are wonderful!! Do you happen to have the nutrition information for these? Thanks so much!!
Dorothy
Fantastic waffles! Thank you for the recipe! Did not make any changes!
erika
Amazing, thanks for reporting back Dorothy!!
rachel @ athletic avocado
I have never tried aquafaba in waffles! Such a great idea, yum!
Shikha @ Shikha la mode
Learning so much, as usual!
erika
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Kathryn
These are total waffle perfection (and, ps, your list made me want to get back to NYC stat and eat all the food that I missed out on when I was there last year).
Pang {circahappy}
What a fun trip you had!!! Next time I travel to the NYC, I need to call up Cynthia 🙂
Anyway, this waffle looks so crispy and yummy, Erika. Loveeeeeee I now know what I am going to make comes Christmas morning. (WINK WINK)
bTW, I’ve never heard of aquafaba before; now I need to look into it.
cynthia
These waffles are soso beautiful, Erika!! I JUST put a jar of aquafaba in the fridge after making chickpeas this weekend and was thinking of your delicious cookies when I did!!! I really want to try that aquafaba meringue sorcery too… and now these waffles. And also just say “aquafaba” over and over. PS Dude, there are two whole boxes of Dough doughnuts in our breakroom right now. But no lemon poppyseed. But I still ate a bunch and am trying reaaally hard not to go back right now and eat more. Lol. I had sooo much fun meeting you, lady!!
Ashlae
Ok, so.. tip for freezing aquafaba: just make sure your house guests know those bags of clear cubes that look like ice cubes are aaaaactually frozen chickpea brine. 😉 ALSO! These waffles. So pretty. Mind telling a lady which waffle iron you’re using? My Belgian number just bit the dust and I’ve been on a hunt for a new one for the past week.. and it’s been a maddening hunt. HELP A LADY OUT PLZZZZZ. xo
erika
Bwahaha Ashlae, you have no idea how clearly I can see that EXACT situation happening with one of my horrified siblings. It would be priceless.
And nooo for broken waffle makers!! Sorry for the delay on this, but I use my roommate’s Farberware one: http://www.walmart.com/ip/Farberware-Flip-Waffle-Maker-Black/22910581 To be honest, it does the job, can’t complain, but I imagine you could find a waffle maker that might suit your aesthetic better and do a similar or better job 😉 <333
laurasmess
…now I feel like I’ve just spent YEARS pouring some magical substance down the drain! Wow. This is life changing. Love the look of these waffles and yes, I am now definitely going to start stockpiling that briny goodness! Amazepeas.
Katie (The Muffin Myth)
I’m loving all the aquafaba recipes I’ve seen popping up around the internet. I don’t have the freezer space to save it (Euro freezer, sigh) but when I’ve got a fresh can of chickpeas open I make sure to use it up in whatever I can. Next up: these waffles.
Nora (A Clean Bake)
I am really surprised to hear that the chickpea (etc) brine is so useful because I always wash my chickpeas really, really well to get rid of it. I thought that it causes indigestion! Maybe that’s a vicious rumor, because this isn’t the first recipe I’ve seen using it super successfully. It’s so versatile!
Emilie @ Emilie Eats
OH MY GOSH I need to try this NOW!!! I haven’t tried aquafaba yet and I don’t know why!!