Whole Wheat and Blueberry Waffles
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We’ve been making these whole wheat blueberry waffles about twice a week for the past few months. We’re a little obsessed with our new waffle maker 
This recipe is everything you want in a waffle; crisp on the outside and soft on the inside. It’s modified from the waffle recipe we found on allrecipes.com. We made the waffles healthy by substituting with whole wheat flour, sea salt, olive oil, honey and of course we added some blueberries. With all these “healthifications” (you’ll know by now I make up words when it seems appropriate), you’ll feel great about serving them to your family.
These waffles are really really good! We love them with real maple syrup and raspberry sauce and pile on all kinds of fresh fruit. Remember this recipe when you’re deciding what to make for breakfast on Father’s Day!
Ingredients for Whole Wheat Waffles:
2 large eggs
2 cups whole wheat flour
4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp fine sea salt or table salt
1 3/4 cups milk (any kind, we use 1%)
1/2 cup olive oil (we use extra light olive oil), canola oil also works well
1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
1 Tbsp honey
1 cup fresh blueberries (or 1 cup frozen with 1 tsp whole wheat flour)
What you’ll need:
A Waffle maker
How to Make Whole Wheat Honey Waffles:
1. Preheat your waffle maker to medium heat. In a large bowl beat 2 eggs on high speed until frothy and bubbly (1 min)
2. Place your sifter over your beaten eggs and sift in your 2 cups flour, 4 tsp baking powder and 1/4 tsp salt. Add the bran that’s left behind in your sifter; this is the oober healthy part of these waffles.
3. Pour in 1 3/4 cups milk, 1/2 cup olive oil, 1/2 tsp vanilla and 1 Tbsp honey. Whisk the mixture together until smooth.
4. In a small bowl, Mix together 1 cup blueberries with 1 tsp whole wheat flour. The flour coating will keep the blueberries from getting juicy. Use a spatula to fold in the frozen blueberries. Try not to over-mix or you’ll start getting blue streaks in your batter.
5. Pour your batter into your preheated waffle almost to the edges (you’ll know if you poured too much if you get batter that leaks out of the sides (put a paper towel underneath just in case). Serve waffles right away or let them rest on a wire rack. Don’t stack them while they are warm or they will become squishy and no one likes squishy waffles.
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See that strange hole on the edge of the waffle? That’s how you know they are homemade. What do you love on your waffles?
Whole Wheat and Blueberry Waffles
Ingredients
- 2 large eggs
- 2 cups whole wheat flour
- 4 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp fine sea salt or table salt
- 1 3/4 cups milk, any kind, we use 1%
- 1/2 cup olive oil, we use extra light olive oil, canola oil also works well
- 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 Tbsp honey
- 1 cup fresh blueberries, or 1 cup frozen with 1 tsp whole wheat flour
What you'll need:
- A Waffle maker
Instructions
- In a large bowl beat 2 eggs on high speed until frothy and bubbly (30 sec)
- Place your sifter over your beaten eggs and sift in your 2 cups flour, 4 tsp baking powder and 1/4 tsp salt. Add the bran that's left behind in your sifter.
- Pour in 1 3/4 cups milk, 1/2 cup olive oil, 1/2 tsp vanilla and 1 Tbsp honey. Whisk the mixture together until smooth.
- In a small bowl, Mix together 1 cup blueberries with 1 tsp whole wheat flour. Use a spatula to fold in the frozen blueberries.
- Pour your batter into your preheated waffle almost to the edges. Serve waffles right away or let them rest on a wire rack. Don't stack them while they are warm or they will become squishy.
Natasha Kravchuk
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I made the whole wheat blueberry waffles and they were delicious…a big hit with the family!
I’m so happy this was a hit with your family, Joanne!
You are an absolute genius for the tip to whip the eggs (instead of separating egg whites) which saved me time & effort. I’ve tried several recipes in search for the perfect waffle recipe and assumed a good waffle needed yeast, buttermilk or separated egg whites but your recipe blew them all away. Your waffles turned out perfect.
Whipping the eggs for 3 mins by mixer in the beginning made all the difference and saved me so much effort. I made a hybrid of your whole wheat & regular waffles (1 cup whole wheat & 1 cup all purpose and it was light, fluffy & crispy. Thank you so much for this recipe!
Wonderful to hear that it was a huge success! Thanks so much for your good comments and feedbck, we appreciate it.
This recipe is awesome!!! Thank you!! I added hemp seeds and cinnamon and used brown sugar because I was out of honey and turned out great. I used a mini waffle maker and made 13 waffles . The perfect quick morning snack!
You’re welcome! I’m so happy you loved it, Kate! That’s so great!
Hi Natasha, if you have too much batter can you freeze it to use it another time? Or just refrigerate it for a few days? Thanks Avril
Hi Avril, we always freeze half of them since there are only four of us. Wrap them well so they don’t get freezer burn.
Great recipe. Thank you. Suggest you state (frozen) wild blueberries since they are smaller. Also, mention waffle maker temperature. I first set medium on my old waffle maker and created a sticky mess. Next batch I preheated to high with great result.
Glad you enjoyed it, thank you for the suggestions too!
These were perfect! Exactly what I was craving. I make a lot of waffles and definitely can’t say that about all of them. This will be my new go-to.
Thank you very much for sharing this recipe!
You’re very welcome! I’m glad you found your new go-to recipe.
Great flavor, but I have an old-fashioned gravity lid waffle maker, no sensor, and the batter was too thick (first batch came out with frilly edges, second batch was thick, more like a cake, and oozed out the side!); recommend increasing the milk to 2 c for a little thinner batter. Otherwise, with homemade blueberry syrup, it was great (ya gotta LOVE blueberries, though). Thanks, Natasha — definitely a keeper. BTW, excellent suggestion about pre-flouring the berries — they maintained their integrity.
Thank you for sharing your experience trying out this recipe, John. Glad you enjoyed it!
This recipe has the same amount of flour (2 cups) as your Fluffy Waffle recipe does but it makes fewer waffles. Using frozen berries seemed to mess with the sensor on our waffle iron and they started to burn and then I caught on! I made the batter 3 hours in advance and put it in the fridge until needed. The whole wheat flour absorbed a lot of the liquid and the batter ended up with a lively consistency. A keeper recipe and will try it w/o fruit next time and offer it as a side sauce.
Hi Roger! Thank you so much for sharing that with me! I’m glad that worked out for you!
Hi Natasha, as I don’t have an waffle iron can I bake these in the oven instead of so at what temperature and for how long
Thank you for your kind advice
R,
Louella
Hi Loella, I imagine that would work however I haven’t tried that yet to advise of the timing. If you do an experiment, please share with us how it goes!
Natasha I love your recipes, this whole wheat waffle one was delicious family loved it. I made sure to keep the eggs at room temperature and also the milk. Delicious recipe thank you! I was only able to make 5 waffles instead of 6 though. If I want to double this recipe or triple it do I double all the ingredients?
Hi Rema, yes, you will double all of the ingredients to make a double portion. I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
I just made these. Absolutely delicious. Thank you Natasha
I’m so happy you enjoyed this recipe, Rose! Thank you for sharing that with me!
I just made your waffle recipe and it is the best! This will definitely be my go to recipe from now on. I made half the recipe and used chopped plums and cherries instead of the blueberries. Thank you so much, Natasha.
That’s so great! It sounds like you have a new favorite, Janet!
Perfect recipe! Just what I was looking for 😆💕 thank you!
You are very welcome. Thank you for giving this recipe a great review!
Can I substitute cow milk with buttermilk or coconut milk?
HI Anna, I haven’t tested those substitutions but I think it’s worth experimenting. If you try it out, please let me know how it goes.
I’ve made this waffle about 3 times and I add organic Frozen blueberries and my family loves it. I type this as I’m making my 4th batch. Yum!
I’m so happy you enjoyed that. Thank you for sharing that with us!
Hi! do these freeze well? And hoss wed would you freeze them?
Thanks:)
Hi Eleni, Yes, we always freeze half of them since there are only four of us. Wrap them well so they don’t get freezer burn.
Morning! Made these on this snowy morning using gluten free flour, same measurements of every thing and substituting sugar for the honey. These came out perfect. Crisp outside (paper than regular flour) soft center. My husband and kids inhaled them and a second batch was called for! Best waffle recipe I’ve tried, didn’t have to separate eggs and you can’t taste the baking powder – love it.
Thank you so much for sharing your experiment with us! I’m so happy you enjoyed that!
I typically do half and half on white flour vs whole wheat and they taste exactly like all white flour waffles. Also love the use of honey instead of sugar! We enjoy our waffles a tad bit sweeter so I do add just a tad more of honey. Amazing recipe for waffles, 11/10 recommend to anyone!
That’s just awesome!! Thank you for sharing your wonderful review 🙂
Hi,
I halved the recipe and got 7 mini waffles. They were very delicious. My 3 1/2 year old son liked it too.
Thanks.
Chandra
You’re so welcome Chandra! That is the best when kids love what we moms make.
Hi Natasha.
These waffles look delicious. I want to make them. Also the link you included for waffle maker when i click on it some anti snoring solution pops up instead. Lol.. Is it just my phone?
Lol. That is so strange that it pulls that up. Definitely should not be a snoring solution. Here is the waffle maker we use. I’ll fix that link above 🙂 Thanks for letting me know!
These are amazing! They are nice and firm and will re-heat beautifully in the toaster!
Hi Erin, Thank you for sharing your wonderful review 🙂
im not sure if this was asked before, but is it possible to make the batter night before? would i add the baking powder night before also or in the morning before im ready to make them?
Hi Emmily, I honestly haven’t tried refrigerating the batter overnight so I can’t say if they would still rise as well. If you experiment with it, let me know 🙂
Hi Natasha! Happy New Year!
I just made this waffles again (we’ve been using this recipe for several years now) and it’s literally the best recipe ever! I usually just use all white flour and, depending on my kiddos, I omit the blue berries. Still turns out perfect every time!! I also substitute a couple table spoons of cornstarch for flour and the waffles stay crispy longer….oh one more thing, I didn’t have any oil so I substituted for unsalted butter (3/4 cup melted butter for 1/2 cup oil). This changed the texture but they were so good!
Another amazing recipe! Thank you so much!!
Hello Ira! Happy New Year to you! I’m so glad to hear how much you and your family enjoy the recipe. Thanks for following and sharing your fantastic review with other readers!
Superb post.Ne’er knew this, thank youu forr letting me know.
You’re welcome! I’m glad you found it helpful!
What is the nutrition information on these waffles?
Due to time constraints, I don’t typically include nutritional info, but check out https://www.verywell.com – you can plug in the ingredients from any recipe, select the serving size and it will give you nutritional info, calories, etc. I hope that is helpful to you!
Has anyone tried subbing the olive oil for coconut oil with success?
Do you have more waffle recipies? I got a new waffle iron for Christmas and wanted to make some waffles. Merry Christmas!
These are the only one so far. We have plenty of pancakes recipes but only one waffles. I guess this means we should post more this new year! 😉
Made these waffles and loved them! Added about a tablespoon of ground flaxseed and they were perfect.
I love that healthy add-in! Thank you for sharing that with us 🙂
These are great! By adding a bit of Agave my kids eat them without syrup or butter. Made a double batch today to have in the freezer. This has been a wonderful addition to my efforts to get my kids off processed foods. They are reading ingredients now and love making healthy options to freeze for easy food options later. Thank You!!
That’s awesome that you’re teaching your kids healthy habits early on! I’m so glad you and your kids enjoyed this recipe 🙂
Will this recipe work as well.if I don’t have a Blender ? Can the egg whites be hand whisked , but might not be able to achieve the same frothy level , will it affect the end texture of the waffle ? The rest of the batter mix can just be stir n mix broth hand ?
Thanks, Nellyn
You can still achieve the same frothy level if whisking by hand but it may take 2-3 minutes. It will still be fine 🙂
These were great! It seemed like quite a bit of oil (counting calories), so I subbed half the oil for plain applesauce and did not miss the extra oil! Saving this recipe to make again!
I’ll have to try that healthy substitution! thank you for sharing! 🙂
Do you think this batter will work for pancakes instead of making it into waffles? Thanks!
Vita, I haven’t tried it but sounds like a good idea. Let me know how it goes :).
The waffles are delicious! I always find the perfect recipe on your website. Thank you! I served the waffles with mascarpone on top and maple syrup, we loved them! Thank you so much!
That combination sounds delicious! Thanks so much for sharing 🙂
I have a big bag of organic wheat berries for sprouting that i’ll never get through, so I ground 2 cups worth of flour in my tiny spice grinder with the intent to make waffles. Yours was the first recipe I found and damn are they exquisite. Thanks very much for the recipe.
I’m so glad you liked them! Thanks for sharing your tip about the wheat berries! 🙂
Can i use regural all purpose flour???
Yes, absolutely Inna :). They will turn out even softer.
I make these all the time and love them.! Do you have the nutrition chart?
I don’t have one done for this recipe, but a great source for nutritional values is caloriecount.com. You can copy and paste a full list of ingredients and get the results quickly. I hope that helps 🙂
Never made waffles ever before, but good at following instructions so I followed your recipe and voila! Perfect waffles. It goes a long way that they’re healthy too. My wife and mom loved them too! I made them the second time b/c everyone loved them and this time around I only used the egg white. Still delicious, didn’t even notice any difference. Thank you!
That’s awesome, I’m glad you like the recipe :). Good to know that it worked just with the egg white.
I’m so glad you all enjoyed the waffles so much! It’s great to know that just egg white works well; making them even healthier! Thanks so much for sharing that 🙂
Looks tempting. Cant wait to have this.. But unfortunately I cant eat eggs :-(. Is there a substitute?
I just haven’t tried it with anything else. Sorry I can’t be more helpful. You might try using ground flax seeds with a little water until it gets a jelly consistency and then add that or chia seeds in water until it’s jell-like, but without testing it, I can’t really say how different it will be or how much of it you would need.
Other than the health factor, is there going to be a great difference if i use reg flour vs whole wheat… I dont have any on hand. I will go out and buy it if the waffles wont be as fluffy or wont rise the way theyre supposed to. I dont want to lose out on them being delicious… im making them for a few guests and have only one chance for the batter. Kinda hard on myself hu? hehe. Thanks!!!
ps, i pinned a bunch of your recipes to my “foods to try” pintrest page- cant wait to try them all!
You can absolutely use regular all-purpose flour. We do that sometimes and they do turn out a little bit softer. I hope you love them! 🙂 P.S. Thank you so much for pinning my recipes. I hope you LOVE every one you try!
You did it again! AMAZING recipe! just made these. best waffles ever… didn’t use wheat flour, used canadian flour (that’s all we had) and they were perfect!!!!
ps. we have the same waffles iron. Love it!
I bet they were amazing with Canadian flour. That always seems to make baked goods softer 🙂
So me and my husband finally purchased a waffle maker and tried making this recipe an it came out delicious but ee eliminated honey and used regular flour an tbey still turned oit perfect so thank you for the recipe its definately a keeper one.
Thank you for the great review Irina. I change ingredients from time to time as well and they still come out delicious :).
Hi Natasha!
I’m a HUGE fan of your recipe I make it once a week religiously :).
The problem is I only make them for myself and this recipe is way too much for me to finish before I have to throw out the batter 2 days later. I’ve tried twice to cut the recipe in half. The first time they came out ok (not as good as when I do the recipe as it is) but they were good just the batter wasn’t as liquid-y and the waffles weren’t as fluffy or soft. The second time I tried to cut it in half it was a mess. The batter was completely gooey and pastey so I had to throw the whole thing out. Is there a specific way to cut this in half or even smaller so I could enjoy them without throwing away so much batter?
Thanks!
I haven’t tried cutting it in half yet, but have you tried making all of them and freezing them? We stack them after they are cooled to room temp and then wrap in plastic wrap. To re-heat, you put them in our little toaster oven and it’s the quickest breakfast and they’re still so so good! Way better than store-bought frozen waffles! 🙂 I hope that helps.
These waffles look amazing! I will definitely be making them this weekend. 🙂
I hope you love them!!
I did! I have to say that I am loving your blog recipes. My mom’s side of the family is Ukrainian Canadian and so many of your recipes bring back memories of family gatherings when I was a kid. Your crepes also remind me of the crepes I had in Ukraine several years ago, except the ones I ate there had lemon flavoured cottage cheese. I can’t wait to try out your Blini.
Oooh my goodness lemon flavored cottage cheese. Yum!!
Great recipe! The waffles came out delicious! Thank you
You’re welcome, I’m glad you like them 🙂
Thanks for the recipe it sounds great. Is there anyway I can add Flaxseed to the batter to make it more healthier? How do you think it will taste?
Thanks!
We grind up the flaxseed and add it to the batter pretty often. We add 1 Tbsp ground flax seed. You can’t taste it in there at all.
I have recently began to make products from scratch. This is a great choice for even less experienced cooks. I too have a waffle maker, and my waffles came out golden brown and yummy!
Woohoo! I’m so glad you enjoyed the recipe. We make these ALL the time! 🙂
These were very good. I make ww blueberry pancakes often but had not tried waffles. I didn’t change a thing and we very much enjoyed them. I will freeze most as it is only my husband & I eating so there were several leftover. My only issue is that the blueberries scorched on the grids making clean up a bit of a chore. (The waffles did not scorch.) My griddles don’t detatch. :(. Anyway thank you for the recipe. It’s a keeper!!
Is your’s a non-stick waffle maker? My waffle maker is pretty new so nothing sticks to it. If you are having that issue, I’d just omit the blueberries and top the finished waffles with some fresh blueberries 🙂
Natasha, I can substitute regular flour for the Wheat? They’ll turn out ok?
Yes! All purpose flour works great for this recipe.
Do you think it will be ok if I make batter night before and just bake the waffles in the a.m.?
Thanks and I love ALL your recipes!:)
Yes, we’ve done it before and it works well 🙂
Easy to make and taste delicious! I only added 1/3 cup of oil and used unbleached King Arthur’s flour and they were awesome!
Thank you for the good report Angelina, it’s good to know that less oil can be used :).
These are amazing!!!! What a great idea to use olive oil and honey!!!
I’m so glad you enjoyed the recipe 🙂
We have the same waffle maker, and love it too. Defiantly gonna try your recipe for waffles, I love using whole wheat flour!
I know you’ll love these!! 🙂
Gotta try these! Need to dust off my waffle maker for such an occasion!
Definitely dust it off and polish it up 🙂
These waffles look soooo good! And they’re making me want a round waffle maker right….about…NOW. I have one that makes rectangular waffles but I just loveeeee how yours look. I must try the recipe too. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Tia, we make them at least few times a week :).
Natasha, this looks like an absolutely beautiful breakfast. By the way, on a different subject completely, are you using Thesis theme for your blog? I am thinking of switching to Thesis and was curious what my favorite blogs are using.
I am using Thesis!! Have you checked out the resources page at the top? I share all the things I use 🙂 Make sure if you sign up for Thesis that you sign up for the Thesis affiliate program, then you’ll get a referral % every time someone signs up for thesis through your site. It’s a nice little perk. But, yes, I’m very happy with Thesis so far.
I will use that link, definitely! I am thinking of buying the basic package, which should have all the features, correct? I think more expensive packages (Pro) just have lifetime upgrades. I will be installing it and customizing it all by myself: hopefully it will be easy enough! 🙂
I beleive we purchased Thesis basic 🙂
These look really good and healthy.
My favorite way to eat waffles is with sliced bananas, whipped cream, and syrup. They taste amazing this way.
Oh goodness that sounds amazing!
Grace would love these
We love our waffle maker too 😉 Have you tried freezing the waffles…I make a big batch and put on baking sheets in freezer until almost frozen and then in bag. We heat later in toaster. My kids used to eat store waffles on busy mornings but these are way better 🙂
Oh yeah! We always freeze half of them since there are only three of us 🙂 I agree these are WAY better than store-bought!
WHAT NATCHIONALITY ARE YOU??
I am Ukrainian 🙂
nATASHA, U SAY…….U HAVE A COK BOOK COVERER WITH WHAT
Thanks Joann, that’s so sweet of you to say 🙂
Great maple syrup pour shot! Those waffles look so good. Now I need to go borrow my moms waffle maker.
This may be a silly question but does the extra light olive oil taste have a lighter taste (less olive-y..now I’m the one making up words..oh well, it’s appropriate. 😉
I couldn’t tell the difference :).
Mmm.. looks so gud! Just in time for breakfast.
Thank you Elen, best of all, they take no time at all to make :).
They look so good! My family loves waffles. Perfect summer breakfast. 😉
Thank you Inessa, what kind does your family makes?