Make these Maple Bacon Waffles to enjoy a weekend morning breakfast for you to enjoy with your family!
Ever since I was very little, Sunday mornings have been reserved for doing something very special for breakfast. All week long we eat cereal, English muffins, bagels, Greek yogurt and the occasional egg. So by the time Sunday rolls around, it’s time for something that feels extravagant, like maple bacon waffles!
Ingredients Needed:
- all purpose flour
- baking powder and salt
- milk
- maple syrup
- butter
- eggs
- bacon
How to make Maple Bacon Waffles:
The complete, printable recipe is at the end of this post.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt. In a separate bowl, whisk together the milk, syrup, butter and eggs. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir until moistened.
- Preheat your waffle iron. Coat your waffle iron with nonstick spray. Spoon the batter onto the waffle iron and sprinkle with a little bit of bacon. Cook 4 to 5 minutes or until done. Repeat with the remaining batter. Serve topped with additional crumbles of bacon and warm maple syrup.
Recipe Tip
How to cook bacon in the oven:
This recipe calls for cooked bacon. I always make my bacon in the oven because it’s so easy to do, and there is very little clean-up or mess involved. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with foil. Lay the strips of bacon on the foil. Bake until the bacon is browned and crispy, 15 to 20 minutes. Time in the oven will depend on how thick your bacon is. Let the bacon cool and drain on a paper towel lined plate, and then chop it into smaller pieces.
About Maple Syrup:
I ate the reduced-calorie syrup for a zillion years before I realized that it has hardly any actual maple in it at all. So now it’s 100% pure maple syrup all the way in our house. You only need a little bit- it has so much more flavor than the fake stuff. Get into it!
What I Love About This Recipe:
- These maple bacon waffles have bacon inside and out.
- They turn out perfectly crispy, like a good waffle should.
- I freeze leftovers to be heated up for breakfast during the week.
Here are a few More waffle recipes you might enjoy:
Maple Bacon Waffles
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1¼ cups milk (I like to use whole milk)
- 3 tablespoons maple syrup
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
- 3 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 8 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled (divided)
- maple syrup, for serving
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt. In a separate bowl, whisk together the milk, syrup, butter and eggs. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir until moistened.
- Preheat your waffle iron. Coat your waffle iron with nonstick spray. Spoon the batter onto the waffle iron and sprinkle with a little bit of bacon. Cook 4 to 5 minutes or until done. Repeat with the remaining batter. Serve topped with additional crumbles of bacon and warm maple syrup.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Totally agree on the Sunday morning breakfast! There is nothing better than a plate piled high with pancakes or waffles!
On the subject of waffles? One of my very favorite foods EVER. Last weekend I made egg waffles, just poured the egg mix right on the waffle iron, put about 6 strips of turkey bacon in the middle, more egg on top and closed it. Egg waffles! SO good. Topped with a little shredded cheddar you have a protein rich breakfast that keeps you full til well after lunch.
I love your idea with real maple syrup, and I think I’m going to use your recipe but I’m going to put the syrup inside the pancake, in the mix, or swirled while it’s cooking. My family has issues with not letting the syrup get all over the outside of the bottle so this results in less muss and fuss for them.
Add to that the fact that your recipe is down home goodness, simple and not over-fussy and my entire family will sing your praises when I tell them why they get real maple pancakes!
Love that idea!