Eggless Red Velvet Waffles

These red velvet waffles will make birthdays, Valentine's day, or any other special occasion even more special by adding pizzaz! It sure did brighten my son's face when he saw it first thing in the morning on his 10th birthday!

Prep Time15

Cook Time4

Total Time19

Method: Cooking

Course: Waffles

Servings: 4 Waffles

Ingredients

Dry Ingredients:

1 and ¾ cups all-purpose flour
¼ cup yellow cornmeal
¼ cup white sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 tablespoon cocoa powder
½ teaspoon salt

Wet Ingredients:

1 and ¾ cups whole milk See My Notes
⅓ cup butter melted and cooled
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
2 tablespoon red food coloring gel

Optional:

3 tablespoons mini chocolate chips
½ cup pecans or walnuts, chopped

For glaze:

4 ounces cream cheese softened at room temperature
4 tablespoon butter softened
1 and ½ cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons whole milk

Instructions

Whisk together dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl and set aside.
In a medium bowl, beat all the wet ingredients except the food coloring.
Stir in red food coloring and mix it well so that the batter is evenly red.
Add the milk mixture into the dry mix and whisk until smooth.
Add in chocolate chips and/or nuts, if using.
Heat waffle maker according to manufacturer's waffle iron instructions. I usually spray the bottom and top portion lightly with non-stick cooking spray.
Pour approximately ½ cup waffle batter onto the preheated waffle iron. Close the lid and cook until the waffle is deep red and crisp on the outside, about 3 minutes. Increase or decrease the quantity of batter seeing how the first waffle turns out.
Repeat with the remaining waffle batter until all waffles are made.

Cream Cheese Frosting/Glaze:

In a large bowl, add the cream cheese and butter and beat together until smooth.
Stir in powdered sugar, then add a teaspoon vanilla extract and milk. Mix until the glaze is smooth. The cream cheese drizzle is ready. Set aside.
Serve waffles warm drizzled with cream cheese icing and chopped nuts. If you don't have time to make the icing simply pour chocolate sauce on the waffles and you are good to go. The same batter can also be used to make red velvet pancakes.

Notes

2 cups all-purpose flour can be used if you don't have cornmeal or don't want to use cornmeal. I saw this tip of using cornmeal in waffles for getting a crispy texture (in the Joy of Vegan Baking book) and ever since have been following it.
Most of the red velvet waffles recipes I saw had used buttermilk. I didn't have it at home, so used a combination of milk and vinegar which is the common substitute for buttermilk. The red velvet waffles recipe also requires adding vinegar. The recipes which used buttermilk used ½ teaspoon vinegar. As I was using the milk-vinegar combo I increased the quantity of vinegar to 1 teaspoon. I'm assuming that if you use buttermilk you can just use ½ teaspoon of vinegar.
Apple cider vinegar is my choice of vinegar for baking recipes. You can use white vinegar too.
I had a lot of leftover cream cheese glaze. I think I might halve the measurements next time. I suggest the same if you are not into a very sweet topping. The kids ended up using the glaze to dip strawberries.
I ended up making 2 batches of this batter because for the first batch I used the liquid red coloring and ended up having a very pink waffle batter instead of a red batter. So I prepared another batch using red (no taste) gel food coloring (the paste-like one) and was excited to finally get a red velvet waffle batter.
This red velvet waffles recipe will also be perfect for Valentine's Day topped with raspberries and red and pink sprinkles.
The nutrition facts are for waffles with chocolate chips mixed in and without the cream cheese glaze and nut toppings.

Taste & Texture

The red velvet waffles turned out perfect with the best texture and absolutely delicious. My kids loved it. Cornstarch and cornmeal give the waffles the amazing crisp texture. Added bonus, the kitchen had a wonderful aroma from the mix of cocoa powder and butter.

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