Description
Create fun and festive Candy Cane Waffles for a joyful Christmas breakfast. This recipe brings a playful, spirited touch to your morning routine, perfect for rediscovering the fun in cooking.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/4 cups milk
- 1 large egg
- 3 tablespoons melted butter, plus more for the iron
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
- Red and green food coloring (gel preferred)
- 1/2 cup crushed peppermint candies or candy canes, divided
Instructions
- Mix the dry ingredients: flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the milk, egg, melted butter, vanilla extract, and peppermint extract.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Whisk until just combined. Do not overmix; a few lumps are fine.
- Divide the batter evenly into two smaller bowls.
- Add a few drops of red food coloring to one bowl and green food coloring to the other until you achieve bright, festive colors.
- Gently fold half of the crushed peppermint candies into the red batter and the other half into the green batter.
- Preheat your waffle iron and lightly grease it with butter.
- Pour the red batter onto the hot waffle iron to make one waffle. Cook according to your waffle iron’s directions until golden brown and crisp.
- Repeat the process with the green batter to make the second waffle.
- Serve immediately, stacking the red and green waffles for a striking candy cane effect. You can add extra crushed candy canes on top if you like.
Notes
- For extra crispiness, allow the batter to rest for 5 minutes before cooking.
- If you prefer a less intense peppermint flavor, reduce the peppermint extract to 1/4 teaspoon.
- Use high-quality gel food coloring for the most intense colors without thinning the batter too much.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Waffle Iron
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 waffle
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 18g
- Sodium: 300mg
- Fat: 16g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 45g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 9g
- Cholesterol: 75mg