Here I go mixing things up again. Apparently I like to create hybrids like my Paleo-Monte-Reuben-Cristo Sammiches where several concepts get thrown into one. I am okay with this – variety is the spice of life, right?! So last night I started thinking about waffles, AIP friendly waffles to be exact. I tried one round and the flavor was amazing but they just need one darn egg! Eggs are obviously not AIP so I finally came up with an alternative version for AIP and it is dang tasty! I called them Pa-ffles last night because they have a nice crispy outside but are really almost like a pancake in the middle. I loved the touch of cinnamon and topped with my Paleo/Vegan Butter, they really hit the spot!
Makes: 5-6 waffles
Ingredients:
- 2 cups mashed yuca (peeled, coarsely chopped, boiled, drained, and mashed)
- 1 ripe plantain (yellow)
- 1 egg (omit for AIP)
- 1/4 cup 100% pure maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon organic vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons avocado oil
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons water chestnut flour (or coconut flour) (if MAKING AIP VERSION)
- Preheat waffle iron, I use this one
- Combine all ingredients in a heavy duty blender or Vitamix
- Blend until a creamy batter is formed
- Grease your waffle iron
- Next pour or spoon batter into waffle iron and cook until your waffle iron indicates they are done
- GENTLY pry them out of the iron with a spoon, they can be a little delicate until they cool down
- Top with your choice of fixins and serve hot.
- To save for later, freeze or refrigerate and use a toaster oven to crisp them right back up!
- If making AIP VERSION you will want to put these waffles in your toaster oven RIGHT AFTER gently removing them from the waffle iron. This will help them crisp further.
Shared with Gluten Free Wednesdays
Do you think honey could be used in place of the maple syrup? I can’t have the syrup due to sulphur content. Thanks.
Yes! I think honey would work just fine 🙂
Wow those looks seriously amazing!
Thanks Heather!
These are fabulous, I have made them with and without the egg. I don’t have a Vitamix ( yet) and was not able to get it smooth enough in my nutri bullet so I added some liquid before putting it in my waffle maker. Once with water and once with coconut milk, the coconut milk was better! These take longer to set than regular gluten waffles but with a little extra patience it’s such a treat to have grain free waffles, thank you for your great recipes!
Yay! So glad they worked for you!!!
Looks awesome! I am allergic to nuts (including coconut) and cannot find plantains. What could I sub for these two?
Water chestnut flour is recommended over coconut flour so you are safe there. You could sub a banana for the plantain I think.
The egg free AIP version didn’t work for me 🙁 I even added a TBS of arrowroot baking pwd and a TBS of ground flax I used banana in place of the plantain if that makes any difference :S
I used the rest of the batter to make pancakes which turned out pretty good sort of raw in the middle but still tasty
I’m starting to wonder if some waffle makers are better then other when it comes to AIP waffle making…. What type do you use or would you recommend for AIP egg free waffles?
–Thanks
I imagine the waffle maker could play a hand in your waffles. Banana might not work as well but I haven’t tried. Usually I encourage people to make substitutions as needed BUT with the understanding the outcome might vary from the original. A few thoughts – did you give them enough time to set in the waffle maker? Did you grease your waffle maker well? Maybe you need some extra cook time, for the pancakes too it sounds like?
Could you use cassava flour instead of mashed cassava?
Yes follow this recipe as a template (but don’t make it savory unless you want to) http://predominantlypaleo.com/paleo-garlic-bread-waffle-dippers/