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Harvest Apple Cider Glazed Waffles

All the flavours of autumn in these apple fritter inspired waffles, right down to the glaze. It will be hard to save these just for breakfast!

Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Keyword apples, cider, waffles
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Servings 2

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 tbsp butter
  • 1 cup apple diced small
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp cardamom
  • 1/4 tsp allspice
  • 1/4 tsp ginger
  • 1/8 tsp cloves

Waffles

  • 3/4 cup all purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup spelt flour
  • 2 Tbsp brown sugar
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 tsp allspice
  • 3/4 cup whole milk
  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1 extra large egg

Glaze

  • 1/3 cup icing sugar
  • 1 tbsp apple cider
  • 1 tsp milk

Instructions

  1. Heat the butter in a large sauté pan over medium high heat. Once melted, add the diced apples and the spices . Stir and sauté the apples till fragrant and warmed through, softened but still somewhat firm, about 5 minutes. Set aside.

  2. In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and allspice.

  3. In a medium bowl combine eggs, milk and oil. Whisk till well blended.

  4. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, then fold in the apples until just combined. Do not overmix. Let the batter rest while you heat the waffle maker.

  5. Spray waffle baker with non-stick spray.
  6. Ladle batter onto waffle baker being careful not to over fill.
  7. Bake the waffles as per your machine, and as browned as you like.

Glaze

  1. Combine the icing sugar and milk. Add the apple cider 1 tsp at a time till smooth. You can make it runny for a thin glaze, or you can add more sugar and create a thicker, defined glaze.

  2. Glaze the waffles as you serve them. Thick glaze can be drizzled on the warm waffles.

    For a thin, fritter like effect, place the thinner glaze into a shallow bowl and dip one side of the warm waffles completely into the glaze. Turn over and use a spoon to get the glaze into any nooks and crannies that didn't get glazed the first time. You may need to make more glaze for this effect.

Recipe Notes

I say this recipe serves 2.  But it may stretch to three if you are feeding little bellies.  If there is leftover batter, bake them up and freeze for a future treat.  Of course you can double the recipe to serve 4 comfortably.