Gluten-Free Grain-Free Waffles
Crisp, golden grain-free waffles made with almond flour and tapioca starch, lifted with baking soda and cream of tartar instead of baking powder, which can contain cornstarch. Dairy-free with almond milk and coconut oil.
At a glance: This easy breakfast recipe yields 4 servings in about 30 minutes (10 min prep, 20 min cook). It uses 10 ingredients — including blanched almond flour, tapioca starch, baking soda — and walks through 6 steps. Updated . Browse more breakfast recipes or return to all gluten-free recipes.
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Cross-Contamination Warning for Gluten-Free Grain-Free Waffles: When preparing this breakfast recipe, waffle irons have deep grids that trap batter; use one kept for gluten-free cooking or scrub it thoroughly. Flour dust travels. Bake this on a day the kitchen is not also handling flour that contains gluten, use clean bowls, beaters and baking sheets, and keep the gluten-free flour blend in its own sealed container.
Gluten-Free Notes for Gluten-Free Grain-Free Waffles: These waffles use almond flour and tapioca starch, with no grains at all. Almond flour and tapioca starch are naturally free of gluten but often processed on shared lines, so buy them labeled gluten-free.
Ingredients
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Instructions
Tips & Notes
- Let the grain-free waffles cook until the steam almost stops. Opening the iron early tears the tender almond-flour waffles.
- Cool leftover waffles on a rack, then freeze them in a bag. Toast straight from frozen for crisp waffles any morning.
- Use baking soda and cream of tartar for lift. Many baking powders contain cornstarch, which is a grain, so this keeps the waffles grain-free.
Common questions
What cross-contamination risk is specific to Gluten-Free Grain-Free Waffles?
Check blanched almond flour, tapioca starch, baking soda before they go into Gluten-Free Grain-Free Waffles. Waffle irons have deep grids that trap batter; use one kept for gluten-free cooking or scrub it thoroughly. Flour dust travels. Bake this on a day the kitchen is not also handling flour that contains gluten, use clean bowls, beaters and baking sheets, and keep the gluten-free flour blend in its own sealed container.
Which gluten-free swaps does Gluten-Free Grain-Free Waffles use?
Gluten-Free Grain-Free Waffles relies on 1 1/2 cups blanched almond flour and 1/2 cup tapioca starch. Keep those gluten-free-labeled products in place of a gluten-containing flour or sauce.
How should leftover Gluten-Free Grain-Free Waffles be stored?
Cool leftover waffles on a rack, then freeze them in a bag. Toast straight from frozen for crisp waffles any morning.
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