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Breakfast Waffles

A quick gluten‑free waffle made with egg yolks, milk, wheat‑free baking mix, baking powder, sugar, salt, oil, and beaten egg whites.

From the Wikibooks Cookbook · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Milk and wheat are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,418 recipes. Both carry (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal, which smells cucumber, melon. The science ↓

Breakfast Waffles

Ingredients

Directions

Make the batter

  1. Mix egg yolks and milk.

  2. Add the wheat‑free baking mix, baking powder, sugar, salt and mix well.

  3. Add the oil.

  4. Beat the egg whites until stiff and then fold into the batter.

Cook the waffles

  1. Preheat a waffle iron.

  2. Ladle a scoop of batter into the waffle iron, and cook until browned and cooked through.

  3. Remove waffle and repeat cooking process with remaining batter.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

850Calories
27 gProtein
28 gFat
120 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

Recipe from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Milk + wheattop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,418 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, melon).

  2. Egg + milktop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together88,785 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  3. Milk + sugartop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together77,875 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  4. Egg + wheattop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,225 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  5. Egg + sugartop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together122,807 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

Milk and sugar barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 77,875 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Yolks enrich and bind the batter, while whipped whites add air that lightens the waffles.
Baking powder
Releases gas in the batter, helping the waffles rise and turn light and open.
Wheat-free baking mix
Provides the flour base that gives the waffles their structure in place of wheat flour.
Vegetable oil
Adds fat that keeps the waffles moist and tender and helps them brown.
Milk
Hydrates the dry ingredients and adds moisture and a little browning from its milk sugars.

The step that matters

Fold in the beaten egg whites. Whites beaten until stiff hold air bubbles that give lift. Folding gently, rather than stirring, keeps those bubbles from collapsing and leaving dense waffles.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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