Baked Oatmeal Waffles (vegan)
Baked Oatmeal Waffles with only 3 simple ingredients and ridiculously easy to make! Vegan, gluten-free and very customisable.
My favourite thing for breakfast is waffles, pancakes and granola. They are basically dessert-like things which are socially acceptable breakfast meals haha! For my most recent birthday, my partner got me a silicone waffle mould. I’m always SO excited to see waffles on cafe menus but I don’t want to buy a big waffle machine as it’ll take up unnecessary space in my already packed kitchen. Plus, waffle machines can usually only be used for a few years before the non-stick coating wears off. The silicone waffle mould was the perfect answer! The $7 investment was well worth it as I’ve had waffles every second day in the last couple of months.
Since baked waffles were becoming a staple in my diet, I wanted to make them healthy and super easy to make. Porridge or oatmeal is normally on rotation for my Wintery breakfasts so I decided to blend those ingredients and bake it. And the result was fabulous!
I didn’t have to use an egg replacer as rolled oats naturally stick together. However, I used baking powder to give the waffles a cakey texture!
When you need to remove the waffles from the mould, it’s best to peel away the mold rather than the actual waffle. That’s a bonus of using a silicon mould!
The extra 5 minutes of baking is essential as it allows the indented side of the waffle to become crispy.
I don’t like to put any sweeteners in the waffles. Instead, I douse it with maple syrup and fruit!
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Baked Oatmeal Waffles (vegan)
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cups (150g) gluten-free rolled oats
- 1 cup (250mL) dairy-free milk
- 1 tbsp coconut sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F). Place your silicone waffle mould on a baking tray.
- Add all ingredients to a blender and blend until very smooth. Pour the batter into the waffle mould to make 4 waffles.
- Bake the waffles for 15 minutes or until they can easily be removed from the mould. To remove the waffles from the mould, peel away the silicone mould instead of the waffles as this is less likely to break the waffles. Bake the waffles on the baking tray for 5 minutes to crisp up.
- Serve immediately with maple syrup, fruit and/or yoghurt. The waffles without the toppings can be stored in the fridge in an airtight container for up to 3 days. To reheat, bake in the oven at 180°C (350°F) for 5 minutes.
Hi !
We made this waffles this weekend, and it was so easy and yummy.
Thanks you.
We’re thrilled they were a success! Thanks for sharing!
It’s been years since I made these. I just made them the other day and it took me around 20 minutes the first batch and 25 the second to make them the best texture the second set (firmer and not sticking to the moulds, though a softer waffle is nice too but harder to not crumble when unmoulding), again using oat groats I soaked overnight. I used pandan powder and extract too for flavour and colour. Excellent taste.
This recipe seems very forgiving as you can usually just cook longer in 5-minute increments if they won’t come out because they’re too sticky and it fixes the problem. Thank you again. It was fun to revisit this again. 🙂
I was thinking it would be cool to put a layer of azuki paste inside it like a dorayaki, but maybe it would be better just to spread some on top of a cooked waffle instead? Do you think it might be worth having a go at making them with some paste as the middle inner layer?
I would also like to make another batch with ube halaya and extract for the next flavour and then also Thai tea, matcha, houjicha, and other tea flavours later. They’re easy to make and customise as well as GF and dairy- and egg-free, so it seems one could have a lot of fun trying different combos out. 🙂
Hi Hiroshi, thank you so much for coming back after all these years! I’m so happy to hear you find the recipe flexible, and it’s really helpful to know about the baking time too. Pandan powder and extract sound like such a delicious twist!
I love your idea of adding azuki paste to the centre. It might ooze out a little, but that could create a beautiful caramelisation. All of your other flavour ideas sound amazing as well, and you’ve definitely inspired me to try some new variations. Please let me know how your experiments go, and thank you again for your thoughtful feedback 🙂
I just got a silicone waffle mould and was looking for recipes AND we love oatmeal so I tried it. It is DELICIOUS and so easy/quick to make. I used lactose-free skim milk, all-purpose flour and granulated sugar as that is what we had and it worked great. However, it is wonderful to have a vegan recipe for when we have friends visit who are. Thanks so much!
Hi Toby, I’m so glad that you enjoyed these waffles and that it worked well with your ingredients!! Thanks so much for taking the time to leave a comment here 🙂
Hi Anthea! I’d like to prepare these waffles. I noticed that there is no oil in the recipe. Should I grease the silicone mould before pouring the batter in it? Or it won’t stick even without oil? I’d appreciate your reply.
Hi Alina! You don’t need to oil your silicone mould for these waffles – they never stick for me! I hope that helps x
I don’t have a waffle mould. Can I just make this as pancakes, or do I have to adjust the recipe?
Yes that will work!
I make it without the baking powder, since I don’t have any on hand. I usually have to bake around 30 minutes then pull it off the mould or it will stick then bake the extra 5 minutes and it works great. I’m going to try to get some baking powder sometime and try it and see if it makes it a bit easier to work with in the mould. I actually use oat groats in the same measurements and it works perfectly. I’m thinking about trying other grains in this like brown rice or millet for variety in the same measurements and see how it works. Great inspiration. Thank you. 🙂
Thanks for your feedback! From experience, baking powder helps recipes cook so I imagine it’ll be easier to remove them from the mould if you use it. Love that you want to try other grains too. Thanks again 🙂
Can you use a waffle maker with this recipe?
I haven’t tried myself but my other readers said that you can use a waffle maker 🙂