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Please. Take a few moments to dig through your kitchen cabinets to find your waffle maker. Please do this. I’ll wait.
….. There? Find it?
Now. Please. These waffles need to be made now, tonight, first thing tomorrow morning, or whenever you get hungry… now? They’re that good.
I need to go wash my hair. That’s not a euphemism for anything. I really need to wash my hair. By the time I come back, I hope you’ve preheated that old waffle machine.
Brown Sugar Bacon Waffles
For the Bacon
10 slices of bacon
1/4 cup brown sugar
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Spray a baking sheet with non stick cooking spray and line with foil. Arrange bacon in a single layer on the baking sheet. Sprinkle generously with brown sugar. Place in the upper third of the oven and bake until sugar is caramelized and bacon is brown and crispy, about 10 to 15 minutes. Remove from oven. Immediately remove bacon slices using a pair of tongs. Place them on a cutting board (not paper towels, they’ll stick!) to cool before chopping. Once cool, chop the bacon into bite size bits and set aside.
For the Waffles
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 Tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup brown sugar
2/3 cups canola or grapeseed oil
4 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups buttermilk
*If you don’t eat bacon for some reason, try adding 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg and 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon to the batter. Yum!
Set up your waffle iron on a level, clean surface and turn on to preheat.
In a large bowl combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and brown sugar. Whisk to blend. In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs, oil, buttermilk and vanilla extract. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and fold. Once almost fully incorporated, add the bacon bites. Stir. Try not to over mix the batter or the waffles will become tough. It’s ok if a few lumps remain in the batter.
Cook according to your waffle machine instructions.
Serve with maple syrup and strawberries.
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Good morning Joy,
Wow, you sure know how to party at breakfast time. Clean washed hair and all that yummy-ness.
You had me at bacon…:o)
Oh YUM! I so wish I had a waffle maker. I’m guessing this would taste kinda like maple-baked bacon? Or even better. I love the sweet-savory combo! And anything with bacon in it, I mean, hello – how can you go wrong?
Bacon waffles sound so good. I’ve only recently begun eating bacon and I can’t wait to try this!
i am having this for dinner
We did this with pancakes, and it was heaven! How do you keep all of the bacon from sinking to the bottom though? We sprinkled the bits on top of the pancakes as one side cooked to try to keep them on top. Not a success. :) But delicious.
Yum! These sound so good! I’ve never thought to put bacon inside the batter before! Thanks!!
Yay, I just bought a waffle maker off a friend yesterday! Can’t wait to try this!
Bacon plus Waffles? As they say…you had me at hello. : ) Now, to find the waffle maker…I think it might be in storage at the moment.
These look amazing! Even though I love bacon and my boyfriend does too, I’m pretty sure I’ll have to try your cinnamon/nutmeg substitutions because he won’t eat the bacon inside his waffles… just on the side (yup… he’s one of those). Maybe I’ll make a few for myself with the bacon inside. Thanks for sharing this recipe!
Man, I was seriously JUST looking for a great breakfast recipe to make for my parents’ anniversary. This couldn’t have come at a better time! I can’t wait to try this recipe out next weekend! Thanks!
Mmmmm…Bacon…Waffles!
I gained three pounds just reading the recipe for these waffles! I’m supposed to be starting my eat healthier kick this week….And you know I have a weakness for bacon…this is just wrong, wrong, wrong. But oh so right!
These have my name written ALL over them!
Why haven’t I thought of this before?!?!?! Can’t wait to make these….mmm maybe for dinner tonight :)
I wish I had a waffle maker… I’m hungry now and there is no cure! *starts looking through amazon*
We just had waffles last night, served with strawberries, blueberries, maple syrup, and lots and lots of whipped cream. :D
Oh, your waffles sound so so good. Since Mom bought a professional grade waffle maker it has been so easy to whip up a batch. Tempting. So tempting.
Could Joy get any sexier? I’m serious. Bacon waffles? b-a-c-o-n inside the waffle. I have a weekend activity now.
Hi Joy
I have a 5 shelf oven how do I know which shelf is the upper third of the oven.
Putting bacon IN the waffles?! Whoa! Now that is an original idea if I ever heard one. They look fantastic!
If I don’t stop reading your blog I will never get into a bathing suit this summer. My kids asked for “breakfast for dinner” for tonight too.
I think I would buy a waffle maker just to make these…or perhaps borrow my mother’s!
Hi Joy,
Awesome recipe. I’m a huge bacon fan, but I’m also having trouble keeping the bacon from sinking to the bottom. Do you think first coating the bacon in flour will help?
Thanks!
BACON! BACON! BACON!
Bacon IN the waffle?? Amazing! Now why didn’t I think of that? These look and sound SO good.
LOL! I love it!
Boo, we don’t have a waffle iron. But I do have a pizzelle iron… Or is that just gross? Bacon-flavored pizzelles, hmm.
YUM. Will make these very soon. I am quite certain I will recommend it to others as well.
You. Are. Amazing.
-A
I will totally admit to starring this post in my Google Reader before I had even scrolled down. I am the waffle queen but have never tried bacon in them. I’ll have to be demoted to waffle princess until I try this!
Hot Damn…Bacon and Waffles. Amazing.
I’m making these this weekend.
I’m so excited to try these! Sweet, salty waffles — they sound delicious. Have you ever tried Nueske’s bacon? If you haven’t, I strongly recommend tracking some down, it’s bacon nirvana. http://www.nueskes.com
Oh! They look absolutely delicious! I’ll try to make them replacing the bacon for the smoked salmon.
Oh good Lord! Those look amazing.
I might just cry.
These look great, alas no waffle iron! Maybe I’ll have to buy one to try it out! The “bacon bites” look like a fantastic insert for most any baked good. Pound cake?
I made a list of a whole bunch of things I want to make. Bacon waffles was on the list, but now I’m specifying this recipe! Thanks for posting!
Sausage is equally tasty in waffles too! These look great!
Very efficient recipe! It’s like in that old movie with Henry Winkler and Michael Keaton where Michael Keaton suggested feeding mayo to the tuna to make sandwich prep more efficient.
I don’t have a waffle iron and I’m out of bacon. I’m going to go cry on a stack of pancakes.
oh my. i am making these this weekend :) thanksjoy!
yummmmmmm. i need a waffle maker stat.
wow i was already planning on making buttermilk waffles and bacon for dinner tomorrow night but i would never have thought to combine them. i can’t wait to try it out :) && btw i LOVE your blog.
Now these look fantastic!! Can’t wait to try them :)
Joy, this sounds so good! I just read the recipe name to my husband and he’s ready to bust out one of the 3 (yes, 3) waffle irons we have to make them right now! I’m excited!
Earlier I said i was going to make these for dinner….I made these for dinner, seriously YUM! super YUM! Thanks Joy!
Bacon in the waffles???? I am intrigued. It must taste better than it sounds…
Ooh, I’ll bet Bobby and Rachel (the two major waffle eaters in my household) will LOVE these! They even sound good to me, but I love bacon.
Oh how totally nom-worthy! I can just taste that bacon between those crispy layers!
Wow, these look sinfully good Joy! I wish I have my waffle maker with me…I’m in Asia and it’s thousands of miles in California sitting in the storage!
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