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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
every waffle iron is different, but this recipe feeds about 4 hungry waffle people
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.
katie
Why haven’t I thought of this before?!?!?! Can’t wait to make these….mmm maybe for dinner tonight :)
cyndi
These have my name written ALL over them!
Shaw Girl
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!
Kelly
Mmmmm…Bacon…Waffles!
Lizzie
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!
Megan
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!
bdaiss
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.
joy
Yay, I just bought a waffle maker off a friend yesterday! Can’t wait to try this!
My Two Seasons
Yum! These sound so good! I’ve never thought to put bacon inside the batter before! Thanks!!
The Duo Dishes
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.
shara
i am having this for dinner
ThePurpleFoodie
Bacon waffles sound so good. I’ve only recently begun eating bacon and I can’t wait to try this!
bakingepiphanies
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?
Tom
You had me at bacon…:o)
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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.