Savory Sourdough Waffles

Sourdough waffles are delicious for breakfast or dinner, but we love to add grated cheese to our waffles for a super savory treat! We made this batch with Sartori’s Raspberry Ale BellaVitano cheese, but any good sharp or nutty cheese, like a combination of sharp cheddar and Parmesan would be great. The creaminess of the cheddar accented with the crystalline crunch of a good parmesan is perfect in this dish!

Serve these all by themselves for lunch or dinner, or pair toasted wedges of waffles wiht Boursin cheese and smoked salmon for a light dinner or a simply divine appetizer.

This recipe calls for sourdough starter, so if you don’t have a starter at your house, aske a friend or your favorite baker if you can buy some, or order it through King Arthur Baking Company, or Breadtopia via Amazon.

The recipe is made in two parts: the sponge, which consists of the sourdough starter, flour, sugar and buttermilk; and the waffle batter, which is made with the prepared sponge along with eggs, salt, baking soda and oil. You use unfed starter in the sponge, meaning the part you would discard before feeding yoru sourdough starter normally. Also, you need to allow the sponge to sit for about 4-6 hours (or even overnight) before adding the rest of the waffle ingredients! You can also make the batter a day ahead na keep it covered in the refrigerator until you’re ready to cook the waffles.

We discovered this basic sourdough recipe on the King Arthur website, but we used just 1/2 cup of the sourdough starter (which we found to be plenty and it formed a perfect sponge), and added a little extra flour and the grated cheese.

By the way, while we were in Vermont, our friend Lee from The Rogue Brussel Sprout suggested we visit the King Arthur Baking Company in Norwich, Vermont. They have a cafe, a bake shop and a cooking school all on one campus. It was so much fun to have lunch on the patio and to visit the bake shops, where you can buy all sorts of ingredients for baking breads and other flour-based goodies. They also have many gluten-free options, and we bought the gluten-free crepe mix, which was fantastic! Also, if you eve find yourself in the neighborhood, King Arthur Baking Company offers a variety of baking classes, too. It’s really a fun place to visit on your Vermont excursion.

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Cinnamon Roll (Sourdough) Waffles

These waffles, made with un-fed sourdough starter are delicious and fun to make and are a fabulous vessel for cinnamon brown sugar butter and cream cheese icing.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Resting Time for the Sponge 4 hours

Equipment

  • Waffle Iron

Ingredients

The Sourdough Sponge

  • 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
  • 2 cups buttermilk or sour milk (2 cups milk + 2 tsp. cider vinegar)
  • 1/2 cup Sourdough starter, unfed/discard

Sourdough Waffle Batter

  • All of the prepared sourdough sponge
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil or melted butter
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt

Brown Sugar Cinnamon Filling

  • 4 oz. butter, at room temp
  • 1 cup light brown sugar, packed
  • 4 tsp. cinnamon

Cream Cheese Icing

  • 4 oz. cream cheese, at room temperature
  • 2 tbsp. butter, at room temp
  • pinch salt
  • 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar, sifted
  • 2 tbsp. milk
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp. maple syrup *optional

Instructions

Sourdough Sponge

  • Stir down your sourdough starter and remove 1/2 cup. (This is a good time to feed the remaining sourdough starter, if necessary. But, don’t feed the starter until you have removed the 1/2 cup needed for this recipe!)
  • In a large bowl, stir together the 1/2 cup starter, flour, sugar, and buttermilk.
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  • Cover and let rest at cool room temperature (about 65-70°F) for at least 4 hours, but as long as overnight.
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Sourdough Waffle Batter

  • Add eggs, oil, flour, baking soda and salt to the sponge and blend just until combined with a wire whisk.
  • Preheat your waffle iron and lightly spray both the top and the bottom with cooking spray. Keep it light, because otherwise it tends to get very brown.
  • Spoon batter over the bottom just to cover the bottom plate of the iron and close the lid.
  • Cook on medium heat for 2-3 minutes, or until you can easily lift the top of the waffle iron from the waffle.
  • Remove the waffle and repeat the process until all of the batter has been used.
  • Remove waffle from iron and place on plate. Spread about 1 tablespoon cinnamon filling over the top and allow it to melt into the pockets of the waffle. Drizzle cream cheese icing over everything.
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  • Either serve immediately as they come off the waffle iron, or keep the batch hot in the oven until ready to serve.
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Brown Sugar Cinnamon Filling

  • Mix butter with brown sugar and cinnamon with a fork until well blended. Set aside. This can be made ahead and refrigerated for several weeks.

Cream Cheese Icing

  • Blend softened cream cheese, butter and a pinch of salt with a fork or an electric beater until well-blended. Slowly stir in powdered sugar and milk alternately until you arrive at a good icing consistency. Flavor with vanilla and/or maple syrup.

Notes

Don’t be bashful about making these as a fancy dessert, too! They are fabulous for breakfast, sourdough or plain, but with that delicious cinnamon filling and cream cheese icing, they are also a tempting dessert! 
These waffles freeze very well, with or without the filling and icing. Simply freeze them in a single stack for un-dressed waffles or stack two with the filling and icing and freeze them in a double layer with the accoutrements. 
 
Course: Breads, Breakfast
Keyword: appetizers, breakfast, waffles

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