Everyday Waffles

I have a boy who loves, love, loves waffles more than just about anything.  I mean really loves waffles. He eats them pretty much every day so I want them to be pretty robust. Here's the recipe for the ones I find myself going back to, over and over.

Wearing custom "I love waffles" t-shirt from Santa.

2 eggs

1/2 cup plain yogurt, Greek is preferred

1 cup milk
1 t. vanilla
1/2 cup oatmeal, pulsed in the food processor until pretty fine (Do a whole bunch at once so you always have it on hand.)
1 1/2 cup unbleached, all-purpose flour
1 T. baking powder
1/2 t. salt
4 T. butter, melted and cooled (You can also use canola oil or a combo.)


In a nice sized batter bowl, whisk the eggs, yogurt, and milk.
Add the vanilla.
Whisk in the oatmeal, followed by the remaining dry ingredients.
Whisk in the melted butter.


Cook in a waffle iron until golden brown.


If you don't need all of the batter you have two choices. 1) This batter will stay good in the fridge for a day or two so you can make some more waffles tomorrow, or 2) You can make waffles with the rest of the batter but remove them from the waffle iron when cooked but not too toasty brown. That way, you can reheat in the toaster or oven and they will crisp on the second warming.