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Crispy Blueberry Waffles

Prep10 min
Cook20 min
Total30 min
Yield6 Belgian waffles
DifficultyEasy

Ingredients

  • 2 cupsall-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cupcornstarch
  • 2 tbspgranulated sugar
  • 1 tbspbaking powder
  • 1/2 tspbaking soda
  • 1/2 tspfine salt
  • 1 3/4 cupsbuttermilk
  • 2large eggs, separated
  • 1/2 cupunsalted butter, melted
  • 1 tspvanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 cupsfresh blueberries≈ 148 median blueberries

Steps

  1. Preheat the waffle iron on its highest setting. Heat the oven to 200°F with a wire rack inside.
  2. Whisk flour, cornstarch, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl.
  3. Whisk buttermilk, egg yolks, melted butter, and vanilla in a second bowl.
  4. In a third clean bowl, beat the egg whites to soft peaks.
  5. Stir the wet ingredients into the dry until just combined, then fold in the egg whites in two additions.
  6. Ladle batter into the iron, scatter a handful of blueberries over the surface, and close. Cook 4–5 minutes, until deeply golden and steam has stopped.
  7. Move finished waffles directly to the oven rack — never stack them, or they steam themselves soggy.

Notes

  • Cornstarch plus whipped whites is what makes these shatter-crisp instead of bready.
  • Scattering berries into the iron rather than the batter keeps the waffle from turning purple and sticking.
A 100-gram serving of blueberries contains roughly 160 mg of anthocyaninsLaid end-to-end at 12.7 mm apiece, it would take about 30 billion berries to reach the MoonThe world's largest blueberry weighed 16.2 grams — a Guinness record set in Australia in 2020Wild lowbush blueberries are about 40% smaller than cultivated highbush onesThe United States and Canada together produce roughly half of the world's cultivated blueberriesA 100-gram serving of blueberries contains roughly 160 mg of anthocyaninsLaid end-to-end at 12.7 mm apiece, it would take about 30 billion berries to reach the MoonThe world's largest blueberry weighed 16.2 grams — a Guinness record set in Australia in 2020Wild lowbush blueberries are about 40% smaller than cultivated highbush onesThe United States and Canada together produce roughly half of the world's cultivated blueberries