There’s nothing better than reinventing old favorites and that’s exactly what my 9-year-old and I did recently with our waffle maker! A waffle maker is a great first appliance for big kids to use, so this is a good and easy way to get them excited about cooking in the kitchen. (It would also make a fabulous last minute holiday gift for a budding chef in your life – with these ideas included, of course!).
This is one of those occasions when it’s actually okay to play around with your food…
4 Fun Things to Try in Your Waffle Maker
Note: We greased the waffle iron with a little butter before putting all of these items in there. If I used a recipe on my blog then the picture links to it.
1. Grilled cheese and other sandwiches
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2. Muffin or pancake batter
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3. Scrambled eggs (this one only takes a minute!)
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4. Cookie dough (YUM!)
We had fun experimenting with cooking different foods in the waffle maker, but we also had a few fails. As much as we wanted mashed potatoes or frozen hash browns to work, they just did not! And they did leave us with a mess, so I would not recommend trying those.
I’d love to hear about your waffle maker adventures in the comments. Please share some new ideas with us! :)
Yellow Split Pea Fritters
Hannah
December 20, 2016 at 12:01 pmWhat about making potato lattes or hash browns from scratch?
Jillian
December 20, 2016 at 12:45 pmMashed potatoes will work but you need to mix in a little flour and cheese. You also need to make sure that you DO NOT OPEN THE WAFFLE MAKER until it beeps. You need to give it time to all meld together.
MrsBWilcox
December 20, 2016 at 1:35 pmbrownie batter works well! and, canned cinnamon rolls work well too! :)
Merry
December 20, 2016 at 3:27 pmWould also like to hear of what you tried that absolutely did not work.
T.
December 20, 2016 at 8:34 pmFrench toast is delicious cooked in the waffle maker. My kids like them cut into sticks.
Erin
December 20, 2016 at 10:10 pmYou should check out the book “Will It Waffle?” It has a lot of fun recipes for a waffle maker!
Team Gillis Realtor
December 21, 2016 at 9:47 amI really need now a Waffle maker and try these. Looks delicious and very easy to make. Just perfect for the breakfast with family.
Bites for Foodies
December 22, 2016 at 9:59 pmI have TWO waffle irons, and I can’t even remember the last time I’ve used them!! I have two weeks off at Christmas so I’m making it a point to make a ton of the recipes in my ‘drafts’ folder so I can finally post them on the Blog! I’ve actually tried the grilled cheese! The eggs are an interesting idea – and the cookie batter? I’m so curious now to see how it turns out!
Julie Meyers
December 25, 2016 at 6:39 pmThis is the recipe for mashed potatoes my sister uses.
Julie Meyers
December 25, 2016 at 6:39 pmAnd here’s the link I forgot… http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2014/11/waffled-mashed-potatoes-bacon-cheddar-recipe.html
Amy
December 26, 2016 at 2:14 pmOMG, leftover stuffing is DIVINE in the waffle maker – especially if pour gravy all over it like you would syrup for a regular waffle. So good!!!!
Sabrina B
January 4, 2017 at 4:32 pmone thought regarding additional waffle iron recipes is an monte cristo sandwich, kind of a cross between your grill cheese and scrambled egg recipes here with some add turkey and other ingredients, but I have to say that the scrambled egg recipe is genius! Never would have though to that, pretty close second is the cookie dough, thank you for these!
Cat Morrow
January 14, 2017 at 11:44 pmI love doing sweet potatoes and omelettes in the waffle iron. I have a son who HATES eggs and doing this almost got him!
Amy
September 29, 2017 at 3:25 pmI make cornbread waffles….and then serve them with ranch beans and cheese…pretty processed still, would love to develop a real food version!
Lindy Shelly
November 3, 2017 at 3:39 amI love to make omelets in my waffle iron. My kids loved egg omelets in the breakfast. Your recipe is brilliant and the way you describes is very easy. Definitely, I am to prepare every item using my waffle maker.
Miriam
December 13, 2017 at 4:11 pmWe put cornbread dressing from Thanksgiving meal in our waffle maker! Made it a little crunchy and then spread fresh cranberry sauce on it! Delicious!