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
one 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!
I love doing sweet potatoes and omelettes in the waffle iron. I have a son who HATES eggs and doing this almost got him!
I make cornbread waffles….and then serve them with ranch beans and cheese…pretty processed still, would love to develop a real food version!
I 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.
We put cornbread dressing from Thanksgiving meal in our waffle maker! Made it a little crunchy and then spread fresh cranberry sauce on it! Delicious!