I stole this recipe for Red Velvet Waffles with Cream Cheese Glaze from keviniscooking.com. These delicious waffles can be a delicious breakfast or dessert treat, perfect for the Valentine’s Day. First a glaze is made with cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, vanilla and milk. Then flour, sugar, baking powder, cocoa and salt are mixed together. Buttermilk, eggs, vanilla, vinegar & red food coloring are mixed together before being added to the dry ingredients. Next the batter is cooked in a waffle maker until crisp. The cooked waffles are served with the cream cheese glaze. Making these waffles is a delicious way to show someone you love them.
The ingredients for waffles recipe are: 2 cups flour, ¼ cup sugar, 1 tbsp plus 1 tsp baking powder, 2 tbsp cocoa powder, ½ tsp salt, 1 ¾ cups buttermilk, ⅓ cup butter, 2 large eggs, 2 tsp vanilla extract, ½ tsp apple cider vinegar, 2 tbsp red food coloring
The ingredients for the glaze are: 4 oz cream cheese, 4 tbsp butter, 1 ½ cups confectioners sugar, 1 tsp vanilla extract and ½ cup whole milk
Whisk the flour, sugar, baking powder, cocoa and salt in a large bowl, set aside.
Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients.
Then in a separate medium bowl, beat the buttermilk, melted butter, eggs, vanilla and vinegar together until smooth, then stir in the red food coloring.
Add the buttermilk mixture to the dry ingredients and whisk until smooth.
Heat your waffle iron according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Spray with nonstick cooking spray. Pour batter into the waffle maker.
Close and cook until the waffle is deep red and crisp, about 3 minutes. Repeat with remaining batter.
Whip the cream cheese and butter together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until smooth.
Carefully beat in the confectioners’ sugar, then add the vanilla and milk. Beat until the glaze is smooth.
Serve the waffles with the cream cheese glaze.
If you liked this recipe for Red Velvet Waffles with Cream Cheese Glaze then you can also try Red Velvet Cookies, Very Valentine Pudding Cookies, Red Velvet Marble Bundt Cake or Valentine’s Day Breakfast Waffles.
Red Velvet Waffles with Cream Cheese Glaze
Ingredients
Waffles
- 2 cups flour
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 tbsp plus 1 tsp baking powder
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 ¾ cups buttermilk
- ⅓ cup butter melted and cooled
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp apple cider vinegar
- 2 tbsp red food coloring
Glaze
- 4 oz cream cheese softened
- 4 tbsp butter softened to room temperature
- 1 ½ cups confectioners sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup whole milk
Instructions
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Whip the cream cheese and butter together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. Carefully beat in the confectioners’ sugar, then add the vanilla and milk. Beat until the glaze is smooth. Set aside.
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Whisk the flour, sugar, baking powder, cocoa and salt in a large bowl, set aside. In a separate medium bowl, beat the buttermilk, melted butter, eggs, vanilla and vinegar together until smooth, then stir in the red food coloring. Add the buttermilk mixture to the dry ingredients and whisk until smooth.
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Heat your waffle iron according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Spray with nonstick cooking spray. Pour batter into the waffle maker. Close and cook until the waffle is deep red and crisp, about 3 minutes.
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Repeat with remaining batter. Serve waffle drizzled with cream cheese glaze and chopped pecans.