GAPS waffles with dairy-free options

I was going to review Paleo Almond Flour Waffles but realized that I changed the recipe substantially enough that wouldn’t be fair to the original.  Let’s just say that recipe, among others, was my inspiration for the waffles on my menu this week.  Here’s what I did:

• 16 eggs, separated
• 3 cups blanched almond flour
• 1/2 cup coconut flour
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 1/2 cups whey**
• 1/4 cup melted butter (or coconut oil)
• 1 tsp. vanilla

Prepare the waffle iron by greasing lightly with oil before plugging it in.  Whip the eggs whites until fairly stiff.  Set aside.  (At this point, I plugged in my waffle iron for preheating.)  Mix dry ingredients thoroughly, then add egg yolks, whey, vanilla and melted oil.  Fold in egg whites.  Ladle into waffle iron and cook as specified by your waffle iron’s instructions.

I never know how to quantify waffle production – is a waffle one of those little squares (of which my iron has four) or the whole iron-full?  When we talk about how many waffles we can eat, we use the smaller squares as our reference point.  So I’ll do that here.  This recipe made 23 of the little squares.  So I guess about 6 of the full-iron ones.  The three of us ate 8 little squares for today’s breakfast so we have enough for two more breakfasts with this recipe.

Now for the review part: these are the best GAPS-legal waffles I’ve made to date.  (I believe aluminum-free baking soda is allowed in small quantities – need to double-check that but leaving it out likely would not cause disastrous results.)  Because I left out the honey, I had no problems with overbrowning.  I didn’t really notice the vanilla and may just leave it out next time.  The waffles were very substantial and did not fall apart when I removed them from the iron.  In fact, next time I might try thinning them with a bit more whey or milk, or maybe even extra oil.  They didn’t taste eggy or soggy.  They seemed a little dry when I tried a bite as I was making them, but with the butter, honey, bananas, and strawberry puree we topped them with, they were delicious.  Really.  My kids gave them 5 stars.  I have no pics because we were too hungry to think of it…but trust me.  Yum.  I’ll make these again!

**You should be able to substitute coconut milk, regular milk, or yogurt for the whey although I think I’d add a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar if using coconut milk or regular milk.

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