Low Carb and Gluten Free Waffles

Prep Time: 3 hours

Cook Time: 5 minutes

Yield: makes 3 giant waffles

Calories per serving: 250 (vs. 400 in IHOPs waffles)

Fat per serving: 6g (vs. 20g in IHOPs waffles)

Ingredients

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• 1+1/2 tsp Active Dry Yeast
• 1 cup Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk, room temp (or "milk" of choice)
• 138g (1/2 cup + 1 tbs) Unsweetened Applesauce, room temp
• 1 Large Egg (preferably organic/cage-free)
• 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
• 2 tsp Butter Extract
• 1 tsp Stevia Extract
• 112g (1 cup) Coconut flour
• 48g (1/4 cup) Granulated Erythritol (or dry sweetener of choice)
• 1 tbs Homemade Metamucil
• 1 tsp Double-Acting Baking Powder
• 1/4 tsp Salt
• 96g (1/2 cup) Granulated Erythritol

Instructions

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1. In a large bowl, whisk together the yeast, almond milk and applesauce. Let sit 5 minutes.
2. Whisk in the egg, vanilla extract, butter extract and stevia extract.
3. In a small bowl, whisk together the coconut flour, 1/4 cup erythritol, metamucil, baking powder and salt. Dump into the large bowl and fold together (fold dough for 5 minutes)
4. Form the dough into a ball, cover with plastic wrap and let sit in a warm place for 2 hours (I used a warming drawer set to 90 degrees)
5. Fold the 1/2 cup of erythritol into the dough and mix well.
6. Divide the dough into 3 and shape into balls. Cover and let rise for 40 minutes in a warm place (I used the warming drawer again; I originally divided the dough into 6 but the dough balls ended up being too small to fill the entire waffle iron. I combined two balls to make one big one, so I ended up with 3 large balls rather than 6)
7. Set your waffle iron to medium heat and spray with cooking spray.
8. When iron is hot, press a dough ball in the center of the iron and shut to close (my waffle iron cooked the waffles in 5-7 minutes. I open the waffle maker a crack at around 4 minutes to let some heat out and check on the doneness of the waffles).
9. Carefully remove the waffle from the iron (FYI, the waffles will be really delicate when they're hot in the waffle maker. I couldn't get the waffles out as a whole so I took them out as quarters). Spray the iron with cooking spray again and cook the rest of the waffle dough.
10. Serve immediately with fresh fruit, mini dark chocolate chips, healthy whipped cream (I use Soyatoo Rice Whip) and/or pure maple syrup!

Notes

*Do not leave the waffles out and uncovered for a long period of time otherwise they will dry out (just like any other waffle)!

This recipe is: sugar free, low fat, low carb, high fiber, high protein and gluten free!

Recipe adapted from: http://liegewaffle.wordpress.com/liege-waffle-recipe-liege-gaufre-recette