This is not a recipe you want to try if you like fluffy waffles. These came out flat and heavy. Could not get them to rise in the waffle maker. They pretty much tasted like egg.

I needed a quick recipe for Belgian waffles that didn't require 45 minutes to an hour rise time. This was perfect! Great taste and fantastic light texture. I've used egg beaters and whole eggs, it's great either way. I usually use unsalted butter melted instead of the shortening, but I've made them both ways depending on what's on hand. I'll use this again and again for our Belgian waffles as it was exactly what I was looking for.

I make a big homemade breakfast for my family every weekend and I think I can make this recipe in my sleep now! It is the #1 requested breakfast in our house. I will make a double batch and freeze the leftovers for my husband and son during the week. I have tried other waffle recipes but this is definitely the best we have had. They almost taste like waffle cone waffles. A definite treat for my family, easy to make and absolutely delicious!

GOod, but still looking for the perfect waffle!

This is a fantastic recipe for those who, like me, don't have time to make the traditional belgian waffle recipe. Those recipes always call for yeast and sitting for an hour. Who has time for that?? So this morning when my twin 2 year olds were asking for "wapples" for breakfast, I mixed this up in a flash and made delicious waffles for the whole family. I have a Waring Professional waffle maker (the kind that you fill and turn) and this recipe made 4 giant waffles. Plenty enough to freeze for another day. I used the recipe exactly as written and it was perfect.

This is the only waffle recipe that has worked for me so far! I never made waffles until my husband got a waffle maker for his birthday 2 years ago. I have tried a few recipes, but they never turned out. These were crispy and had enough substance to chew, instead of some that feel like you're biting into air. I sprayed the waffle maker with cooking spray and they came out of the waffle maker very easy. My husband loves waffles and I will make these again!

The first time I made this recipe, the waffles came out very crispy with fluffy inside. Very good. However, the 2nd and 3rd time not so much. I think it's because I used a hand mixer on the first time, and whisk for the other times.

This was a perfectly good waffle recipe once the syrup was on. The plain waffle itself doesn't have much flavor. Definitely not a dessert waffle. Fairly bland, but again it works well with syrup. I think I'll stick to my recipe in the future. For those of you who substituted butter for the shortening, you should not be rating this recipe as that completely changes it. So does coating them with powdered sugar. My rating is for this recipe made as is, and as is, it does not have butter flavor and is not very sweet.

Excellent waffles. The batter is very thin so don't overfill your baker.. but the taste & texture was exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!

This is a great sweet waffle recipe. I added only a pinch of salt and did beat egg white + sugar to stiff first. Folding this mixture in with everything at the last minute made the batter less runny. I also used butter instead of shortening. As a result of having a very basic waffle maker, it did not come out super fluffy, but it did turn out great. Tender, beautifully golden with wonderful aroma. It has just the right amount of egg and milk for it to be wholesome. I agree that it needs a little dusting of powdered sugar on top and goes great with fruit. In my opinion, this is probably more of a dessert waffle recipe. Update: I made it several times more by now. :) With the waffle iron preheated at medium high, it came out even better than before. Just a tiny bit of golden brown/nice and crispy on the outside with inside still moist and wonderful. 1/2 milk and half water probably helped on this as well. Loving it as a late night snack hehe. Thank you so much for this recipe.

Excellent!! I used Egg Beaters, Splenda, and wheat flour, and these came out light, fluffy, and very tasty.

This recipe was great! Crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside. I became a little nervous for a second after I mixed the dry ingredients with the wet that it was going to be too runny. But quickly, my anxiety dissolved as the batter thickened up. I will definitely make this again.

i loved this recipe it was so good i will defently make it again

These are excellent light and crisp waffles. We used non-salted butter instead of shortening and soymilk instead of milk.

Wow! This has to be the best waffle recipe I have tried. I didn't do anything different to it. Just had to make sure I beat the eggs/sugar real well. My family will be asking for these every day for a while now!!! YUM YUM!!!

I really liked this recipe. They were fluffy and tender and slightly crispy on the outside. I used melted butter instead. I reserved about 1/3 cup of milk because I found the batter very very wet. I did however let it stand for 15 mins(set the table, started the sausages etc) then the batter thickened up quite well. Would like to try with less vanilla next time.

This recipe is wonderful! Its very quick to make and I really like the fact that you don't have to seperate the egss like you do with some waffle recipes. I needed to make this dairy-free, so for the 1 3/4 cups of milk I substituted 1 cup of unsweetened soymilk and 3/4 cup of soy creamer and this worked well. At first I was concerned that the batter was a little runny, but after letting it sit for about 5 minutes while my waffle iron heated up the batter thickend a little bit and was fine.