Waffles are a fun breakfast food or great weeknight supper idea.  My grandma passed down a delicious waffle and white sauce recipe.  Waffles and White Sauce is a traditional Mennonite recipe that is a family favorite.

When I wrote on Facebook the other day that we were going to have waffles and white sauce for supper, I did not expect the response I got.

So many people had no idea what a sweet white sauce for waffles was. I tried to explain it as a homemade type pudding, but then decided I should share our family recipe.

We live in a small city and Mennonite foods are common here – Waffles and White Sauce is a traditional meal here, served for breakfast, lunch or supper.

I was always happy when my grandpa would make them in a cast iron waffle iron over a fire. I of course also loved when my grandma or mom would make them in their heart-shaped waffle iron.

I do not have a cast iron waffle iron to make them over the fire, or a heart-shaped waffle iron, but I still love making them for my family.

Waffles and White Sauce recipes can vary, but they all are quite similar. This is the recipe that my grandma made and that I have handwritten in my recipe binder – I’ve been making this favorite recipe for over 10 years!

You can also use this white sauce for pancakes.

WAFFLES & WHITE SAUCE RECIPE

PRINTABLE RECIPE AT END OF POST

WAFFLES

• 2 cups flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 2 cups milk
• 3 eggs
• 1/4 melted salted butter

Mix dry ingredients, then beat in all other ingredients until smooth.  Pour a scoop of sauce into a greased, hot waffle iron and bake for 3 minutes (or until the timer beeps if your waffle iron has a timer).

WHITE SAUCE FOR WAFFLES

Waffles and White Sauce is a traditional meal here in Manitoba where I live. This recipe is one that my grandma often made, she said it was also very similar to the recipe that our local Mennonite museum makes for our local Pioneer Days.

INGREDIENTS

• 4 cups milk
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 1 Tbsp butter
• 1 Tbsp vanilla

DIRECTIONS

1. Heat milk until boiling, stirring constantly. Stir in 1/2 a cup of the sugar.
2. Mix the cornstarch with the remainder 1/4 cup sugar and then add that to the hot milk mixture. Keep stirring until it thickens. (You can add more cornstarch to get it to the thickness you like).
3. Add the butter and vanilla and stir.
4. Pour over waffles (or dip the waffles into the sauce like my little girls do).

 

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MENNONITE WAFFLES AND WHITE SAUCE

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Ingredients

WAFFLES

• 2 cups flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 2 cups milk
• 3 eggs
• 1/4 melted salted butter

WHITE SAUCE

• 4 cups milk
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 1 Tbsp butter
• 1 Tbsp vanilla

Instructions

WAFFLES

Mix dry ingredients, then beat in all other ingredients until smooth.  Pour a scoop of sauce into a greased, hot waffle iron and bake for 3 minutes (or until the timer beeps if your waffle iron has a timer).

WHITE SAUCE

1. Heat milk until boiling, stirring constantly. Stir in 1/2 a cup of the sugar.
2. Mix the cornstarch with the remainder 1/4 cup sugar and then add that to the hot milk mixture. Keep stirring until it thickens. (You can add more cornstarch to get it to the thickness you like).
3. Add the butter and vanilla and stir.
4. Pour over waffles (or dip the waffles into the sauce like my little girls do).

 So tell me, have you ever tried white sauce for waffles?

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