Rainbow month is closing out with a fun way to taste the rainbow with, what else but, Rainbow Waffles! If you missed the month of March, I was so excited to share some fantastic rainbow ideas with you here. All of them are totally worth checking out with a gorgeous photo tutorial to bring to life some fun food and craft moments for your family.
And to close out the month, here is one last recipe. And yes, I know it’s April, but it was spring break last week so I’ve been slow.
Rainbow waffles are a TON of fun. I can think of a dozen reasons to make them in the morning- birthdays, as a St. Patrick Days recipe, slumber parties, but the reality is you don’t need a special reason or a reason at all. Sometimes mornings are just about getting your day started right and these will definitely put grins on everyone’s faces. You can easily make the rainbow starting out and going in, going in to out, or even mixed up for a tie-dyed rainbow look.
The beauty is every waffle can be unique!
Before you get started
Its super important to make sure you have a great waffle maker
before you get started. Here are two of my favorites for a waffle iron and a waffle BOWL iron. It makes a world of difference to have a great stocked kitchen in how your recipes turn out.
Oster CKSTWF2000 Belgian Waffle Maker, Stainless Steel
Presto 03500 Belgian Bowl Waffle Maker, Black
Rainbow Waffle Recipe
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ cups sugar
- 3½ tsp baking powder
- 2 large eggs
- 1½ cups whole milk
- 1 cup salted butter, melted
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- Gel food coloring (rainbow colors)
- Disposable piping bags
(rainbow colors)
Directions:
In a medium bowl
combine flour and baking powder, stir well.
In a separate bowl whisk eggs, milk and sugar together until frothy.
Stir butter and vanilla into the egg mixture
Add liquid mixture to flour mixture and stir until just combined, do not over mix.
Evenly separate batter into 6 different bowls or cups and add gel food coloring to each bowl (one bowl for red, one for orange, one for yellow, etc)
Pour each cup of batter into a separate piping bag.
You will have 6 different bags when you are done.
Heat your waffle iron to high and spray with a non stick cooking spray
Starting in the center, squeeze purple batter onto waffle iron.
Next add blue, green, yellow, etc.
Close the lid and bake for 2-3 minutes or until your waffle maker
indicates that waffle is done.
Repeat until all your batter is gone (makes 4-5 waffles depending on size of your waffle maker)
Serve immediately
Tip: Do not use liquid food coloring, Liquid food coloring changes the consistency of the batter and leads to floppy waffles.
Rainbow Waffles: Taste the Rainbow!
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ cups sugar
- 3½ tsp baking powder
- 2 large eggs
- 1½ cups whole milk
- 1 cup salted butter (melted)
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- Gel food coloring (rainbow colors)
- Disposable piping bags
- In a medium bowl combine flour and baking powder, stir well.
- In a separate bowl whisk eggs, milk and sugar together until frothy.
- Stir butter and vanilla into the egg mixture
- Add liquid mixture to flour mixture and stir until just combined, do not over mix.
- Evenly separate batter into 6 different bowls or cups and add gel food coloring to each bowl (one bowl for red, one for orange, one for yellow, etc)
- Pour each cup of batter into a separate piping bag. You will have 6 different bags when you are done.
- Heat your waffle iron to high and spray with a non stick cooking spray
- Starting in the center, squeeze purple batter onto waffle iron.
- Next add blue, green, yellow, etc.
- Close the lid and bake for 2-3 minutes or until your waffle maker indicates that waffle is done.
- Repeat until all your batter is gone (makes 4-5 waffles depending on size of your waffle maker)
- Serve immediately
- Tip: Do not use liquid food coloring, Liquid food coloring changes the consistency of the batter and leads to floppy waffles.