# Malted waffles **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 27, 2009, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malted-waffles/507912 "2009-08-27T14:55:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malted-waffles/507912/1 "2009-08-27T14:55:05Z")
I know I can google malted waffle batter recipes, but I thought I’d see if any dopers have any recipes they’ve tried and swear by. I love malt and I’ve been jonesin’ for waffles lately… ---
**Author:** ![MissIntent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/97f17d/32.png) [@MissIntent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissIntent)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malted-waffles/507912/2 "2009-08-27T19:34:31Z")
How about a great, simple recipe for beer waffles? 1 cup of bisquick or something like it 1/2 cup of beer 1/4 cup of oil 1 egg Takes about 1 minute to mix up. You can actually use soda instead of beer (anything carbonated) but they are the best with beer. ---
**Author:** ![Words\_on\_the\_Interweb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b19c9b/32.png) [@Words\_on\_the\_Interweb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Words_on_the_Interweb)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malted-waffles/507912/3 "2009-08-28T05:54:03Z")
I’ve been hoping someone would have a good recipe for the OP, as I’d be curious to try it myself. Lacking any “real” recipes, I’d think you could just add a bit of malt powder to the waffle batter, and see how they turn out - seems like it should work. ---
**Author:** ![freedumb2003](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@freedumb2003](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freedumb2003)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malted-waffles/507912/4 "2009-08-28T05:56:12Z")
> [@MissIntent](#): > > How about a great, simple recipe for beer waffles? > > 1 cup of bisquick or something like it > 1/2 cup of beer > 1/4 cup of oil > 1 egg > > Takes about 1 minute to mix up. You can actually use soda instead of beer (anything carbonated) **but they are the best with beer**. You can say that about 90% of all recipies and 100% of all life situations 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![butler1850](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@butler1850](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butler1850)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malted-waffles/507912/5 "2009-08-28T18:00:37Z")
You’re really adding more sugar, more than anything critical to the pancake production foundations. Replace whatever sugar (if any, unless you want them sweeter than “normal”) with malt extract powder, and off you go. Pancakes are incredibly forgiving. Simply adjust your liquids to compensate if needed. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malted-waffles/507912/6 "2009-08-28T19:47:46Z")
> [@Words\_on\_the\_Interweb](#): > > I’ve been hoping someone would have a good recipe for the OP, as I’d be curious to try it myself. Lacking any “real” recipes, I’d think you could just add a bit of malt powder to the waffle batter, and see how they turn out - seems like it should work. Well, to tell you the truth, googling ‘malt waffle recipe’ works well too. I was hoping to get some recipe that somebody had tried. **butler1850** , thanks for the insight. I can be an intuitive cook when I want to, so thinking of the malted powder as a sugar substitute is helpful. ---
**Author:** ![Never\_Say\_Dice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee59a6/32.png) [@Never\_Say\_Dice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Never_Say_Dice)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malted-waffles/507912/7 "2009-08-28T20:56:45Z")
I’ve always been disappointed by malt. I want malt to work. Malt shops, malt ball candy. Just not a useful flavor. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malted-waffles/507912/8 "2009-08-28T21:16:10Z")
> [@Never\_Say\_Dice](#): > > I’ve always been disappointed by malt. I want malt to work. Malt shops, malt ball candy. Just not a useful flavor. Says you, pal 😛 I love, love, love me some malt. I nearly died and went to taste heaven when Dairy Queen introduced the Blizzard with Whoppers, lo those many years ago. Mmmmmmmmmmmm. On topic, I would also like to see a recipe for malt waffles or pancakes that someone has tried. ---
**Author:** ![Words\_on\_the\_Interweb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b19c9b/32.png) [@Words\_on\_the\_Interweb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Words_on_the_Interweb)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malted-waffles/507912/9 "2009-08-28T21:44:54Z")
> [@bup](#): > > Well, to tell you the truth, googling ‘malt waffle recipe’ works well too. I was hoping to get some recipe that somebody had tried. Yes, well, I was being lazy. 😉 And hoping someone would have personal experience to offer, in terms of how strong the flavour was with various ratios. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malted-waffles/507912/10 "2009-08-31T18:57:55Z")
Stupid grocery store didn’t have malted milk powder - only Ovaltine. Well, I tried the first recipe in “The Joy of Cooking” for waffles, except I separated the eggs (which the old version of the book said to do), and instead of 1 tablespoon of sugar I used 2 tablespoons of Ovaltine. It worked pretty well. I liked them. Honestly I would have liked a stronger malt flavor, but I’ve built up a malt tolerance. At a better grocery store I found malted milk powder, and I’ll try that soon. ---
**Author:** ![MissIntent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/97f17d/32.png) [@MissIntent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissIntent)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malted-waffles/507912/11 "2009-09-01T05:42:21Z")
I forgot about this earlier, but there is actually malted waffle mix, we used to buy it. Found in higher end grocery stores I think? ---
**Author:** ![butler1850](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@butler1850](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butler1850)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malted-waffles/507912/12 "2009-09-01T20:38:07Z")
It should be said that I hadn’t thought of Ovaltine or malted milk powder when answering above. I was thinking of Dried Malt Extract (DME) found at a homebrew store. I tend to have some around as a result of my own homebrewing efforts. I’ve added it (a few tablespoons) to the simple on-the-box Bisquick recipe. I’ve also added Chocolate Ovaltine to the same, to get the chocolate flavor, when I was out of cocoa, and my 4yo daughter _really_ wanted chocolate pancakes. If you can find a homebrew shop around you, it’s pretty cheap. A pound will cost \<$5.