Sweet Potato Waffles

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I really love these waffles. My 7yr old gets excited when I decide to make them. I don't add the orange zest because I don't keep oranges in the house. I add nutmeg, cinnamon and vanilla. I use the Chef's Choice "Five of Hearts" waffle iron set to 4 so that it cooks all the way through. I might try the roasting method versus the steaming method when I make them the next time.

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Great waffles we make them all the time. Great flavor and easy to make

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I roasted the sweet potatoes as other reviewers suggested & topped the waffles with toasted pecans and syrup. I also cut down on the zest by half. The flavor of these waffles was pretty good (although the sweet potato flavor could have been more pronounced. Like other reviewers, I found the waffles did not crisp up very much. I had to pop them in the toaster a bit.

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I tried making these with some leftover pumpkin and it just didn't work out. I have a VillaWare round waffler that I haven't had much of a problem with before, but the waffles were sticking despite generous oiling and weren't crisping in the middle. The batter seemed to have the right consistency, but maybe I should have drained the pumpkin over some cheesecloth or something before adding it.
As for the taste, all I could taste was the orange zest. I've seen some other reviews with the same comment, so I might omit that and go with some cinnamon or something when I try the recipe again with the sweet potatoes.

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Five stars.

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I agree on cooking them a bit longer. The ones I plan to freeze or toast later don't get too cooked in the iron, so they still have a bit of softness & stand up to toasting better.

Made a toasted peanut butter & apricot jam sammie with one. good lord! yum.

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These waffles came out soooo good. I added a little bit of cinnamon to the batter
(about 1/2 teaspoon and I think that really added to their deliciousness. Topped with warm maple syrup and chopped pecans...mmmm. Thanks Alton!

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We don't always get lift and crispiness from these waffles like we do from Alton's buttermilk waffles, but they are still very good. We've created a shortcut by using leftover canned pumpkin when we have it in place of the sweet potatoes.

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This is a good recipe but I've found a couple extra tricks. Roasting the sweet potatoes brings out the flavor more so than steaming. The roasting caramelizes some of the potato's natural sugars. You'll need to add a bit more moisture back into the batter by adding an extra splash of milk. The waffles are great but if you take the leftover batter and scoop it in the deep fryer, it makes incredible fritters, mix a little chopped apple into the batter and finish them with cinnamon sugar. Its incredible!

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I made this recipe today for our "breakfast for dinner night". I microwaved the potatoes instead of steaming them and used vanilla and nutmeg instead of the orange zest. The recipe was as easy as my regular waffle recipe. This will be my go-to waffle recipe.