These perfect waffles are very easy to make at home; they are crispy on the outside, and fluffy on the inside.

Be sure to eat while it's fresh and hot.

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Step 1: Ingredients

Ingredients: (serves 8)

2 eggs, separated (See Step #3)

1 cup milk

¾ cup coconut milk

1 tablespoon sugar

1 ½ cups flour

½ cup whole wheat flour

½ cup vegetable oil

4 teaspoons baking powder

¼ teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon vanilla

Step 2: Preheat Your Waffle Iron

Preheat your waffle iron according to the manufacturer's instructions.

If you don't have a waffle maker, and you are interested in buying one, see below:

I use a Cuisinart Belgian Waffle Maker, which is a really nice, large, deep waffle maker that makes great waffles, for $60.

I also use (behind the scenes) a Cuisinart Classic Waffle Maker that works perfectly fine, too, for half the price as the Belgian Waffle maker. The difference? This $30 classic waffle maker is a lot smaller, and less deep, and so it holds less waffle batter. It also doesn't BEEP when the waffle is done cooking.

I recommend the Belgian waffle maker if you don't mind spending the money for it.

If you're on a budget, however, and don't have many mouths to feed, I'd personally recommend the Classic Waffle Maker.

See the links above.

Step 3: The Eggs and All the Ingredients

Separate the egg using an egg separator, over a large metal bowl. The egg white will go in this metal bowl, and the egg yolk will go into the blender.

In the blender, pour in the rest of the ingredients over the egg yolk, (except the egg whites): (milk, coconut milk, sugar, flour, whole wheat flour, oil, baking powder, salt, and vanilla). Pour the wet ingredients in first for easier blending. Blend until nice and combined and fluffy.

NOTE:

You can use a special egg separator like I do if you prefer that over doing it with the egg shell, which is harder. You can buy an egg separator here:At Amazon

Step 4: The Egg White and All the Ingredients

After you've already blended the wet ingredients (except for the egg white), go back to your large metal bowl with the two egg whites in it. Get a high speed hand mixer, and whip those egg whites for about one minute (depending how fast your whipper is), until you get soft, fluffy, white peaks.

Now, pour all the ingredients from the blender into the whipped egg white bowl. Scrape the blender to make sure you've got almost everything. Now, fold the egg whites into the rest of the ingredients. This is what will make your waffles nice and fluffy on the inside. Now you are ready to cook your waffles.

Step 5: Cooking Your Waffles

When your waffle iron is done preheating, open it up, and pour in your batter using a measuring cup. The amount of batter you'll need depends on your waffle maker. The waffle maker will beep, and/or have a green light go on when the waffle is done cooking. But there's not hurt in checking manually beforehand to see if the waffle is done.

Repeat this cooking process however many times it takes to finish your batter. If you will not be eating your waffles right away, but will probably eat it in 10 - 30 minutes after cooking (which is not necessarily recommended), preheat oven to 170 degrees, and line the rack with some parchment paper. Place your cooked waffles in this warm place until ready to eat.

If you do this, though, chances are that the waffles won't be as crispy as they were right out of the waffle maker.