Name: Sweet Potato Waffles
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 4 cups sweet potato (raw, about 2-3 sweet potatoes); 3 eggs; salt (to taste); spray cooking oil or olive oil

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These sweet potato waffles are hearty, filling, and so easy to make! With just a few simple ingredients and steps, these waffles are super customizable with a variety of toppings. Paleo, too!

A pile of sweet potato waffles covered in butter and syrup on a white plate

What You’ll Need To Make This Recipe

Sweet potatoes – Raw, then grated and drained.
Eggs
Salt
Cooking spray or olive oil

How To Make Sweet Potato Waffles

Peel and grate the sweet potatoes.

Use a cheesecloth and drain the excess water very, very well. Add the eggs and salt and mix them well with the fork.

Use the batter amount for your size waffle maker (see the top tips). Spray the waffle maker well with the cook spray or grease with the olive oil.

Pour the batter in the waffle maker and close. Each waffle takes about 5 minutes to cook through.

Grated sweet potatoes in a white bowl surrounded by eggs

Top Tips For Making

For a mini waffle maker, use about 1/3 cup of batter. For a full-sized waffle maker, use about 1 cup.
Make sure to drain the sweet potatoes extremely well. Any water will make the texture of the waffles way too mushy.
These waffles are great sweet or savory. For sweet, you can top with butter and syrup or add a dash of cinnamon to the batter. For a more savory waffle, try a dollop of sour cream.

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A bite of sweet potato waffle on a fork with a plate of waffles in the background

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Sweet Potato Waffles

These easy sweet potato waffles are paleo and absolutely perfect sweet or savory.

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Keyword eggs, paleo, sweet potatoes

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Total Time 15 minutes

Servings waffles

Calories 323kcal

Cost $2

Equipment

Waffle maker

Ingredients

4 cups sweet potato raw, about 2-3 sweet potatoes
3 eggs
salt to taste
spray cooking oil or olive oil

Instructions

Peel and grate sweet potatoes.
Use a cheesecloth and drain the excess water VERY well. Add egg and salt, mix well with the fork.
Spray waffle maker with cooking oil or grease with olive oil. Pour the batter into the waffle maker. (See Notes for amount.) Each waffle will take about 5 minutes to cook through.

Notes

Batter amount: For a mini waffle maker, use about 1/3 cup of batter. For a full-sized waffle maker, use about 1 cup.
Draining notes: Make sure to drain the sweet potatoes EXTREMELY well or the texture of the batter will be too soft.
Topping suggestions: For sweet, you can top with butter and syrup or add a dash of cinnamon to the batter. For a more savory waffle, try a dollop of sour cream.

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