Do you have browning bananas leftover on the counter?

This is my go-to recipe when I have over ripe bananas on my kitchen counter that I need to use. I know bananas probably taste the best when their skin are more brown than yellow, but I cannot get over the texture of a brown banana. Trying to reduce my food waste, I do not want to throw them out, instead I have to do something different with them.

These waffles are easy to put together and takes no time. Once they are cooking in the waffle maker I have the time to do the dishes and tidy up in the kitchen before sitting down to a delicious breakfast or afternoon snack.

banana waffle ingredients laid out on a pink and flowery background: one banana, a glass of milk, one egg, a teaspoon of baking powder and a plate with oat flour — Banana waffle ingredients

Mushed up banana in a blue bowl sitting on top of a pink and flowery table cloth — Banana mushed

Substitutes

Flour – I use a lot of oat flour at the moment, because I had to use up some of the rolled oats I bought and was about to expire. Blitzing the rolled oat in my standing mixer, it is easy to make oat flour. This recipe works with regular white flour too.
Milk – I mostly drink oat milk because it lasts longer in the fridge then regular fresh milk. I can’t taste the difference between regular cow milk and oat milk when used in baked goods and you can use which ever milk suits you for this recipe.

Waffle batter in a blue bowl, sitting on a pink and flowery table cloth. — Flour added to the waffle batter

Two puddles of waffle batter are poured onto waffle maker ready to be cooked. — Waffle batter poured onto waffle maker

Freezer Friendly

Not only are these waffles incredible tasty and easy to make, the are also freezable. If you don’t eat them all, stick them in the freezer for later. The recipe scales really well and if you have more than one banana left, cook them all and keep the waffles in the freezer for up to three months.

When freezing add a piece of baking paper between each waffle and then it is easier to take out only one or two at the time, if you do not want to defrost them all.

To defrost the waffles, I put them in the oven on low, or leave them in the fridge overnight to eat in the morning. Depending on the size of your waffle maker and toaster, you could probably heat them in your toaster as well.

Two waffles cooked on a waffle maker — Golden waffles ready

I like to add even more vitamin C and fibers by adding more fruit on top and drizzle with a little bit of clear honey. What is your favourite thing to top any waffles or pancakes with? Let me know in the comments below.

Two banana waffles layered on a dark grey plate, topped with banana and apple slices, drizzled with honey. — Waffles topped with banana and apple slices

Print Recipe

Freezer Friendly Banana Waffles

Over ripe bananas? Make these easy freezable banana waffles

Prep Time15

Cook Time15

Total Time30

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Keyword: banana, freezable, waffles

Servings: 4 waffles

Ingredients

1 Banana
1 Egg
100 ml milk
100 gram oat flour
½ tsp baking powder

Instructions

Start by mushing the banana.
Add in an egg and milk, whisk until smooth.
Add in the flour and baking powder, stir until forms a batter.
Heat up your waffle maker and add about 100ml of batter to each side. I have a waffle maker that makes two waffles at the same time.
Cook until golden on each side and easily comes off the waffle griddle.
Pile them on a plate under a clean kitchen towel to keep warm.
Serve with fresh fruit and drizzle over syrup or honey.

Notes

Using ripe bananas are easier to mush and a perfect way to avoid having to throw them out.

For every banana you add, double the recipe, except for the egg where you will be alright adding one egg every two bananas you add.

I am using oat flour to gain a bit more fiber, but regular white flour works just as well.

If you have a non-stick waffle maker, use wooden chopsticks to remove your waffle from the waffle maker, to save the non-stick surface.

For freezing, add a piece of baking paper between each waffle if you only want to take out one at the time. Reheat for a few minutes in the oven on low heat, or put in toaster, depending on the size of the waffles and your toaster.

Waffle is lifted from the waffle maker using wooden chopsticks. — Waffles ready

Using wooden chopsticks to lift the cooked waffle helps save the coating on my non-stick waffle maker.

Savoury instead of sweet?

Try my Smoked salmon waffle with wasabi cream for a savoury waffle. Perfect as an appetizer or as a full meal.