Breakfast Foods

Sweet Corn Waffles with Bacon and Cinnamon Maple Whipped Butter

The flavors of cornbread make their way into these sweet corn waffles, topped with crispy bacon and delicate cinnamon-maple whipped butter. Serve these for breakfast, or surprise your family with them for a decadent dinner.

Prep

15 minutes

Cook

10 minutes

Servings

4

Level

Easy

Sweet Corn Waffles

  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 1 ¾ cups buttermilk
  • ½ cup (1 stick) Challenge Butter, melted
  • 1 cup fresh or frozen corn, kernels grated on large holes of a box grater (2 ears of corn)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup cornmeal
  • 4 teaspoons baking powder
  • 3 Tablespoons sugar
  • ½ teaspoon salt

Cinnamon Maple Whipped Butter

  • ½ cup Challenge Dairy Unsalted Butter, softened
  • 1 Tablespoon half and half
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 2 Tablespoons maple syrup

Toppings

  • 8 slices of bacon, cooked crisp
  • Maple syrup, warmed

Sweet Corn Waffles

  • 1
    Preheat waffle iron.
  • 2
    For waffles, combine all wet ingredients in a small bowl. Combine all dry ingredients in medium bowl. Pour wet ingredients into bowl with dry ingredients and mix together.
  • 3
    Pour waffle batter onto center of hot waffle iron and bake about 5 minutes.

Cinnamon Maple Whipped Butter

  • 1
    For Cinnamon Maple Whipped Butter, combine all ingredients in a small bowl. Whip with a hand mixer on low for 1-2 minutes. Increase speed to high and whip for an additional 2-4 minutes until butter is light and creamy.
  • 2
    Remove waffles carefully and top with bacon, whipped butter, and maple syrup. Serve immediately.