Fluffy pumpkin waffles with cinnamon roll streusel are made with 5 ingredients, with a crispy exterior, soft insides and cozy fall crumble top! These easy pumpkin waffles taste like pumpkin coffee cake, made with pumpkin puree and oat flour. Vegan, dairy free, gluten free, refined sugar free.
These fluffy pumpkin waffles have a crispy exterior and are topped with cinnamon roll streusel. These healthy 5-ingredient waffles are mixed in a bowl, and easy to freeze and then thaw in a toaster so every morning breakfast can be a quick healthy toaster waffle breakfast.
👉 Similar pumpkin or waffle breakfasts: Chocolate Buckwheat Waffles • Healthy Pumpkin Muffins • Healthy Pumpkin Bread w/ Applesauce • Baked Pumpkin Donuts (dairy free, vegan)
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Benefits of Pumpkin Waffles
Pumpkin waffles are more than just delicious—they’re nourishing too. Pumpkin puree is high in fiber, iron, antioxidants, and vision-supporting vitamin A. It also acts like a natural egg replacer, helping waffles turn out soft inside and crisp outside.
Ingredients
- Pumpkin puree. Canned, organic, just pumpkin in the ingredients. (not pumpkin pie filling).
- Oat flour + almond flour. Oat flour keeps waffles fluffy; almond flour adds crispness.
- Milk + lemon juice. Mix your favorite milk with lemon juice to make buttermilk so waffles rise.
- Brown sugar. Use coconut sugar for refined sugar-free.
- Baking soda + pumpkin pie spice. Warm fall flavor and lift.
- Optional streusel topping. Oat flour, sugar, pumpkin spice, olive oil.
See the recipe card at the bottom for full information on ingredients and quantities.
Steps to Make Pumpkin Waffles
For more detail, visit the complete and printable recipe at the bottom of this post, but here are general steps.
Prep: Mix lemon juice into milk; let sit 5 minutes. Preheat waffle maker. Mix streusel ingredients and refrigerate.
Step 1: Stir flours, sugar, baking soda, and spices in a bowl with a spoon. Add pumpkin puree and milk mixture.
Step 2: Mix lightly into a batter with a spoon, about 10 seconds.
How Much Batter Per Waffle? Spoon into waffle maker: 2-tbsp of batter for mini (Dash), ½ cup for Belgian.
Step 3: Dollop batter into hot waffle maker. You might want to spray your waffle maker before turning it on.
Step 4: Cook until golden and crisp. My Dash waffle maker cooked 6 minutes per waffle. Cool on rack.
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Step 5: Serve with cinnamon streusel, yogurt, and maple syrup.
💡 Balanced Meal Tip: These pumpkin waffles have healthy carbs and fiber, so pair with yogurt for protein and quick-glucose sources such as berries or banana to create a perfectly balanced breakfast.
Recipe Tips
- Typically waffles are done when no more heavy steam is coming out from under lid. If the waffle is sticking when you lift lid, the waffles need to cook more.
- Adding almond flour makes waffles crisper; without it, cook slightly longer.
- Yields: ~3-4 Belgian waffles or 8-10 smaller Dash waffles or double the recipe for more.
- Keep warm in oven at 325°F on a baking sheet.
Alternative Ingredients
- Use vinegar instead of lemon juice.
- Make your own oat flour by blending rolled oats.
- Swap pumpkin with sweet potato or banana puree (flavor will change).
How to Store & Reheat
- Refrigerate in airtight container up to 24 hours.
- Freeze in sealed container up to 2 months.
- Reheat in toaster, oven at 350°F for 5+ minutes
- Air fryer: Heat at 400°F for 5 minutes.
Variations
- Add a spoonful of streusel to the batter while it is in the waffle maker and before you close the lid for a crunchy top.
- Add chocolate chips to batter.
- Mix in 2 tablespoon peanut butter.
- Stir in chia, flax, or hemp seeds (1 tbsp).
Serving Ideas
Pumpkin cinnamon streusel waffles are delicious on their own, but toppings make them extra special. Try:
- A drizzle of maple syrup and a sprinkle of cinnamon.
- A dollop of Greek yogurt or dairy-free yogurt for protein.
- Chopped pecans or walnuts for crunch.
- A spoonful of pumpkin butter or almond butter for richness.
- Fresh berries or sliced bananas for natural sweetness.
- A swirl of coconut whipped cream for a holiday brunch.
FAQS
Yes! Add 2 tablespoon to ¼ cup extra milk and cook on a skillet as pancakes.
Yes, if you use certified gluten-free oat flour.
Yes! Store batter in the fridge for up to 24 hours. Stir gently before cooking; you may need 1–2 tablespoon extra milk to loosen it.
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📖 Recipe
Pumpkin Waffles with Cinnamon Roll Streusel
Equipment
- Belgian waffle maker
Ingredients
Waffles
- ½ cup pumpkin puree
- ¾ cups oat flour.
- ¼ cup almond flour*
- ⅔ cup milk, with lemon juice. I used almond milk; 1 tablespoon of lemon juice
- 2 tablespoon Brown sugar.
- 1 teaspoon Baking soda
- 2 teaspoon Pumpkin pie spice
Streusel topping
- ¼ cup oat flour
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spices
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
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Instructions
Prep:
- Add the lemon juice to the milk, stir and allow to curdle about 5 minutes.
- Pre-heat waffle maker.
- Make and refrigerate streusel topping.¼ cup oat flour, ¼ cup sugar, 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spices, 2 tablespoon olive oil
Make waffles
- Add the flours, sugar, baking soda, and spices to a bowl. Stir with a spoon.¾ cups oat flour., ¼ cup almond flour*, 2 tablespoon Brown sugar., 1 teaspoon Baking soda, 2 teaspoon Pumpkin pie spice
- Then add the milk and pumpkin puree.½ cup pumpkin puree, ⅔ cup milk, with lemon juice.
- Stir until creamy, don't over stir, only about 10 seconds.
- Spoon into waffle maker. Use these measurements: 2 tablespoon of batter into a mini waffle maker like a Dash.
- ½ cup into a Belgian or larger traditional
- Cook according to your waffle maker's instructions. My Dash took about 6 minutes per waffle. Repeat.
- Set waffles on a cooling rack, plate and top with streusel topping, plain no fat yogurt and maple syrup.
Dee Dine says
Homemade pumpkin waffles that are gluten free and vegan, only 5 ingredients and easy to make ahead and thaw in a toaster!