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Loaded Mashed Potato Waffles

December 26, 2015 By justalittlebitofbacon 9 Comments

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Have some leftover mashed potatoes sitting in your fridge right now? Instead of letting them sit there until you finally throw them out, make some waffles with them tonight! Mashed potato waffles are an awesome way to transform those leftovers into a new and tasty dish.

Loaded Mashed Potato Waffles - Mashed Potato Waffles are filled with scallions and cheese and are an awesomely tasty way to enjoy leftover mashed potatoes. Once you try them you may find yourself making mashed potatoes specifically to enjoy these waffles! | justalittlebitofbacon.com

If you’re like me, you have a waffle iron sitting in a cabinet in your kitchen gathering dust. Oh, it gets taken out sometimes when we’re in the mood for a great breakfast and waffles are on the menu. But not often enough!

So, what to do?

Find other ways to use that waffle iron. Make it earn its keep. And mashed potato waffles are an excellent way for your waffle iron to justify its continued existence in the cabinet.

Loaded Mashed Potato Waffles - Mashed Potato Waffles are filled with scallions and cheese and are an awesomely tasty way to enjoy leftover mashed potatoes. Once you try them you may find yourself making mashed potatoes specifically to enjoy these waffles! | justalittlebitofbacon.com

One word of warning, though. I would not recommend using cream cheese mashed potatoes to make waffles.

Unfortunately, my absolute favorite way to make mashed potatoes does not work in a waffle iron. How do I know this? Because my initial thought of ‘oooh, mashed potato waffles would be yummy!’ turned into a saga of sticking and annoying almost waffles that I had to pry out of the iron in bits. 🙁 I’m not saying it’s impossible, but I will say that cream cheese makes the process way too difficult, while no cream cheese mashed potatoes were a breeze to waffle up. So, if you want some waffles in your future, say no to the cream cheese in your mashed potatoes.

Loaded Mashed Potato Waffles - Mashed Potato Waffles are filled with scallions and cheese and are an awesomely tasty way to enjoy leftover mashed potatoes. Once you try them you may find yourself making mashed potatoes specifically to enjoy these waffles! | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Once you have your no cream cheese mashed potatoes and your waffle iron, these waffles come together quickly and easily. A little mixing of the batter and a little mixing of the sauce and you have a meal. They are great as a side dish, as a main dish with a green salad, or even as breakfast with a couple of eggs. Yum!

– Happy Eating, Annemarie

Loaded Mashed Potato Waffles - Mashed Potato Waffles are filled with scallions and cheese and are an awesomely tasty way to enjoy leftover mashed potatoes. Once you try them you may find yourself making mashed potatoes specifically to enjoy these waffles! | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Loaded Mashed Potato Waffles - Mashed Potato Waffles are filled with scallions and cheese and are an awesomely tasty way to enjoy leftover mashed potatoes. Once you try them you may find yourself making mashed potatoes specifically to enjoy these waffles! | justalittlebitofbacon.com
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Loaded Mashed Potato Waffles

Mashed Potato Waffles are filled with scallions and cheese and are an awesomely tasty way to enjoy leftover mashed potatoes.
Prep Time5 mins
Cook Time30 mins
Total Time35 mins
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 375kcal
Author: Just a Little Bit of Bacon

Ingredients

  • 3 cups mashed potatoes
  • 1/4 cup buttermilk
  • 1/2 cup sliced scallions ( 4-5 scallions), plus more for topping
  • 3 oz cheddar cheese, shredded
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 tbsp softened butter or bacon fat
  • 1/2 cup flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp kosher salt
  • oil to spray or brush on the waffle maker

Sour Cream Buttermilk Sauce

  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • 1/2 tsp paprika
  • dash of garlic powder

Instructions

  • Preheat the waffle iron and set it to medium high.
  • Mix together mashed potatoes, buttermilk, scallions, cheddar, egg, and butter or bacon fat until combined. Stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl. Add the flour mixture to the potatoes and mix.
  • Once the waffle iron is hot, spray or brush some oil on both sides. For a two section waffle iron, add about 1/3 cup of the potato mixture to each section of the waffle iron. What you are looking to do is to make rough waffle circles so you may need to add a little more or a little less depending on the size of the sections in your waffle iron.
  • Cook until the waffles release from the iron and are golden brown, about 5 minutes, though you may need a minute more or less depending on your iron.
  • While the waffles are cooking, whisk together all the sour cream sauce ingredients.
  • To serve, top the waffles with the sour cream buttermilk sauce and scatter some sliced scallions over the top.

Notes

The potato mixture sizzles when I put it into the iron, which gives the waffles and nice, crispy crust.
I use a Belgian waffle iron, which produces fairly thick waffles in two sections. For waffle iron that makes thinner waffles, check them at 3 minutes. And for a four section waffle iron I would probably use about 1/4 cup of the potato in each section.
Loaded Mashed Potato Waffles - Mashed Potato Waffles are filled with scallions and cheese and are an awesomely tasty way to enjoy leftover mashed potatoes. Once you try them you may find yourself making mashed potatoes specifically to enjoy these waffles! | justalittlebitofbacon.com
Loaded Mashed Potato Waffles - Mashed Potato Waffles are filled with scallions and cheese and are an awesomely tasty way to enjoy leftover mashed potatoes. Once you try them you may find yourself making mashed potatoes specifically to enjoy these waffles! | justalittlebitofbacon.com

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Comments

  1. Stephanie says

    August 21, 2020 at 11:18 am

    Are the 3 cups of mashed potatoes leftovers or mashed potato flakes?

    Reply
    • justalittlebitofbacon says

      August 21, 2020 at 11:20 am

      Leftover mashed potatoes. I’ve never made this with potato flakes, so I have idea if that would work. I hope that helps!

      Reply
  2. Laila says

    March 25, 2016 at 10:30 am

    Hi, this sounds yummy. One question – can I substitute buttermilk with something else, maybe sour cream? We don’t have buttermilk where I live unfortunately. Thanks!

    Reply
    • justalittlebitofbacon says

      March 25, 2016 at 3:10 pm

      Certainly! I almost always have buttermilk in the fridge, but sour cream mixed with some milk will work as well. It’s not a lot of buttermilk, so the sour cream might not need to be thinned, but my usual conversion is replace buttermilk with half sour cream and half milk. Here it would be 2 tbsp sour cream/2 tbsp milk.

      Reply
    • Alberta says

      May 17, 2020 at 11:30 am

      1/4 cup milk or cream and 1/4 tsp lemon juice or white vinegar. Stir and let sit a few minutes, Viola” – buttermilk!

      Reply
  3. Breakfast for Dinner says

    December 28, 2015 at 8:50 pm

    That’s it, I MUST make waffles out of mashed potatoes!! I feel like I’m seeing them everywhere these days, and you’ve finally pushed me over the ledge. I will be making mashed potatoes for dinner later this week, and will quarantine some to make these waffles the morning after! Thanks for the much-needed push! 😉

    Reply
    • justalittlebitofbacon says

      January 6, 2016 at 1:07 pm

      Hello! I really need to go through my spam folder more often! And you should make these. We were all big fans of them. 🙂

      Reply
  4. Robyn @ Simply Fresh Dinners says

    December 27, 2015 at 9:15 am

    Hi Annemarie,

    Just love these waffles. The flavors must be amazing. I’m with you on bacon…a necessity of life!

    Saw you over at FBC and thought I’d pop into your blog and so glad I did! Gorgeousness everywhere 🙂 Love your photos and healthy, seasonal eating. Welcome to FBC 🙂

    I’ve sent you some PInterest and FB group invites ! Have a great day.

    Reply
    • justalittlebitofbacon says

      December 31, 2015 at 3:40 pm

      You’re getting all sorts of messages from me today. 🙂 Thanks for the lovely comments on my pictures. And the waffles are really tasty. It took me a few tries to get them right so they’ve been well testing.

      Reply

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