This recipe for lemon waffles made with sour cream are light and fluffy with the perfect amount of tang. Serve these waffles with maple syrup or lemon curd for the perfect weekend breakfast!
Breakfast will never be the same with these bright flavored lemon waffles. I often make a double batch and freeze the leftovers!
Meyer lemons grow very well here in Northern California and my parents have a tree that produces hundreds of lemons a year. We have a different type of lemon tree in our yard but it doesn’t produce much so I readily accept all the lemons my parents offer my way. Even if you’re not growing your own lemons you can still make and enjoy these lemon sour cream waffles! Looking for more amazing breakfast recipes? Check out my overnight yeast waffles and red velvet puffed pancake recipes!
How do you make lemon waffles?
This waffle recipe has two ingredients that stand out from all the other waffles out there. First is the lemon zest and juice. If you can’t find Meyer lemons where you live, you can definitely use whatever variety is sold at your grocery store. Second is the sour cream, which really accentuates the lemon by adding an underlying tang to the batter.
The sour cream isn’t a particularly strong flavor in these waffles, in fact, you’d be hard pressed to identify it. But aside from the slight tang it also adds a lot of moisture and creates a very fluffy waffle.
I serve these waffles both in the morning and for nights when we’re having breakfast for dinner. I tend to serve them with maple syrup because I always have it in the fridge, but you know what would also be really good? Lemon curd and maybe even some fresh berries.
My girls were stealing those lemon slices and eating them while I took these photos. I really wish I had gotten a picture of my toddler’s face when she bit into them, it was priceless. These lemon waffles freeze really well too, so make a double batch and stash some away in the freezer for another day for all the lemon lovers in your life.
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Lemon Sour Cream Waffles
Ingredients
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup white whole wheat flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- zest from 2 lemons
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter , melted
- 1 cup sour cream (can use regular or low fat)
- 1/2 cup milk
- cooking spray
Instructions
- Preheat waffle iron.
- Mix together all the dry ingredients in a large bowl (including lemon zest). In a separate bowl, mix together the wet ingredients.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir until just combined.
- Grease the waffle iron with cooking spray and cook according to manufacturer instructions. I use about 1/2 cup batter per waffle and they cook for 5-6 minutes.
- Serve with maple syrup.
What beautiful photography, I am really impressed. I also love lemon,thank you for sharing.
You had me at lemon. I love the prettiness of your waffles too!
How lucky you are to have access to all those lemons. These waffles look so delicious and I know the addition of sour cream makes them so moist and flavorful.
Reason #193 I need a waffle maker! Why wasn’t that on the wedding registry 3 years ago?! These look AMAZING!
These look amazing. Love your waffle iron shape as well. Super fun.
All of my kids did that at least once as toddlers, grabbing a lemon and then making the best face – so funny! These waffles look amazing, I throw lemon into everything this time of year, but have never tried it in waffles. That definitely needs to happen soon!
These look amazing!! Pinning!
Rosemond
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What kind of waffle maker did you use?
This is an old waffle maker from Crate and Barrel, unfortunately they don’t make it any more!
Wow, these look awesome! I will have to make them for my husband.
These look fantastic! Thanks for sharing this fun recipe!
These looks fantastic! I love that the flavour is built-in! Just serve and enjoy! They look fantastic!!
I love adding sour cream to pancakes/waffles. The tang and creaminess of it works perfectly. These look great.
Ok so this looks delicious. My mom LOVES lemon. Would you be interested in sharing this recipe and pics on my blog? Also how did it taste with syrup?! Thanks for sharing and like everyone else said, great ohotos!
Thanks! It was great with the syrup. Feel free to share this on your site with a link back to mine 🙂
They look absolutely delicious!
Oh wow, this sounds delicious! Although anything with waffles is good in my book.
The combination with lemon is fantastic! Perfect breakfast!
Lemon waffles sound amazing! I’m a little reluctant to try the sour cream though…have you tried the waffles without?
I have not tried them with substitutions, you could try yogurt (low fat not non fat) or buttermilk, but the batter might be runny with buttermilk so you may have to adjust the dry ingredients a bit. If you try it please report back!
My man and I have a Saturday waffle tradition and I will have to give these a go this weekend! They look amazing!
– Ana Luiza
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I love lemon everything and your photos are gourgeous!
These look so good! Do you think I can use yogurt in place of the sour cream without making any other adjustments?
I think it would be fine, but I’d use a low-fat yogurt, not fat free.
I don’t know that I’ve ever paired lemon with waffles before, and now I’m totally craving it! These look phenomenal!