National Waffle Iron Day August 24th + Waffle Iron Hash Browns

IAugust 24th is National Waffle Iron Day and we are celebrating our love of waffles by sharing delicious, homemade sweet and savory waffle recipes! Waffles are delicious and normally toted as breakfast food but your waffle iron can cook more than waffles. Have you ever tried scrambled eggs or hash browns? Even corn beef hash! We love our waffle iron and I love using it to make foods other than actual waffles.

This past weekend my husband was off from work and we decided to do breakfast together as a family. We usually do pancakes or french toast and occasionally eggs and toast. The kids love hash browns and were bugging for them so I decided to try them out in the waffle iron. I’d seen a few tutorials on how to here and there and Pinterest and I thought to myself, how hard could it be? I happened to have a frozen bag of shredded hash browns in the freezer and decided to give it a try!

Waffle Iron Hash Browns

Ingredients:

• Frozen shredded hash browns
• Salt & pepper
• ketchup or other sauce (optional)

Directions:

1. Plug-in your waffle iron and spray with non-stick cooking spray, if needed. Sometimes I do like to spray my waffle iron because after a few uses I feel stuff starts to stick.
2. After the waffle iron is heated, add the shredded hash browns. I like to make my layer at least 1″ thick because once you close the waffle iron, they layer is patted down so less is more.
3. Allow the shredded hash browns to heat through. I love mine golden brown and pretty crispy so I let mine cook about 10 minutes. I checked it every few minutes to make sure they weren’t burning.
4. Remove the cooked hash browns from the waffle iron and serve.

I love making hash browns this way because it allowed me to make our eggs and other breakfast food items separately. Plus, it saved on dirtying extra dishes. Having a waffle iron is a space saver too if you don’t have a lot of kitchen space and want an appliance to do duty double.

Looking for a few more waffle iron recipes? Check out these ideas!

1. Pumpkin Apple Waffles from The Kitchen Is My Playground – I am loving these and they sound perfect for fall!
2. Omelette Waffle Recipe from She Saved – Another perfect example of how a waffle iron can make most than just waffles!
3. How to Make Easy Homemade Waffles You Can Freeze from Walking On Sunshine Recipes – A classic recipe and she shows you how to freeze your extras, perfect for grab and go school breakfasts!
   Cinnamon Roll Waffles from Cincy Shopper – Looking for a quick and easy way to serve your store bought cinnamon rolls? Jen shows you have to make those refrigerated cinnamon rolls in your waffle iron!
4. Pizza Waffles from Complete Recipes – Pizza in a waffle iron? Yes, please! My kids would love this!
5. Cheesy Leftover Mashed Potato Waffles from Just A Taste – We always have leftover mashed potatoes and I am always trying to figure out how to re-invent them and this recipe is perfect!