Pizzelle Heaven
Traditional Italian waffle cookies - light, crispy, and delicious with anise flavor.
📝 Ingredients
- 6 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 cup butter, melted and cooled
- 2 tablespoons anise extract (or vanilla extract)
- 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
👨🍳 Instructions
- 1
In a large bowl, beat eggs and sugar together until light and fluffy.
- 2
Add the melted butter and anise extract, mixing well.
- 3
In a separate bowl, whisk together flour and baking powder.
- 4
Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture, stirring until smooth. The batter should be thick but spoonable.
- 5
Preheat your pizzelle iron according to manufacturer's instructions.
- 6
Drop about 1 tablespoon of batter onto each pizzelle pattern on the iron.
- 7
Close the iron and cook for about 30-45 seconds, or until steam stops coming out and pizzelle are golden brown.
- 8
Carefully remove pizzelle with a fork and place on a wire rack to cool and crisp up.
- 9
Continue with remaining batter. Pizzelle will crisp as they cool.
- 10
Store in an airtight container to keep them crispy.
💡 Dad's Tips
- • For crispier pizzelle, use less batter per cookie
- • Roll warm pizzelle into cones for cannoli shells
- • Can substitute anise with lemon or almond extract
- • These freeze beautifully for months