Italian Pizzelles Recipes

ITALIAN PIZZELLES

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, stir together the ground nuts, flour, cocoa and baking powder; set aside. In a separate bowl, beat eggs on the high speed of an electric mixer, gradually add the sugar and mix until thick and yellow. Stir in the melted butter and vanilla. Gradually stir in the flour mixture, just mixing enough to combine.
• Heat up the pizzelle iron until a drop of water dances on the surface, then slightly reduce heat. Drop 1 rounded tablespoon of batter for each cookie. Close the lid and bake for about 2 minutes, depending on your iron. Turn cookie out and trim before cooling on racks.

AUTHENTIC PIZZELLE

Steps:

• In a bowl, add the eggs, the sifted flour with a pinch of salt, the sugar and the aromas.
• By hand with a whisk or an electric mixer, mix the ingredients and add the oil a little at a time. The mixture must appear thick and homogeneous, not too liquid.
• Let the batter rest for half an hour and then proceed to cooking.
• Grease the pizzelle iron with a little of the butter and wait until melted. Tip: check out or best pizzelle maker guide.
• Heat the iron on the stove and when it is hot, fill it in the center with a spoonful of the dough.
• Close the dish well and cook the pizzelle for a few minutes in the pizzelle maker, until each side is golden and crisp.
• Remove the pizzelle thus obtained, which can be tasted as lukewarm natural or enriched with sweet creams or jams or anise.

THE VERY BEST PIZZELLE RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat the pizzelle iron.
• With a hand mixer, beat the eggs and sugar in a large bowl until light in color and fluffy, approximately 2-3 minutes.
• Add the vanilla, lemon zest and butter. Beat until well blended.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt.
• Fold the dry ingredients, a little bit at a time, into the egg mixture until just incorporated and the batter is smooth.
• Place 1 heaping tablespoon of batter in the center of the design on the pizzelle iron. Close the iron to press the dough flat and bake until golden brown, approximately 1 minute. (Cooking times may vary depending on your appliance, please adjust accordingly.)
• Using a spatula, remove the cookie from the iron and transfer to a rack to cool.

PIZZELLE-ITALIAN TRADITION

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, beat the eggs with an electric mixer until light. Add the sugar, butter, lemon zest and vanilla, mix well. Stir in the flour and baking powder.
• Heat pizzelle iron. Drop batter by teaspoonfuls onto the center of the patterns, close the lid and cook for about 30 seconds. Test the cooking time on the first one, because temperatures may vary. Remove cookies carefully from the iron and cool on wire racks.

LEMON PIZZELLE

Steps:

• Preheat pizzelle iron according to manufacture's instructions.
• In a medium bowl lightly whisk together eggs, sugar, olive oil and lemon zest until combined. Stir in flour and salt.
• The batter should be a thick cake batter consistency which falls easily from a spoon. It shouldn't be thin enough to pour off a spoon. If necessary, incorporate a little more flour.
• Cook pizzelle according to instruction supplied with your pizzelle iron.
• Allow to cool and dust with powdered sugar if desired. Store in airtight container.

CLASSIC ITALIAN PIZZELLE

Steps:

• Warm up a pizzelle iron.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together flour and baking powder; set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl or the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the eggs and sugar until frothy and beginning to thicken (about 2-3 minutes).
• On low speed, add the extracts and melted butter to egg mixture in a steady stream and mix for 30 seconds.
• Slowly add the dry mixture to wet and blend just until combined. Your batter will resemble a soft and sticky dough.
• Spray pizzelle iron lightly with baking spray.
• Drop 1 tablespoon of batter on hot pizzelle press.
• Close press and cook for about 1 minute or until light indicated cookies are done (cookies should be slightly golden).
• Use a fork to lift pizzelle off the press and transfer to a cookie rack or plate to cool down (keep in mind that they should lay flat. While they are hot, they will mold into another shape if they're not completely flat).
• Spray iron again and repeat process until you finish all the batter.
• Dust with confectioner's sugar and ENJOY!

ITALIAN PIZZELLE RECIPE

Steps:

• Add melted, cooled butter, vanilla, and anise seeds. Beat again.
• Add flour and baking powder to a bowl and sift into the egg mixture. Batter should be thick enough to be dropped by a spoon (a mix between pancake batter and cookie dough).
• Spray a pizzelle maker with nonstick spray and drop a tablespoon of mixture onto the pizzelle maker.
• Close the pizzelle maker and allow to cook until the pizzelles are brown. My maker takes about 24 seconds.
• Remove the pizzelle from the pizzelle maker and place flat on a cookie sheet to cool. Spray pizzelle maker with nonstick spray between each new round of pizzelle.
• Dust with powdered sugar if so desired. Enjoy!

ITALIAN CLASSIC PIZZELLES

Steps:

• Beat the eggs, adding sugar gradually. Beat until smooth. Add cooled margarine and vanilla extract or anise flavouring.
• Sift the flour and baking powder. Blend into the egg mixture until smooth. Dough will be sticky enough to be dropped by spoon.
• Heat Pizzelle maker. Grease a small cookie scoop with cooking spray. Scoop the cookie dough and place just past the centre of the form towards the back of the maker. Lock and set a timer for 26 seconds. Cook longer if you like them darker.
• Remove to a cooling rack.
• Chocolate Pizzelles: Sift cocoa, additional sugar and baking powder into dry ingredients for Classic Pizzelles. Blend into egg mixture until smooth.

ITALIAN PIZZELLES

Steps:

• In the bowl of your mixer, fitted with the whisk attachment, beat the eggs on high for 10 minutes. Gradually add the sugar and beat well. Add the anise, baking powder and melted butter. Beat. Switch to your paddle attachment and add flour. Mix until combined.
• Heat your pizzelle iron until hot. Using a level 1 1/2″ scoop, place batter onto iron, close the iron and cook until done, about 1 minute. Remove and place on a flat surface to cool.

ITALIAN PIZZELLES RECIPE:

Steps:

• In a bowl, sift together the flour and baking powder.
• In the bowl of your electric mixer, beat together the eggs and sugar, Add the melted butter, vanilla extract, and anise seeds. Add the flour mixture and beat until smooth.
• Preheat your pizzelle baker according to the manufacturer's directions. The red indicator light will begin to glow, indicating that the baker has begun preheating. It will take approximately 5 to 8 minutes to reach baking temperature. At this point, you will see the red light going on and off. This only means that the baker is maintaining the proper baking temperature, it does not tell you when to start or stop baking.
• Lightly spray the pizzelle grids with non-stick spray or lightly brush with vegetable oil.
• Drop batter by rounded tablespoonful onto center or each preheated grid pattern. You will find that by placing the batter slightly behind the center of the pattern, your pizzelles will come out closer to a round shape (this is because, as you close the baker, the batter squeezes forward slightly).
• The amount of batter used can vary according to the size of your Pizzelle Maker. Usually my first batch of pizzelles are my test batch to determine the amount of dough to be used and also the baking time.
• Close lid and bake approximately 40 to 50 second depending on your preference for browning and/or the consistency of your batter. You may open the lid briefly to examine the color and bake longer as desired to create the darkness you want.
• Lift the lid and remove the cooked pizzelles with the edge of a fork or a thin spatula. Place them on paper towel lined cooling racks in single layers. Be sure to lay the hot pizzelles in a single layer on the cookie sheet. When they are completely cool, you can stack them.

CLASSIC ITALIAN PIZZELLE: MY FAMILY RECIPE

Steps:

• Whisk together your eggs, sugar, vanilla and anise (see how to anise above) in a medium bowl.
• Now add your flour, salt and baking powder and mix it well until there are no lumps and it looks smooth.
• Now add your melted butter and mix that in to your mixture.
• Pre-heat your pizzelle maker. They are all a little different so follow the manufacturers instructions for this.
• Once it is heated, add a heaping tablespoon of your thick dough to the middle of each of your pizzelle areas on the iron. Close and cook for about 30-45 seconds until it is a light golden color. If the pizzelle is too light in color you can just close the pizzelle maker and cook the pizzelle for a few more seconds.
• Once they are cooked, remove the pizzelles from the iron (they will still be soft and pliable at this point) and place on a cooling rack where they will cool and get nice and crispy. Keep doing this until all the dough is used up!
• Once all of your pizzelles are fully cooked and cooled, you can go ahead and clean them up if you would like by lightly breaking off any parts of the pizzelle that went beyond the design edge. I find this to be relaxing but it is not necessary :)

PIZZELLES

Steps:

• Turn on pizzelle maker
• Melt butter in microwave (about 30 seconds)
• Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in medium bowl
• Add in eggs, melted butter and extract to the dry ingredients
• Mix together well
• Lightly grease griddle with pastry brush
• Ladle heaping tablespoon of batter in center of the pizzelle iron. Close maker.
• Bake 60 - 120 seconds depending on the pizzelle maker. Pizzelles should be light brown and fully baked.
• Be careful opening the pizzelle maker as it will be hot. Only touch the cover handle.
• Remove with tongs when golden brown
• Set pizzelle cookies on cooling rack; do not stack when warm
• Sprinkle with powdered sugar when cooled if desired