Old Fashioned Pizzelle Recipes

CLASSIC PIZZELLE RECIPE FOR ITALIAN WAFFLE COOKIES

Steps:

• Beat eggs and sugar in a mixing bowl for approximately 2 to 3 minutes, until they're fluffy and a light yellow color.
• While still beating, slowly drizzle in the melted and cooled butter. Then add the vanilla extract.
• In a separate bowl, whisk the baking powder into the flour. Using a spatula, fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until just incorporated.
• Bake one medium cookie scoop of batter (about 1 1/2 tablespoons) per mold in a pizzelle maker until golden brown, about 30 seconds. Remove with a wooden spatula to a cooling rack and cool completely.
• Dust cooled pizzelles with powdered sugar, as desired.

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.

PIZZELLE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat the eggs, sugar and oils until smooth. Gradually add flour and mix well., Bake in a preheated pizzelle iron according to manufacturer's directions until golden brown. Remove to wire racks to cool. Store in an airtight container.

OLD FASHIONED PIZZELLS MADE WITH HAND HELD PIZZELLE IRON.

Steps:

• sift flour and baking powder.
• melt butter set aside.
• beat egg until foamy
• add sugar to egg abd beat.
• add cooled butter and anise to egg.
• slowly add flour mixing by hand until dough it doesn't stick to hands, this will take 7 or eight cups of flower.
• make balls a little smaller than golf balls just like making meatballs. heat both sides.
• of hand held iron on medium flame till water beads off of iron. use three balls placing them towards the center of iron. squeeze tightly for about 30 seconds on each side they should fall off just by opening iron. you might have to use a butter knife to ease them off the iron.

ANISE PIZZELLE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat the eggs, sugar and butter until smooth. Combine flour and baking powder; gradually to egg mixture and mix well. Stir in aniseed and extracts., Bake in a preheated pizzelle iron according to manufacturer's directions until golden brown. Remove to wire racks to cool. Store in an airtight container.

AUNT ALBA'S PIZZELLE

Steps:

• Whisk flour, sugar, eggs, shortening, baking powder, salt, and anise oil together in a large bowl. Refrigerate 2 hours or overnight.
• Preheat pizzelle iron according to manufacturer's instructions.
• Drop a spoonful of batter onto the preheated iron. Bake until golden, 30 to 40 seconds. Carefully remove pizzelle and cool on a cooling rack.

TRADITIONAL ITALIAN PIZZELLES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat sugar and eggs.
• Add cooled melted butter, anise oil, and vanilla a little bit at a time until blended.
• Sift together all dry ingredients and gradually add to wet mixture. (Batter should be stiff enough to be dropped by spoonfuls onto hot pizzelle baker.).