Pizzelle Alle Nocciole Recipes

PIZZELLE

Pizzelle image

Hailing from Abruzzo in Central Italy, pizzelle are crisp, flat waffle-esque cookies made in a special hot iron. Like mostaccioli, these cookies predate Christmas -- in fact, it is said that this is the oldest known cookie recipe on earth, dating back to the 8th century BC. In olden times, presses were made from cast iron and would be heated over a fire, or directly on the stovetop. You can still find those irons if you're up to the challenge, but electric irons are much easier to use, and very easy to find both online and at major retailers.

Provided by Food Network

Categories dessert

Time 1h55m

Yield 2 to 4 dozen cookies, depending on size of iron

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon anise extract, optional
3 large eggs
1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt

Steps:

Whisk together the sugar, butter, milk, vanilla, anise extract if using and eggs in a large bowl. Add the flour, baking powder and salt, and continue to whisk until the batter is smooth. Allow to stand at room temperature for at least 1 hour so the batter can hydrate.
Heat the pizzelle iron, and cook your pizzelles according to the manufacturer's directions.

CHOCOLATE PIZZELLES

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These are thin waferlike cookies and you must have a pizzelle iron to make them. The Italians call them "Pizzelle Alle Nocciole".

Provided by Pat K.

Categories World Cuisine Recipes European Italian

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

4 eggs
¼ cup cocoa powder
1 cup white sugar
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 cup unsalted butter
¾ cup ground hazelnuts
2 cups all-purpose flour

Steps:

Whisk the eggs with the sugar and salt until light. Melt the butter and stir in.
Sift together all the remaining ingredients except the hazelnuts and fold in.
Stir in the hazelnuts last.
Heat Pizzelle iron and place 1 teaspoon of batter on each imprint. Close iron and bake 30 seconds.
Cool on racks. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 357.6 calories, Carbohydrate 35.5 g, Cholesterol 102.7 mg, Fat 22.6 g, Fiber 2 g, Protein 6 g, SaturatedFat 10.8 g, Sodium 196.5 mg, Sugar 17.2 g

AUNT PHILLOMENA'S PIZZELLE

Aunt Phillomena's Pizzelle image

At the holidays, these crisp, simple cookies are stacked everywhere in Italian kitchens. My family was from Abruzzi, and my mother always used the recipe from her older sister. You can scent these cookies with orange, almond or lemon or just vanilla, but we always made plenty with anise at Christmas. You can use a simple stove-top pizzelle maker or an electric one. I prefer the kind without a non-stick coating. A little shot of cooking spray or a wipe with some cooking oil helps prime the press. Like pancakes, you will probably throw away the first one.

Provided by Kim Severson

Categories dinner, lunch, cookies and bars, side dish

Time 1h

Yield About 4 dozen

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

1 3/4 cups/210 grams flour, plus a little more if batter is too thin
2 teaspoons/15 grams baking powder
1/2 teaspoon/6 grams salt
3 eggs
3/4 cup/150 grams sugar
1/4 pound/113 grams butter, melted
1 teaspoon/5 milliliters vanilla
1/2 teaspoon/2.5 milliliters anise extract

Steps:

Whisk together flour, baking powder and salt in a small bowl. In a larger bowl, beat eggs and sugar until blended and slightly fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes. Slowly add cooled, melted butter, vanilla and anise and mix until incorporated well. Mix in dry ingredients a cup or so at a time, until batter is smooth but thick.
Using 2 spoons, one to scoop up the batter and the other to ease it onto the iron, drop batter onto the center of a well-heated pizzelle maker. For smaller, 3-inch pizzelles, use a generous teaspoon of batter. For the 5-inch, use about a tablespoon.
Cook for 30 to 40 seconds, or until just lightly brown. Gently remove to a rack or plate to cool.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 46, UnsaturatedFat 1 gram, Carbohydrate 5 grams, Fat 2 grams, Fiber 0 grams, Protein 1 gram, SaturatedFat 1 gram, Sodium 31 milligrams, Sugar 4 grams, TransFat 0 grams

NONNA'S PIZZELLE

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My great-grandmother's pizzelle recipe, which my mother has adapted for pizzelle presses or irons (I use a Cuisinart® double pizzelle press). A family must-have at all of our holiday dinners, especially Christmas!

Provided by tcasa

Categories World Cuisine Recipes European Italian

Time 21m

Yield 60

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
6 eggs
1 ½ cups white sugar
¾ cup shortening (such as Crisco®), melted and cooled slightly
2 tablespoons shortening (such as Crisco®), melted and cooled slightly
1 tablespoon anise seeds, crushed
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Steps:

Preheat pizzelle iron according to manufacturer's instructions.
Mix flour and baking powder together in a bowl.
Combine eggs and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment and beat on medium speed until well-blended. Add 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons shortening and beat until blended. Add flour mixture and mix on medium speed until incorporated. Fold anise seeds and vanilla extract into batter with a spatula.
Drop a teaspoon of batter onto the preheated iron. Bake until golden, 30 to 40 seconds, or a few seconds longer for darker pizzelle.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 80.1 calories, Carbohydrate 10.7 g, Cholesterol 18.6 mg, Fat 3.6 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 1.4 g, SaturatedFat 0.9 g, Sodium 23.4 mg, Sugar 5.1 g

PIZZELLE COOKIES

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Pizzelle iron is needed to make these cookies, but they are so good that I would recommend buying one! From my friend Dianne's aunt, these are heavenly. Prep time does not include overnite chilling, and cook time is a guesstimate as everyones iron cooks differently. You may have to experiment with a few cookies before you get the hang of it.

Provided by LAURIE

Categories Dessert

Time 1h15m

Yield 100 cookies

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

10 eggs, beaten
1 lb soft butter
1/4 cup vanilla extract
1/4 cup rum (real liquor)
4 cups sugar
6 cups sifted flour (maybe more)
1 dash salt

Steps:

Add sugar, vanilla, butter and rum to the beaten eggs.
Gradually add sifted flour and salt.
Chill dough overnight.
Cookies are"baked" in a special PIZZELLE iron over the stove top or in an electric one.
If you don't have a iron don't make these cookies.
Drop by spoonful onto the bottom half of a hot ungreased PIZZELLE iron.
Fold top of iron onto dough and cook according to your irons dirctions.
Usually about 30-45 seconds.
(The first cookie usually burns).
Turn out hot cookie on rack or cookie sheet to cool.
Continue until al the dough is used up.
How many cookies you get will be determined by the size of your iron.
Once cooled these stack together nicely and are a crisp light wafer with a design.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 101, Fat 4.2, SaturatedFat 2.5, Cholesterol 30.9, Sodium 34.9, Carbohydrate 13.8, Fiber 0.2, Sugar 8.1, Protein 1.4