Pizzelles

Well, it's December 1, and it's time to start the Christmas cookies.  The first cookie my mother would make were pizzelles.  You may see these cookies at stores or have tasted them before, but no pizzelles I have ever tasted, was as good as this recipe.  This recipe has been passed down from generation to generation.  My mother's mother used it, my mother, and now me, that would be over 70 years.

Here's the recipe:

6 eggs
1 cup of sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups of flour
3 tablespoons of anise seed
9 tablespoons of melted Crisco
2 teaspoons of anise extract

Beat eggs and add

1 cup of sugar

1/2 teaspoon of salt

3 tablespoons of anise seed

2 teaspoons of anise extract

9 tablespoons of melted Crisco

and stir in 2 cups of flour gradually.  Mix until well blended.

My mother's mother and my mother used a pizzelle iron

I use it too, but I also bought a pizzelle maker to make two pizzelles at a time.

My mother would stand at the stove, pour a spoonful of batter 

close the lid, count 10 seconds on one side, flip the iron, and count 10 seconds on the other side.  This is how the pizzelle would turn out.

She would do hundreds of them…one at a time.  

As much as I loved the pizzelles, I didn't want to do all the pizzelles that way.  It would take a few hours to finish the batch.  So I did some one at a time, and some on my new pizzelle iron.

two at a time.  The pizzelles turned out smaller and thicker than on my mother's pizzelle iron, but still tasted good.

A little powder sugar for a sweeter taste.

ENJOY!