Nonna's Pizzelle recipe

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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

Nutrition Info

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
servingSize: -
sodium: 23.4 mg
sugar: 5.1 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat pizzelle iron according to manufacturer's instructions.

  2. Mix flour and baking powder together in a bowl.

  3. 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.

  4. Drop a teaspoon of batter onto the preheated iron. Bake until golden, 30 to 40 seconds, or a few seconds longer for darker pizzelle.

Recipe Yield

5 dozen

Recipe Note

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!

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