ptquilts

just a quick hint - if you are going to make a lot, set it up on the coffee table, you can make a lot during an evening of TV watching. You get into a rhythm.

dabbler312

Our local church has an annual scandinavian festival and they sell pizzelles - here is their recipe

6 eggs
1 1/2 Cup sugar
1 Cup margarine - melted and cooled
2 TBSP vanilla, or almond or anise to taste
Beat eggs and add sugar and vanilla
3 1/2 Cups flour
4 tsp baking powder
Sift together the flour and baking powder and add to the first mixture.
Dough will be sticky. Drop by tsp on pizzelle iron.
OPTION - for chocolate pizzelles add 1/2 cup cocoa sifted with the flour and baking powder mixture.
Can also add 1 cup of very finely chopped walnuts or pecans.
Use small cookie scoop to put batter on iron; close iron tightly and hold for a moment; check for doneness.
Cookies brown very quickly.

gennie1950

terry, sorry it took so long to get back with you. Dad substituted the flavoring for the vanilla. Here is his recipe. 12Eggs-beaten,3 1/2C.white sugar,2c.crisco oil, 1oz of flavoring or vanilla. (Mix these ingredients until fluffy).Then mix 6C.all purpose flour sifted,1/4tsp. salt. Add dry-mix to the first mixture. Refrigerate overnite or 2 days. Grease maker after each,pizzelle, made. (I just keep a small amount of liquid crisco in a bowl, with my brush, that away I can remember to brush after each one made.) I use a tablespoonful from a tablespoonful scoop (like an icecream only smaller) I actually have 5 sizes and I never use a spoon for any cookies, they all look the same when you use the scoop. Adjust the amount till you feel you got it right. It took me a little time to learn all the tricks, now I whiz thro them. good luck and enjoy

KLO

I have been eating or making these every year since I met my half Italian husband in 1967. His Irish Mother made them and after my Dad had some, he went out and bought a pizzelle maker for my Mom so they could make their own. I now have that pizzelle maker. We usually make the anise one's at Christmas but I use anise flavoring rather than actual anise like my MIL did. I have also made them in the summer using lemon juice. They are nice and light and fresh tasting. This past summer I found another pizzelle maker at a flea market for only $3.00!!! Couldn't believe it! That now belongs to my DD in FL so she can carry on the tradition.

penski

you can add any flavor you want !!!

penski

i made some last year and before they had time to cool off i would roll , set a fork or knife on them so they would dry rolled and then stuffed them with differant types of jelly inside the roll they were a big hit !!!

My time

Okay another food item on this board I have never heard about. Have an idea what your talking about however and they sound delicious.

polly13

DABBLER< I am assuming you add the margarine with the sugar and flavoring. I can't seem to see where it is mentioned anywhere.