Pizzelle Italian Tradition Recipes

AUTHENTIC PIZZELLE

Steps:

• In a bowl, add the eggs, the sifted flour with a pinch of salt, the sugar and the aromas.
• By hand with a whisk or an electric mixer, mix the ingredients and add the oil a little at a time. The mixture must appear thick and homogeneous, not too liquid.
• Let the batter rest for half an hour and then proceed to cooking.
• Grease the pizzelle iron with a little of the butter and wait until melted. Tip: check out or best pizzelle maker guide.
• Heat the iron on the stove and when it is hot, fill it in the center with a spoonful of the dough.
• Close the dish well and cook the pizzelle for a few minutes in the pizzelle maker, until each side is golden and crisp.
• Remove the pizzelle thus obtained, which can be tasted as lukewarm natural or enriched with sweet creams or jams or anise.

ITALIAN PIZZELLE RECIPE

Steps:

• Add melted, cooled butter, vanilla, and anise seeds. Beat again.
• Add flour and baking powder to a bowl and sift into the egg mixture. Batter should be thick enough to be dropped by a spoon (a mix between pancake batter and cookie dough).
• Spray a pizzelle maker with nonstick spray and drop a tablespoon of mixture onto the pizzelle maker.
• Close the pizzelle maker and allow to cook until the pizzelles are brown. My maker takes about 24 seconds.
• Remove the pizzelle from the pizzelle maker and place flat on a cookie sheet to cool. Spray pizzelle maker with nonstick spray between each new round of pizzelle.
• Dust with powdered sugar if so desired. Enjoy!

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.

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.).

ITALIAN PIZZELLE

Steps:

• Whisk the eggs, sugar, melted butter and vanilla by hand in a large bowl. Sift in the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg and stir until blended. Stir in the anise seed, if using.
• Heat a pizzelle iron until ready and grease lightly (if called for). Spoon a bit of batter into the centre of the iron, close and cook for about 2 minutes, or according to manufacturers' instructions. Remove the pizzelle and repeat with the remaining batter. The final yield will depend on the size of the pizzelle iron.