Italian Pizzelles Food

CLASSIC ITALIAN PIZZELLE: MY FAMILY RECIPE

Steps:

• Whisk together your eggs, sugar, vanilla and anise (see how to anise above) in a medium bowl.
• Now add your flour, salt and baking powder and mix it well until there are no lumps and it looks smooth.
• Now add your melted butter and mix that in to your mixture.
• Pre-heat your pizzelle maker. They are all a little different so follow the manufacturers instructions for this.
• Once it is heated, add a heaping tablespoon of your thick dough to the middle of each of your pizzelle areas on the iron. Close and cook for about 30-45 seconds until it is a light golden color. If the pizzelle is too light in color you can just close the pizzelle maker and cook the pizzelle for a few more seconds.
• Once they are cooked, remove the pizzelles from the iron (they will still be soft and pliable at this point) and place on a cooling rack where they will cool and get nice and crispy. Keep doing this until all the dough is used up!
• Once all of your pizzelles are fully cooked and cooled, you can go ahead and clean them up if you would like by lightly breaking off any parts of the pizzelle that went beyond the design edge. I find this to be relaxing but it is not necessary :)

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.

PIZZELLE

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.

GRANDMA'S ITALIAN PIZZELLE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat a pizzelle iron according to manufacturer's instructions.
• Beat eggs, sugar, and butter together using an electric mixer. Add flour and extracts; beat until combined.
• Spray the inside of iron lightly with cooking spray.
• Drop batter by teaspoonfuls into the center of each pizzelle grid. Close lid and bake until steam stops and cookies are light golden brown, 45 to 60 seconds.
• Peel pizzelle off using a fork and lay flat on a newspaper. Sprinkle with powdered sugar while warm and let sit for 1 minute. Dust the other side. Repeat with remaining batter to make about 30 cookies.

PIZZELLES (CLASSIC ITALIAN COOKIES)

Steps:

• Preheat a nonstick pizzelle iron.
• In a large bowl, whisk the eggs. Slowly add the sugar and continue whisking until well blended.
• Whisk in the extracts. Slowly whisk in the melted butter in a steady stream and continue whisking until mixture is smooth.
• Slowly add the flour and continue to whisk until it is completely incorporated into the batter.
• Drop 1 TBSP batter onto center of each side of your pizzelle iron, close and clasp. Cook for 30-60 seconds depending on your iron.
• Remove with a small spatula and cool completely.
• Repeat with remaining batter.

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.

ITALIAN CLASSIC PIZZELLES

Steps:

• Beat the eggs, adding sugar gradually. Beat until smooth. Add cooled margarine and vanilla extract or anise flavouring.
• Sift the flour and baking powder. Blend into the egg mixture until smooth. Dough will be sticky enough to be dropped by spoon.
• Heat Pizzelle maker. Grease a small cookie scoop with cooking spray. Scoop the cookie dough and place just past the centre of the form towards the back of the maker. Lock and set a timer for 26 seconds. Cook longer if you like them darker.
• Remove to a cooling rack.
• Chocolate Pizzelles: Sift cocoa, additional sugar and baking powder into dry ingredients for Classic Pizzelles. Blend into egg mixture until smooth.

LIGHT ITALIAN PIZZELLES

Steps:

• Melt the coconut oil and set aside to cool. Heat the pizzelle maker.
• In a large bowl, beat the eggs and sugar.
• Add the cooled melted coconut oil, vanilla extract, coconut extract and water.
• Sift flour and baking powder then add to the egg mixture. Batter will be sticky. If batter is too thick, add a bit more water.
• Spray a small cookie scoop inside and out with a no-stick cooking spray. Drop a scoop of cookie dough onto the centre of the hot pizzelle machine. I cook mine for between 60 seconds and 70 seconds. Each machine heats differently and it depends on how dark you like your Pizzelles.
• Place Pizzelles on a cooling rack. Once cooled, store in an airtight container to keep crispy.
• NOTE: Use a calorie free sweetener that replaces sugar cup for cup. If you are using regular granulated sugar instead of the sweetener, do not add the 1/2 cup water.