Aunt Alba's Pizzelle recipe

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Ingredients

3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 ¾ cups white sugar
6 eggs
1 cup melted shortening (such as Crisco®)
4 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon anise oil

Nutrition Info

289.8 calories
carbohydrate: 38.4 g
cholesterol: 62 mg
fat: 13.4 g
fiber: 0.7 g
protein: 4.6 g
saturatedFat: 3.4 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 196.8 mg
sugar: 19.6 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Whisk flour, sugar, eggs, shortening, baking powder, salt, and anise oil together in a large bowl. Refrigerate 2 hours or overnight.

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

  3. Drop a spoonful of batter onto the preheated iron. Bake until golden, 30 to 40 seconds. Carefully remove pizzelle and cool on a cooling rack.

Recipe Yield

36 cookies

Recipe Note

These are the best pizzelle out there! Make sure to use real anise oil, not extract, and only 1/2 teaspoon per batch is plenty. Buy anise oil on the internet if you can't find it locally.

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