Homemade Italian Pizzelle Recipe

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Recipe:
1 stick of butter melted and brought to room temp before adding (do not add while hot)
1 3/4 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon of
salt 1/2 teaspoon salt
3 eggs
5/8 cup sugar (adjust how sweet you like it, could be less)
1 teaspoon vanilla (use the real ingredients)
½ teaspoon anise extract



My Grandma Kay would always make these and share them with the family when we visited her. Although this isn't her recipe they taste almost exactly the same and came out delicious.



Pizzelle (Italian pronunciation: [pitˈtsɛlle], singular pizzella) are traditional Italian waffle cookies made from flour, eggs, sugar, butter or vegetable oil, and flavoring (usually anise or anisette, less commonly vanilla or lemon zest). Pizzelle can be hard and crisp or soft and chewy depending on the ingredients and method of preparation. It can be moulded into various shapes, including in the shape of cannoli.

Pizzelle were originally made in Ortona, in the Abruzzo region of Southern Italy. The name shares an etymology with the Italian word pizza. Many other cultures have developed a pizzelle-type cookie as part of their culture (for example, the Norwegian Krumkake). It is known to be one of the oldest cookies and is believed to have developed from the ancient Roman crustulum.

Pizzelle are known as ferratelle in the Lazio region of Italy. In Molise they may be called ferratelle, cancelle, or pizzelle.

The cookie dough or batter is put into a pizzelle iron, which resembles a small variant of the popular waffle iron. The pizzelle iron is held by hand over a hot burner on the stovetop, although some models are electric and require no stove. Typically, the iron stamps a snowflake pattern onto both sides of the thin golden-brown cookie, which has a crisp texture once it is cooled. There are also several brands of ready-made pizzelle available in stores.


Pizzelle shaped into a cannolo and filled with an orange-almond creme
Pizzelle are popular during Christmas and Easter. They are often found at Italian weddings, alongside other traditional pastries such as cannoli and traditional Italian cookies.

It is also common to sandwich two pizzelle with cannoli cream (ricotta blended with sugar) or hazelnut spread. Pizzelle, while still warm, can also be rolled using a wooden dowel to create cannoli shells.
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