Grandmom Piccone's Pizzelles |
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Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cook Time: 60 Minutes |
Ready In: 80 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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Italian Anise waffle cookies. Requires a pizzelle iron. This recipe was given to my Mom from the mother of her confirmation sponsor, Mary Piccone aka Aunt Mary Tootsie Wootz . Mom said that Grandmom Piccone would make these cookies year round, and always had them available when people visited. She would make them with a handheld iron over the stove burner. She didn't have a recipe written down, so my Mother sat with her one day while she made them and took the ingredients and put them in measuring cups to record the recipe. Ingredients:
8 eggs |
7 ounces melted crisco |
1 1/4 cups sugar |
1 (1 ounce) bottle anise extract or 2 teaspoons anise oil |
2 1/2 cups flour |
Directions:
1. Beat eggs and sugar until light and foamy.
2. Add melted shortening a little at a time.(make sure shortening is slightly cool, if it is too hot, it will cook the eggs!).
3. Add anise oil.
4. Gradually add flour to make a very light dough.
5. Drop onto pizzelle iron with a teaspoon to cook.
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