Pizzelles

By Dolllady1030

my recipe that I used for years

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter-flavored shortening
• 1 cup sugar
• 6 eggs
• 2 tbs anise extract
• 1 1/2 tsp anise seeds
• 3 1/4 cups flour
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• pumpkin variation: add 6 tbs canned pumpkin, 1/2 cup more flour and 2 tsp pumpkin pie spice; add raw or toasted shelled pumpkin seeds

Preparation

Step 1

-cream shortening and sugar
-combine beaten eggs, anise extract and seeds and add to creamed mix
-add flour and baking powder

-drop by teaspoonful onto hot iron