Pizzelles

By dfarber

Ingredients

• 3 eggs, room temperatures
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted and cooled
• 1 tsp vanilla (optional)
• 1/2 tsp anise (optional)
• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 2 tsp baking powder

Preparation

Step 1

in a large mixing bowl, beat the eggs and sugar

add the cooled butter or margarine, vanilla and anise

sift the flour and baking powder together and add to the egg mixture. the batter should be stiff enough to be dropped by spoon

drop one heaping teaspoon of batter on preheated pizzelle iron grid. close iron and bake according to manufacturer's directions approximately 30-40 seconds depending on your preference for browning, or the consistency of the batter

the batter can also be refrigerated to be used later