Grandmom Piccone's Pizzelles

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

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

Recipe

• 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.