Pizzelles

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb butter
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 6 eggs
• 3 1/2 cups flour
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 tablespoons anise flavoring (1-fluid ounce bottle)
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 melt the butter and cool slightly.
• 2 beat eggs and sugar till smooth.
• 3 add the cooled butter.
• 4 add anise flavoring.
• 5 add the rest of ingredients and mix well.
• 6 heat the pizzelle iron and place a rounded spoonful of dough in the center of design.
• 7 dough will be slightly soft.
• 8 press handles of iron together for just a short time till the pizzelle is done.
• 9 these freeze well.
• 10 when ready to serve, sift confectioners sugar over them.
• 11 i don't know the exact yield, but this makes a lot of them; i'm just guessing.