Nonna's Pizzelles

I decided to make Italian Pizzelles to serve for dessert.  I haven't made them in over 20 years.  I got this recipe 
from a friend's Nonna (Italian for Grandma).
Her cookies are delicious. And because I'm now a "Nonna" I knew it was a good sign that these pizzelles
were going to be great:)

Here's the recipe:

3 large eggs

1 cup white sugar

1/2 cup butter melted then cooled

1 1/2  to 2 cups flour

2 tsp baking powder

Anise Oil or Vanilla to taste

Beat eggs and sugar together.

Add cooled melted butter a little at a time. Beat well.

Gradually add enough flour to make a very light dough.

If you want thicker pizzelles, add more flour.

You can substitute orange flavor or coconut rum instead of vanilla.

If you want to roll them for filling do it as soon as you take them out of the iron.

Let cool completely on a rack or tablecloth before packaging.

I have an old electric pizzelle iron that I wasn't sure exactly how to use. I didn't grease the iron enough for the first 2 cookies and they stuck and burned!

So, make sure you grease your iron well! I used a little margarine and then some oil to keep the plates greased.

I put small blobs of dough about the size of a ping-pong ball using 2 spoons.

The pizzelles cooked on the iron for about 45 to 50 seconds until lightly golden. I lifted them with a metal spatula and let them cool on wire racks.

I got 40 pizzelles from this recipe and they were wonderful!! Tony gave them his stamp of approval,

and that means a lot:)

Some interesting family history: here's my mother's pizzelle iron (made in Italy with her initials, CR - Rose Ciotti)

that she used her whole life.

I remember vividly sitting at the kitchen table, rolling out her pizzelle dough into small balls so she could stand at the stove the cook each one for about a minute on each side. I wish I had pictures of those moments:) Mom, I hope my pizzelles are as good as yours!