Grandmom Piccone's Pizzelles

• 8 eggs
• 7 ounces melted Crisco
• 1 14 cups sugar
• 1 (1 ounce) bottle anise extract or 2 teaspoons anise oil
• 2 12 cups flour

1. Beat eggs and sugar until light and foamy.
2. Add melted shortening a little at a time.
3. (make sure shortening is slightly cool, if it is too hot, it will cook the eggs!
4. ).
5. Add anise oil.
6. Gradually add flour to make a very light dough.
7. Drop onto pizzelle iron with a teaspoon to cook.

eggs, crisco, sugar, anise, flour

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/grandmom-piccones-pizzelles-153493 (may not work)