Aunt Phillomenas Pizzelle
- 1 3/4 cups/210 grams flour, plus a little more if batter is too thin
- 2 teaspoons/15 grams baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon/6 grams salt
- 3 eggs
- 3/4 cup/150 grams sugar
- 1/4 pound/113 grams butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon/5 milliliters vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon/2.5 milliliters anise extract
- Whisk together flour, baking powder and salt in a small bowl.
- In a larger bowl, beat eggs and sugar until blended and slightly fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes.
- Slowly add cooled, melted butter, vanilla and anise and mix until incorporated well.
- Mix in dry ingredients a cup or so at a time, until batter is smooth but thick.
- Using 2 spoons, one to scoop up the batter and the other to ease it onto the iron, drop batter onto the center of a well-heated pizzelle maker.
- For smaller, 3-inch pizzelles, use a generous teaspoon of batter.
- For the 5-inch, use about a tablespoon.
- Cook for 30 to 40 seconds, or until just lightly brown.
- Gently remove to a rack or plate to cool.
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Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017035 (may not work)