In this "Get A Life" installment I'm talking Pizzelles! Classic Italian wafer cookies that are generally a staple of any holiday gathering. Often flavored with vanilla or anise, these cookies are made quite simply with, essentially, a waffle iron.
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For years I've had my grandmother's Palmer Electric Pizzelle Iron stored in the outdoor shed. For whatever reason, this year I got the urge to get the thing out and see if it still works. Not only did it work, it worked brilliantly. And you know what? They still make Pizzelle irons almost identical to this one! For recipes I searched the Food Network's website and the NY Times Cooking section. An online subscription to the NY Times is well worth it just for the recipes. I made Aunt Philomenia's vanilla flavored pizzelle for my testing. Next time I think I'll try the Chocolate Peppermint pizzelle. Here's some photos of my testing with the classic Palmer Electric Pizzelle Iron.
Nothing fancy about this, just a few heat coils under the plates.
We don't need no stinking digital readouts, just Cold, Bake and Hot.
First batch of dough on the iron. Note that I have the iron sitting on a foil covered baking sheet in case any of the dough squeezed out to the side. It did, so this made for easy clean up.
And the iron was a little bit too hot. Still tasty though.
Second batch was perfect! Woot!
I ended up with about a dozen pizzelles. They were great straight up but even better with vanilla, chocolate, eggnog or peppermint ice cream!