My love affair with this cookie started a year or so ago when I bought this tin. I never really thought about making them.
We liked them so much that we hopped online and bought several tins. And we ate them all up. Of course, I saved the tins.
Then somewhere on the web I saw a pizzelle maker. It would make similar cookies, but just 4 inches wide. These are thin, crispy wafer-like cookies that can be eaten alone, topped with fruit or a spread, made into an ice cream sandwiches, or shaped into cones and filled.
Wouldn’t that be neat to make these special treats? I bake biscotti for Christmas every year, but it would be nice to try something different. After debating for months, I broke down and bought this pizzelle maker.
Everything I read online said that the recipe that comes with the machine is a keeper. However, it suggested adding 1/4 teaspoon of almond extract.
So I mixed it all up in the mixer. It looked so yummy!
It only take 30 seconds or so to make two of these crispy delights. So here they are!
Aren’t they pretty? That design would look great on fabric or paper!
This recipe is real good, but I would cut back the sugar. They are a little too sweet for me. Hubby said they were perfect for his taste buds.
Then before we ate them all up, I froze some by placing a paper towel between each one, wrapping them in plastic, and then sliding them into a ziploc bag. I want to see how they will fare with baking them ahead of time and then thawing them out.
Of course, they are not as thin as the tin cookies, but they are delicious and not hard to make with this gadget. It does take a couple tries to get them to come out perfect or almost perfect. In addition to tweaking the recipe (less sugar, whole grains, etc), I also see chocolate ones in our future.
They are beautiful! I think that you are going to have to use that design in one of your projects for sure! Can’t wait to hear about a chocolate variety!
What’s with these men??? “The Italian” likes things much sweeter then I do too!
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Oh Lynda, these look very festive! Is the machine expensive to make them with?
Kathy, It was $40 through Amazon. Looking forward to seeing you Saturday afternoon. Lynda
Makes me think of Norwegian krumkake, except flat. Oh so yummy!!
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Robin, I know. They seem to either have more sweet taste buds than we do or we have burned all of ours off! Lynda
These look SO good Lynda! I didn’t know you could make them at home, but yours look perfect. Now I’m hungry again, I just might have to start the christmas baking early this year 🙂
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lynda, a good friend of mine has one of these, i always feel so very fancy eating these cookies, such fun!
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