CATEGORY |
CUISINE |
TAG |
YIELD |
Eggs |
Italian |
Polkadot, Lisa, Italian, Cookies |
15 |
Dozen |
INGREDIENTS
3 |
c |
Sugar |
3 1/2 |
c |
Eggs |
2 1/4 |
|
Melted shortening |
|
|
(use a combination of butter |
|
|
Margarine, and Crisco) |
5 |
tb |
Grated orange peel |
3 |
tb |
Grated lemon peel |
3 |
ts |
Orange extract |
2 |
ts |
Lemon extract |
1 |
c |
Artificial vanilla extract |
1 |
ts |
Anise oil or |
1 |
|
Bottle anise extract |
|
|
(not as strong flavor |
|
|
As the oil) |
7 |
|
8 cups flour |
INSTRUCTIONS
You need a pizzelle iron to make the cookies. These can be found at
Safeway or any good Deli or specialty food or cooking store. They are
about $50.
Whip the eggs until very frothy. Add the sugar and cream well. Add the
melted shortening--be sure it is not hot--and cream well. Add the
flavorings and mix well.
I use anise oil because the flavor is more intense--use just a little more
if you really like a strong anise flavor.
Measure half the flour in a very large bowl--8 qt. size or better--add the
egg mixture and mix together with a heavy wooden spoon--or any large spoon.
Add the remaining half of the flour one cup at a time and mix well. You
have added enough flour when the mixture "glomps" off the spoon and is
still a little runny--not real thick. Usually 7 cups of flour is
adequate--depends on the weather (really!).
Heat up the iron for a few minutes then make the cookies by placing 1 full
teaspoon full of the dough in the center of each form. Press closed
tightly and cook for about 1 minute. Immediately move the cookie to wax
paper to cool. The cookies are very soft at this point and will take the
shape of any bumps in the wax paper--so make it smooth. This recipe makes
about 14 -20 dozen cookies depending on the size you make them. It can be
cut in half easily without losing any flavor. When the cookies are
thoroughly cool--crisp--stack them and leave them in the open--do not cover
they will become very soft and unappetizing. If you can, do not eat them
for about 3 days to a week. The flavor of the anise improves with a few
days age.
Enjoy. Diane M. Ferrell
* The Polka Dot Palace BBS 1-201-822-3627. Posted by LISA
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #706 by Lisa Clarke <lisa@gaf.com> on Aug 1,
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