Grandma's Waffle Cookies (Pizzelles)

• servings: 72 servings
• active time: 15 minutes
• total time: 1 hour

Ingredients

6 eggs

2 ½ cups white sugar

½ cup vegetable oil

½ cup butter, melted and cooled

1 teaspoon anise oil, or more to taste

5 cups all-purpose flour, or as needed

3 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

Directions

Combine eggs, sugar, vegetable oil, butter, and anise oil in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Beat until creamy and well combined. Mix in 1 cup flour, baking powder, and salt until combined. Slowly add remaining flour, 1 cup at a time, mixing on low speed until mixture resembles a thick pancake batter.

Preheat a pizzelle cooking iron according to manufacturer's instructions. Drop a teaspoon of dough onto each plate of the cooking iron and close the lid. Cook just until steaming slows, 10 to 20 seconds. Repeat with remaining batches of batter.

Nutrition

• Calories: 90 kcal
• Total Fat: 3 g
• Saturated Fat: 1 g
• Unsaturated Fat: 0 g
• Cholesterol: 19 mg
• Sodium: 62 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 14 g
• Dietary Fiber: 0 g
• Total Sugars: 7 g
• Protein: 1 g