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surely_maeby t1_izpbqot wrote

What’s a pizelle

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H2Joee OP t1_izpcw84 wrote

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surely_maeby t1_izpd45j wrote

I didn’t know I needed this.

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tagehring t1_izq59fn wrote

My grandmother used to make them by the pound when I was a kid. It's not Christmas without them.

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H2Joee OP t1_izq7auf wrote

Same, she’s 91 and still going strong, we probably made 150 of them today 😂

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lightfires t1_izqzh7s wrote

Cherish her. I miss my grandma so much. We're making her pizzele recipe this year for Christmas

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Guardian1030 t1_izplpmu wrote

Anise ones with a whipped cream cheese frosting for dipping… 🤤

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nerdallica t1_izqm2hy wrote

Grandma, I miss you. I haven't had a pizzelle since. 😞

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slackmandu t1_izqmvty wrote

Aww man....

I wish I could send you some.

My wife just made a fresh batch

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megispj89 t1_izsvfha wrote

Same, I can even taste it, even though I haven’t had one since she died. Oh they were so light and airy you’d end up housing like 90 before a second thought

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Juache45 t1_izq3cft wrote

I had never heard of these until a couple of weeks ago…. My friend is Italian and she uses these to make them during the holidays, it’s a tradition in her family.

Edit to add: Not sure if she makes actual “Pizelles”

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H2Joee OP t1_izq7787 wrote

If she’s Italian she’s probably making pizzelle’s. My Grandma is Italian and she makes them every year around this time.

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15795After t1_j0htpkc wrote

Are they soft like a waffle? Hard like a cookie? Or somewhere in between?

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H2Joee OP t1_j0htxdy wrote

It really depends on how long you cook them but usually a good somewhere in the crunch range.

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Dead_deaf_roommate t1_izpvt4c wrote

These things are the best. The old school ones have an equal chance of lasting 100 years or burning the house down.

All that said, I hope to inherit my mom’s pizelle iron.

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tagehring t1_izq72k1 wrote

My sister still uses the cast iron one our grandmother got from her mother, I think in the '40s.

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Ancguy t1_izr9mhu wrote

I have one of those and used it for years to make pizzelles "Just like grandma and mom used to." My sisters both bought electric ones and I shamed them for defying family tradition. Then I got an electric one too and have never looked back - they're fucking awesome!

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Awesomest_Possumest t1_izpkc0q wrote

My mom has had one since the 80s. It's a waffle maker/pizzelle maker, removable cast iron plates that you just flip. I think hers is rival, which is always surprising to me because it's not a bifl brand now as far as I know.

I keep finding them in thrift stores but they still die after a couple of years. :( One day I'll have a full-sized one again, but I currently have a mini 3 one.

I should say we don't make pizzelles though, but use the Italian cialde recipe that came with moms maker. Uses anisette and anise seed and is more batter than dough. Amazing. No flour, just sugar, water, oil, egg, anise seed and anisette, and some vanilla flavoring. I've got to pull out the recipe for our work bake off Monday!

Edit-recipe!

1 cup sugar 1 egg 2 tsp vanilla (extract usually) 2 tbsp anise flavored liqueur (anisette) 2 tbsp salad oil (I just use veggie oil) 2/3 cup water 1 1/4 cup flour (thought it didn't use any, whoops!) 1 tsp whole anise seed

Combine all except the last two ingredients. Best well to blend. Stir in the flour and anise seed. Bake as directed for pizzelles.

I haven't made them in a year and haven't made the full sized in awhile, but I want to say one batch is about 40 cookies maybe? I usually double it around the holidays.

I think we usually do regular size for about two minutes give or take, and my minis take around 45 seconds. Depends on what the humidity is doing. We rolled them when I was a kid and sprinkled powdered sugar on, but I'm lazy and so they're flat now haha.

We also eyeball the anisette and anise seeds and put as much as the spirit moves us to.

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omegatrox t1_izpo7k7 wrote

can you share the recipe?

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tagehring t1_izq6twb wrote

This is the recipe my Pittsburgher grandmother made every year that I still make. I think she got it from her mother. I found it after she passed in the box her pizzelle maker came in and keep it framed in my kitchen.

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Juache45 t1_izq3x7l wrote

I’m going to ask my friend for hers too, I’ll share it with you when I get it. See my comment above

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Oryx_y_Cake t1_izqsqn5 wrote

This is great, a lot more like the ones my family (and really the whole city i grew up in) makes. I didn't know they had a different name as, kind of oddly, we call them tie plates so when i learned about pizzelle i assumed they were the same. The tie plate name may have something to do with the presses coming from steel ties of the steel plant in the town...or something.

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Awesomest_Possumest t1_izqx11w wrote

Oh interesting! I updated my comment with the recipe if you want to try. We called ours pizzelles out whole lives, but it wasn't until I had a friend who knew what they are taste them and went, ok yours taste totally different than mine, and I like them better, that I realized we'd been making a different cookie (mom had typed up the recipe for me so I hadn't seen it in the book in awhile). I like pizzelles too, but they're more cake-y than this recipe makes.

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reachouttouchFate t1_izyojs8 wrote

Are pizzelles like crunchy stoopwafels or like crispy crust thin waffles?

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Awesomest_Possumest t1_izyut5q wrote

....yes.

Sort of like one layer of the stroopwaffle minus the filling, in terms of consistency.

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tinylittlebee t1_izq6p9v wrote

And she kept it in an immaculate state, if only I was this good to the things I own.

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Cascadian73 t1_izoqthk wrote

Krumkake baker?

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H2Joee OP t1_izou9i8 wrote

Similar concept but this is used for making pizelle’s.

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tagehring t1_izq74yq wrote

I love your spoons. You really do need them to handle the resulting batter, it's not quite the same consistency as anything else in my experience. :)

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H2Joee OP t1_izq7inw wrote

Yea the batter is pretty sticky, it’s like nothing else!

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Tack122 t1_izr4o03 wrote

Those appear to be Oneida sex cult spoons. I inherited a set, they're nice.

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AZBeer90 t1_izqnmlv wrote

I have the same one and it's probably the same age. Was my grandma's then my mom's then mine. My grandma would be rolling in her grave to know I make flavored pizelles like chocolate orange or maple walnut. To her (and all the rest of my aunt's) pizelles we're anise and only anise.

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Dizzy_Ad_7622 t1_izpacko wrote

Discard appropiately...if you will

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Faeglantina t1_izphqpc wrote

Why?

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Dizzy_Ad_7622 t1_izproxe wrote

"That smell..."

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Faeglantina t1_izq421h wrote

It looks very clean and well maintained. It’s mostly stainless steel. Why would it smell like anything?

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Dizzy_Ad_7622 t1_izxaphw wrote

Oh, no. Sorry, by 'dispose' I meant possibly decommission. As I see it is quite valuable to you. I have heard many stories and lore of such traditions whereby a grandma passes down their deluxe pizza maker. As for the comment about the smell, its something that should be preserved if you will. Much like the smell of a book in its prime =)

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whatsbobgonnado t1_izqv0hr wrote

I think he's implying "you should throw that away by giving it to me wink wink" and nobody gets the joke

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