Pizzelle Cookies (2024)

Pizzelle Cookies are a classic Italian treat everyone loves. Crispy and light – you can flavor this recipe with vanilla or anise extract. Great for giving as a holiday gift or enjoying with family and friends! This post is sponsored by my friends at Bob’s Red Mill.

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There are few things I love more than pizzelle. If you’ve never had one, you’re missing out.

Thin, crispy, buttery… what’s not to love? They’re one of my favorite cookies and today I’m going to show you how you can make them perfectly, with ease!

Pizzelle Cookie Ingredients

Pizzelle are made with only 6 ingredients. You’ll need:

• eggs
• sugar
• butter
• baking powder
• All Purpose Flour
• vanilla extract

You’ll also need a pizzelle iron. This pizzelle iron is the highest rated iron on Amazon.

To make these cookies, we used our favorite flour for baking – Bob’s Red Mill! Their all-purpose flour is unbleached and enriched to make it the absolute best for all baking – especially for the holidays!

We love their paleo baking flour and oat flour for healthier treats, but the all purpose flour is our go to when baking. We use it in everything from cookies, to pies, pizza dough, and more!

This holiday season might look a little different from other years, but I’m excited that I can still make my favorite holiday treats + share them with friends/family using only the best ingredients!

How to make Pizzelle:

Making Pizzelle are easy!

1. Beat together eggs and add sugar.
2. Gradually stir in melted butter, vanilla extract, baking powder & flour.
3. The dough is very thick, heavy, and sticky.
4. Spray the iron lightly with cooking spray. I also wipe it off the edges with a paper towel to ensure there is none dripping off the side.
5. Drop the dough by 1 tablespoon balls onto the hot pizzelle iron. Close and lock the iron for 8-12 seconds. It will steam and sizzle a bit.
6. Open the oven and remove the pizzelle with a fork to avoid burning your hands.
7. Place pizzelle on a wire cooling rack and allow to cool completely.

We keep them flat but they are pliable enough that you can roll them if you want.

You need to cool on a wire cooling rack, NOT a cookie sheet. They need to be on a cooling rack so that the steam can evaporate and they can get crispy. Do not put them on a baking sheet.

After cooling & before you serve, dust with powdered sugar.

Why are my pizelles not crispy?

There are a few reasons why your pizzelle might not be crispy:

• Humidity – If you live in a very humid climate it can affect the crispiness of your cookies
• Cooling – Youmust cool your cookies completely before storing.They need to cool completely on a cooling rack before being stored.
• Undercooked –Pizzelle should be a very light golden brown. If they are soft – they might have needed a few more seconds in your iron.

Pizzelle Calories: Pizzelle cookies have between 60-80 calories per cookie. They’re very light, thin, and crispy!

How do you eat Pizzelles cookies?

We eat Pizzelle dusted with a tiny bit of powdered sugar. They’re fantastic plain! There are SO many different ways to eat pizzelle though – here are a few!

• Rolled – When the pizzelle come off the iron they are pliable and can be rolled. Some people use them as cannoli shells
• Cone for ice cream – I haven’t tried this but some people roll the pizzelle into a cone shape for ice cream
• Dusted with powder sugar – Just a little bit of powdered sugar makes all the difference!
• Crushed on top of ice cream
• Sandwich – You can turn the pizzelle into a sandwich with nutella, peanut butter, or caramel (like a stroopwafel) We recommend you don’t add your filling until you’re ready to serve because they will get soggy.
• Tip for perfect pizzelles: Pizzelle are pretty forgiving because you’re dusting them with powdered sugar (which hides imperfections!) However – if you mess up and add too much batter or want them to look more uniform you can trim them with scissors!

How do you keep Pizzelle crispy?

First, cool your pizzelle completely before storing them. They need to cool onwire cooling racks, not a baking sheet.

The wire cooling racks help the steam/heat evaporate so the cookies don’t maintain any moisture. Then store your cookies in a sealed ziploc bag or container.

Reheating in the oven: I have never tried this, but I think that if you were to place the pizzelle on a oven safe cooling rack and bake at a low temp (under 200) for a few minutes, it would help restore their crispness