Grandma's Pizzelles

Today was a very big day for me - I finished the majority of my final exams today. I had 4 exams in ONE DAY! I have never taken that many exams in one day - ever. Considering I haven't been in school full time in almost 8 years, it was even more of an unbelievable feat. So anyway, I can finally get back to blogging! So here is another of my favorite holiday cookies...

This year we decided to make Grandma's *Secret Recipe* Pizzelles. Unfortunately, Mike's Grandmother is getting older and can't make cookies like she used to, so we decided to carry the tradition out on our own, so you are lucky enough that I will share this great recipe with you!

Grandma's Pizzelles

6 Eggs
1 1/2 Cup Sugar
1 Cup butter or margarine
4 Cups all purpose Flour
4 tsp. Baking Powder
2 Tbsp. Vanilla Extract

Heat pizzelle maker (if this is the first time you have used it, spray with cooking spray, otherwise there is no need to spray the iron)

Beat Eggs in a large bowl, add sugar gradually, Beat with mixer until smooth. Add cool, melted butter (or margarine), and vanilla.

Sift flour and add to egg mixture slowly. Dough will be sticky enough to be dropped by teaspoon.

Follow directions on the pizzelle maker, you will drop the dough in teaspoon sized drops closer to the back of the maker, and close the lid, two pizzelles can be made at a time, and the recipe yields about 40 pizzelles.

The hubs hard at work makin' pizzelles