As soon as I hit my mom’s front door, I smelled them. The anise aroma in the air gave it away. My mother was inside making her famous pizzelles. There are only three times each year I can count on ...

Crisp and light as air or chewy and sturdy, the consistency of the iconic pizzella depends on preference and pizzelle iron. These flat, round and delicate cookies are especially traditional to the ...

One of the world’s ancient Christmas cookies is still popular today – the Italian pizzelle, a flat waffle cookie with snowflake or other delicate, double-sided designs. In the U.S. they are ...

"This is a tasty filled cookie in a cake-like pastry. The filling is mostly figs, with some nuts and raisins, chocolate and ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Pittsburgh has many holiday traditions, such as Light Up Night, ice skating at PPG Place, the windows at Macy's. And because Pittsburgh has long been a diverse city with many ...

There’s something about cookie making during the holidays that grabs me. I guess it’s because some cookies are made only during this celebratory season. Many times these are heirloom, sentimental ...

Beat eggs adding sugar gradually. Beat until smooth. Add cooled melted butter/margarine and your flavoring. Add flour and baking powder to your egg mixture. Mix well; batter will be sticky and stiff ...

You are sooo right. My late mother Gemma's Pizzelles were the best I ever had. Even though I inherited and use her old Pizzelle iron, her same recipe, and techniques, my wife tells me that my ...

Jillian Fitch, one of the pastry chefs at Casolare, whisks the batter for these delicate cannoli shells by hand and then pours it through a sieve to eliminate any lumps. In testing, Domenica Marchetti ...

Whether or not you're Italian, chances are your Christmas cookie plate includes pizzelles, the classic wafer cookies that are intensely popular in Northeast Ohio. "Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York - ...