I don't begrudge the space that the pizzelle iron takes up in my cupboard, even though I only make pizzelles once a year. They are so easy to do and make such impressive gifts for people at Christmas time. I love the anise flavored ones, but have also made vanilla, orange, and chocolate. I never thought of trimming them perfectly round with shears. What I normally do is to slightly underfill the iron. Then the pizzelle has an irregular snowflake edge which is pretty in its own way.

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