My great-grandfather immigrated from France when he was a child. His family brought with them a recipe for what we call French Cookies. The recipe is very similar to the vanilla pizzelles. My dad always used an electric pizzelle iron to make them, but I have my grandmother's manual gaufrette iron. The gaufrette makes a pretty grid pattern like a waffle cone, but at 2 minutes per 2 cookies and about 20 dozen per batch I don't make them very often except at Christmas. I'll be on the lookout for Chef's Choice. I would like to have an electric iron and the pattern on yours looks like I remember from my childhood. When I think of it, I look in the kitchen stores for a pizzelle iron, but no one carries them. The link you included was incomplete. Is this brand available online? Here's the link again. Enjoy! Molly @ KAF

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