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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. COOKIES:. | 2. Whisk the flour, cocoa, baking powder, cinnamon, orange zest, and salt together in a large bowl. | 3. In another medium bowl, briskly whisk the eggs, sugar and melted butter together until smooth and evenly combined. | 4. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and pour in the egg mixture. | 5. Gradually whisk the liquid into the flour to make a thick batter. | 6. When the pizzelle batter starts to clump up in the whisk, switch to a rubber spatula to finish mixing it together. | 7. (If you have a large pastry bag, put a big round tip in it, and fill with the pizzelle batter.) | 8. Preheat a pizzelle iron until a drop of water sizzles on the hot surface, about 10 minute | 9. Lightly spray the hot surface with nonstick cooking spray. | 10. Pipe or spoon about a tablespoon of the batter into the center of each cookie imprint. | 11. Close the iron and cook until whiffs of steam comes from the iron, about 30 to 45 seconds. | 12. Open and remove cookie from the iron, cool on a rack. | 13. Repeat with remaining batter. | 14. FILLING:. | 15. Put the chocolate and butter in a microwave safe bowl. | 16. Cover and microwave on medium power until soft and melted, about 3 minutes depending on the power of your oven; stir until smooth. | 17. Alternatively, put the chocolate in a heatproof bowl. | 18. Bring a saucepan filled with 1-inch or so of water to a very slow simmer; set the bowl on the pan (without touching the water). | 19. Stir occasionally until melted and smooth. Stir in mint extract. | 20. To serve pipe a tablespoon of the mint filling into the center of half the cookies. | 21. Top with another cookie and press to make a sandwich. | 22. Serve now or keep tightly covered for up to 1 week. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
purpose flour	1 1/4	1/4		-	-	-	-
cocoa powder	1/4	cup	unsweetened	49.02	12.4485	4.2139999999999995	2.9455
baking powder	1 1/2	1/2		3.657	1.9113	0.0	0.0
cinnamon	1	teaspoon	ground	-	-	-	-
orange zest	1/2	teaspoon	grated	-	-	-	-
fine salt	1/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
egg	3			214.5	1.08	18.84	14.265
sugar	1	cup	granulated	319.8	60.008	10.01	4.992
butter	1/2	cup	unsalted melted	342.0	15.714	10.686	28.8
vegetable oil cooking spray				-	-	-	-
confectioner ' sugar				-	-	-	-
chocolate	12	ounces	semisweet	197.3125	32.2164	7.007999999999999	4.8988
butter	4	tablespoons	unsalted	342.0	15.714	10.686	28.8
mint extract	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.