Grandma's Waffle Cookies (Pizzelles)

Ingredients

• 6 eggs
• 2.5 cups white sugar
• 0.5 cups vegetable oil
• 0.5 cups butter , melted and cooled
• 1 teaspoon anise oil , or more to taste
• 5 cups all-purpose flour , or as needed
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt

Instructions

1. 1

   Combine eggs, sugar, vegetable oil, butter, and anise oil in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Beat until creamy and well combined. Mix in 1 cup flour, baking powder, and salt until combined. Slowly add remaining flour, 1 cup at a time, mixing on low speed until mixture resembles a thick pancake batter.

2. 2

   Preheat a pizzelle cooking iron according to manufacturer's instructions. Drop a teaspoon of dough onto each plate of the cooking iron and close the lid. Cook just until steaming slows, 10 to 20 seconds. Repeat with remaining batches of batter.