It is a Pittsburgh tradition to have a cookie table at your wedding. I'm talking, dozens upon dozens of treats handmade by your closest friends and family. Then everyone takes some home at the end of the night, and there is still somehow a ridiculous amount left for the bride and groom. Pizzelles always make an appearence, especially at Italian weddings. So I made my version for Linsey's wedding! She's been my friend for just about 18 years, and I wanted to contribute. Also, I made some green ones because it was her wedding color.
Wedding Krumcakes makes 3 dozen
Ingredients:6 eggs
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1 cup margarine, melted and cooled
2 tablespoons extract
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
¼ milk (omit if using pizzelle iron)
To prepare:
1. Beat eggs and sugar with an electric mixer until fluffy and almost bubbly. Slowly beat in the melted margarine and extract. You can use anise, but I hate anise. So I used vanilla butter nut extract and it was glorious.
2. In a separate bowl, combine the flour and baking powder by sifting. Stir into the wet mixture gradually. Dough will be sticky.
2. I used a krumkake iron I got at a rummage sale. Awesome $2 purchase. Anyway, preheat the iron and spray liberally with Pam. Drop batter by rounded spoonfuls onto the iron. Close and cook for about 90 seconds, or until browned. Carefully remove and cool. Store in an airtight tin at room temperature.
Pretty time consuming since I could only do it one at a time, but tasty none-the-less. Also, the iron doesn't have very deep grooves, so the pretty leaf pattern didn't really come out. BUT it was a fantastic wedding!
Keep on cooking!
Cass
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