These cookies are made with a special galette iron. If you don't have one, try a pizzelle iron. One reader tells us that even a waffle iron works fine. You can also occasionally find them on eBay.
1 lb butter, melted
6 eggs
2 cups sugar
2 cups brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla or rum flavoring
1 teaspoon baking powder
6 cups flour
Sift flour and baking powder and mix in rest of ingredients. Chill dough. Drop spoonfuls on a pre-heated iron. Hold over hot stove and bake on each side for 2-1/2 to 3 minutes.
A half-Italian in WV Sep 5, 2006
Would make this again.
This is the first site I have seen that gives the recipe for the Italian cookies. This is my favorite Christmas cookie of all time and I am glad to see that others know it and love it. My mom makes 5 dozen on her homemade galette iron that heats on the gas stove burner and makes 2 (yes 2) at a time. But even she thinks it is worth the 3 hours!
Amanda Apr 4, 2004
Would make this again.
My grandmother use to make these cookies every christmas. My mother and I continue the tradition to this very day. I am going to be moving in a few months and have yet to find a galette iron of my own. Does anyone have a galette iron they are willing to sale? Or know where i can find a Belgi galette iron? I highly reccomend these cookies for everyone. Also, for and extra sweet and pretty accent, try dipping half the cookie in chocolate. mmmm
A cookie baker in Coquille, OR Dec 16, 2003
Would make this again.
My Grandmother made these cookies for me when I was a little girl. (I called them waffle cookies) On a request to her for cookies, she bought me an iron, she lived in Kansas, and sent it to me along with the recipe and said, "Make them yourself." You quickly learn why you are only make them at special times of the year. I have made these cookies for family and friends for over 35 years. I realize what a treasure it is to have a Belgi Galette Iron!!!
A cookie baker in San Jose, California May 28, 2003
Would make this again.
Great! Easy and fast to make! They're sweet yet not overpowering. Great for gifts at Christmas! Wrap them in bags and give them out!
A cookie baker in Columbus, OH Dec 9, 2002
Would make this again.
My Dad has been making galettes for as long as I can remember. He makes them twice a year - Thanksgiving and Christmas. The holidays wouldn't be complete without galettes being a part of them. Now I have children of my own, and they love this tradition also. In fact, my father gave my brothers and me each an iron of our own, to continue on with this tradition.
A cookie baker in St. Louis MO Nov 22, 2002
Would make this again.
Very good - My family makes every Christmas - Family Tradition
