Mini Cannoli

Mini Cannoli

Ingredients:

Crust

2 Pillsbury refrigerated pie crusts

3 tablespoons sugar

1 teaspoon cinnamon

Flour for dusting surface

Filling

1 15oz. container of whole milk ricotta cheese

1/2 cup confectioners sugar

2 tablespoons white sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/4 cup mini semisweet chocolate chips



Directions:

Preheat oven to 425.

Prepare filling by combining all ingredients except chocolate chips in a bowl with an electric mixer.

Place in a one-gallon freezer bag and refrigerate.
Roll out pie crusts and sprinkle each all over one side with sugar and cinnamon.

Roll over dough with rolling pin gently to push cinnamon and sugar into the pie crust.

Using a biscuit cutter, cut out circles in the dough.
Lightly press the circles into ungreased mini cupcake pans to form a pastry cup.

Gently prick the bottoms on the cups with a fork so that they don’t rise too much in the oven!
Bake for 8-10 minutes.

Remove from oven and once cool, fill with cream.
Cut off a small part of the corner of the plastic bag to fill cups.

Sprinkle chocolate chips on top and dust with powdered sugar

Orange Dreamsicle Cookies

Orange Dreamsicle Cookies

Ingredients:

1 cup butter, softened

1½ cups sugar

1 egg

2 Tablespoons orange zest

2 teaspoons orange extract

1 teaspoon vanilla

½ teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon baking powder

2¼ cups flour

Cream Frosting

1½ cups powdered sugar

¼ cup heavy whipping cream

¼ teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon orange extract


Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

In large bowl cream butter and sugar together. Add egg and beat in well. Add orange zest, orange extract and vanilla and mix until well blended. Add salt, baking powder and flour and mix until well combined.

Roll cookies into 1 inch balls and place on greased cooking sheet. Space balls about 2 inches apart.
Bake at 350 degrees F for 7-9 minutes or until lightly golden on edges of cookies.

Cream Frosting

Combine powdered sugar, whipping cream, salt and orange extract in a medium bowl and beat until smooth and creamy.Spread frosting over the top of cooled cookies.If you would like, garnish cookies with orange zest.