Description
Crisp Italian pizzelle cookies filled with creamy ricotta for a delightful dessert.
Ingredients
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- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup melted butter
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup ricotta cheese
- 2 tbsp powdered sugar
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp lemon zest
Instructions
- Preheat pizzelle iron.
- Mix flour, eggs, sugar, butter, and vanilla to form batter.
- Cook batter in pizzelle iron until golden.
- Shape cookies into tubes while warm.
- Combine ricotta, powdered sugar, cinnamon, and lemon zest for filling.
- Pipe filling into cooled pizzelle shells.
- Dust with powdered sugar before serving.
Notes
- Store unfilled pizzelle in airtight container.
- Fill cookies just before serving.
- Add chocolate chips to filling for variation.
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cannoli
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 45mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 4.5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2.5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 22g
- Fiber: 0.5g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 55mg
Keywords: pizzelle cannoli, Italian dessert, ricotta filling