Ricotta Orange Cookies with Dark Chocolate & Hazelnuts

Recipe Rating:	(15)
Categories:	Cookies, Chocolate
Keywords:	ricotta, orange
Serves:	4 dozen
Prep Time:	20 Min
Cook Time:	50 Min

Ingredients

2 1/2 c	flour
1 tsp	baking soda
1 tsp	salt
1/2 c	butter, softened Visit GoBoldWithButter.com
2 c	sugar
2	eggs
2 c	ricotta cheese
1/2 tsp	vanilla
3 Tbsp	orange juice
2 Tbsp	orange zest
ORANGE GLAZE:
1 1/2 c	powdered sugar
3 Tbsp	orange juice
CHOCOLATE & HAZELNUTS:
1 1/4 c	dark chocolate chips
1 c	hazelnuts, finely chopped

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nadine mesch

Lightly Salted

Mount Healthy, OH (pop. 6,098)

motherchic

Member Since Mar 2011

nadine's Notes:
I usually bake about 20 different type of cookies for Christmas but these are hands down our most favorite. My kids have been known to take the entire tin and eat them all in one sitting!
I always make double so we have enough to last the holiday season.
** The addition of the ricotta cheese to these cookies makes them stay soft and taste fresh for days. If they can last that long :)

Directions

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.

In a medium bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.

In a large mixing bowl combine butter and sugar; beat approximately 4 minutes, until light. Add eggs, beating well. Add ricotta cheese, orange juice and zest. Beat to combine.

Add the flour mixture, stir to combine. Spoon approximately 1 TBSP of dough onto the parchment lined baking sheets.

Bake for 12 minutes, until just gently golden on edges. Transfer to a wire rack and cool completely.

Orange Glaze:
In a medium bowl, stir together powdered sugar and orange juice, until smooth. Gently spread approximately a 1/2 tsp onto each cookie.

Dark Chocolate & Hazelnuts:
Place dark chocolate chips into a double boiler, melt chocolate. Cool slightly. Spoon melted chocolate into a plastic sandwich bag. Using scissors, snip off a small tip of the plastic bag, and drizzle the melted chocolate, in swirls, over each cookie. Immediately sprinkle with chopped hazelnuts.

Allow the cookies to sit and frosting to harden. Layer in cookie tins with layers of waxed paper.