Ricotta Orange Cookies with Dark Chocolate & Hazelnuts

Ricotta Orange Cookies with Dark Chocolate & Hazelnuts Recipe
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Categories: Cookies, Chocolate
Keywords: ricotta, orange
Serves: 4 dozen
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Ingredients

2 1/2 c flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1/2 c butter, softened
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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motherchic
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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

1
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
2
In a medium bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
3
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.
4
Add the flour mixture, stir to combine. Spoon approximately 1 TBSP of dough onto the parchment lined baking sheets.
5
Bake for 12 minutes, until just gently golden on edges. Transfer to a wire rack and cool completely.
6
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.
7
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.
8
Allow the cookies to sit and frosting to harden. Layer in cookie tins with layers of waxed paper.
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user Vanessa "Nikita"... Kitkat777
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Jan 14, 2012
I am going to try these Nadine, can almost taste them, bet they are really special, thanks for sharing !
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Jan 14, 2012
Thank you for such a lovely compliment/ I hope you enjoy them:)
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May 30, 2012
Nadine! My mouth is watering just from reading this recipe! I'll have to wait for next church feast to make these!! Otherwise, I would definitely sit & eat these all by myself!! :~)

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