XXL chocolate-and-ricotta cannoli cookies

Name: XXL chocolate-and-ricotta cannoli cookies
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Makes 6 large cookies servings
Cuisine: Desserts & Baking
Ingredients: flour 500 g,sugar 250 g,ricotta 250 g,cocoa 40 g,baking powder 1 T,butter, melted 125 g,free-range eggs, separated 3,glacé ginger, chopped 100 g,Woolworths almond marzipan, chopped 100g,icing sugar, for dusting

By Abigail Donnelly

Serves Makes 6 large cookies

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cooking Time 30 minutes

Ingredients

500 g flour
250 g sugar
250 g ricotta
40 g cocoa
1 T baking powder
125 g butter, melted
3 free-range eggs, separated
100 g glacé ginger, chopped
100 g Woolworths almond marzipan, chopped
icing sugar, for dusting

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C. Combine all the dry ingredients, then add the butter, egg yolks and ginger.

2. In a separate bowl, whisk the egg whites until stiff peaks form, then fold into the cookie dough.

3. Divide the dough into 6 equal pieces, roll into rounds and flatten slightly. Stud with the marzipan, sprinkle with icing sugar and bake on a lined baking tray for 25–30 minutes, or until crispy around the edges. The middle should still be quite moist.

Cook’s note: Add whole glacé cherries for luck.

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Photographs: Jan Ras
Food Assistant: Bianca Strydom

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