Hello my 36th Avenue friends. It’s Gina from Kleinworth & Co & I’m so excited to be here today sharing one of my favorite little goodies, Cannoli Sugar Cookie Cups.
I absolutely love those weekends when we can have a little family time & take a stroll through downtown & visit all the shops & take in the beauty of the lake. If things work out I get to stop in to the pastry shop & pick up some treats. I always grab some cannolis & sometimes some eclairs too. I like to mix it up with a little bit of Italian & French when it comes to my desserts & I love that I can pick them all up in the same shop. I definitely walk out a happy girl.
So it had been a while since we had visited down there & I really wanted a cannoli. So I decided to change things up a little & use some of my sugar cookie cups I make in bulk just for occasions such as this & spin the classic cannoli into something different. Let me tell you- I’m so glad I did. These were so delicious. The only thing I would change is that I would have made more. They definitely ran out too quick.
So if you love a good cannoli & sugar cookies, you have to give this twist a try.
You will be so happy you did!
- Sugar Cookie Cups
- 3 cups all-purpose flour (spooned in & leveled- not scooped)
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Filling
- 2 cups ricotta cheese
- 3 tbsp whipped topping
- ½ cup confectioners sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ cup mini chocolate chips
- *additional confectioners sugar for dusting
- Cookies
- In a small bowl whisk together flour & baking powder – set aside
- In mixer bowl beat butter until soft
- Add sugar & mix well
- Add egg- mix again
- Add vanilla
- Add flour & mix until dough begins to clump together
- Roll dough into a ball & wrap with plastic wrap- refrigerate 1 hour
- Once dough has chilled, preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Pull off pieces of dough & roll into balls- then press into the wells of your muffin tin pan making the cup shape
- Bake 12-15 minutes & allow to cool in pan before removing
- To remove you can slide a butter knife along the side- they should pop right out
- Filling
- Whisk ricotta in large bowl until smooth
- Add in confectioners sugar & vanilla & whisk until combined
- Fold in whipped topping & chocolate chips
- Do not assemble until ready to serve as the filling will start to soften the cookie cup.
- Once ready to serve spoon about a tablespoon of your filling into the cookie cup
- Dust with confectioners sugar
- Enjoy
Looking for more great dessert ideas with cookie cups?
How many did this recipe make?
To save time – and effort because I’d be making these for quite a few people! – I’d probably just end up buying the ready-made dough at the store and saving myself few steps 😉 just a little tip for those in a time crunch!
I was wondering how I could approach this recipe for a cookie exchange, the cups would be on display fora period of time. You mention the cups will get soft with time from the filling, do you think marscarpone would aid in keeping he liquid content at a minimal?
I know this was a while ago, but apart from separating the cookie cups and the filling, I read somewhere that people drain ricotta before using it in things like this.
These look delicious!
Emma