Description
Mini Cannoli Cups are a delightful twist on traditional cannoli, featuring a crispy shell filled with creamy ricotta filling.
Ingredients
Scale
- Filling
- 1 container whole-milk ricotta cheese, 15 oz., drained
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon finely grated orange or lemon zest
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- Cannoli Cups
- 1 box refrigerated pie crusts, softened as directed on box, 2 count
- 3 tablespoons turbinado sugar, raw sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Garnish
- ¼ cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips or finely chopped pistachios
- additional powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425°F.
- Lightly flour a work surface and unroll the pie crusts.
- Sprinkle both of the pie crusts with turbinado sugar and cinnamon.
- Gently roll a rolling pin over the top of the pie crusts to press the sugar and cinnamon into the dough.
- With a 2½-inch round cookie/biscuit cutter, cut out pastry rounds.
- Gently press each pastry round into ungreased mini muffin cups.
- Bake the crusts for 10 minutes, or until golden brown.
- Allow cannoli cups to cool completely in the pans, about 15 minutes.
- Prepare the filling by beating all of the filling ingredients until creamy.
- Place the filling in a 1-gallon zip-top resealable bag and refrigerate.
- Just before serving, pipe approximately 1 tablespoon of filling into the cooled pastry cups.
- Sprinkle cups with mini chocolate chips or chopped pistachios.
- Dust with powdered sugar and serve immediately.
Notes
- Strain the ricotta before using.
- Store pastry cups at room temperature and filling in the refrigerator.
- Fill the cups right before serving to avoid sogginess.
- Dip the top edge of the cup in melted chocolate before filling for added flavor.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 71 kcal
- Sugar: 3 g
- Sodium: 42 mg
- Fat: 4 g
- Saturated Fat: 2 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 1.3 g
- Trans Fat: 0.001 g
- Carbohydrates: 8 g
- Fiber: 0.3 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 5 mg
Keywords: Mini Cannoli Cups, Dessert, Italian Dessert, Ricotta Filling