We can't get enough of these citrus-kissed Christmas cookies! Inspired by our beloved Easy Italian Christmas Cookies, we added ricotta cheese, fresh orange and crunchy poppy seed to Pillsbury™ sugar cookie dough for this flavorful twist on a classic.
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Italian Orange-Poppy Seed Cookies
- Prep Time 25 min
- Total 1 hr 45 min
- Ingredients 7
- Servings 36
Ingredients
- 1 roll (16.5 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Sugar Cookie Dough
- 1/3 cup part-skim ricotta cheese (from 15-oz container)
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons poppy seed
- 3 teaspoons grated orange zest
- 1 3/4 cups powdered sugar
- 2 to 3 tablespoons fresh orange juice
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Line cookie sheets with cooking parchment paper.
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Step2In large bowl, break up cookie dough. Stir or knead in ricotta cheese, flour, poppy seed and 2 teaspoons of the orange zest until well blended. (DO NOT EAT RAW COOKIE DOUGH AFTER COMBINING WITH FLOUR.) Shape dough into 36 (1 1/4-inch) balls. Place 2 inches apart on cookie sheets.
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Step3Bake 10 to 13 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 20 minutes.
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Step4In small bowl, stir powdered sugar, 2 tablespoons of the orange juice and remaining 1 teaspoon orange zest; mix well. If necessary, add additional orange juice, 1 teaspoon at a time, until thin enough for glaze. Dip tops of cookies into glaze. Let stand about 20 minutes or until glaze is set. Store in covered airtight container in refrigerator up to 1 week.
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Nutrition
90 Calories
2 1/2g Total Fat
1g Protein
15g Total Carbohydrate
10g Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 90
- Calories from Fat
- 20
- Total Fat
- 2 1/2g
- 4%
- Saturated Fat
- 1g
- 5%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 0mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 45mg
- 2%
- Potassium
- 10mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 15g
- 5%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 10g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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