Filling
Ingredients
- 4 medium sized Oranges (we'll use the peel only!)
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup ricotta cheese
- Wash the oranges thoroughly and peel. Cut orange peels into small pieces. Now you need to boil the peel in water and discard the water. Repeat this process at least 3 times. Yes, you read that right, at least 3 times! Too much work for cookies, I know! This is just like making candied orange peel, you need to boil so that there's no bitter taste.
- Add sugar and another cup of water and boil this mixture until there's no more water left in your pan. Just be careful, do not burn your pan, trying to make sure water evaporates. Set your pan aside to cool down completely.
- Transfer to a mixing bowl and combine with ricotta cheese.
Ingredients
- 8 oz butter/margarine - room temperature
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 1/3 cup yogurt
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 packet baking powder
- 1 packet vanillin
- flour
- Make the cookie dough with the above ingredients.
- Get a walnut sized piece of the dough and add a tablespoonful of the filling and shape into a nice ball. Repeat with the rest of the dough.
- Preheat your oven to 400 F degrees and bake for 15-20 minutes. The cookies should be pinkish and puffy when done.
- Generously sprinkle with powdered sugar when they are still hot.
