5-Ingredient Cannolis

I’ve never shäred with you my megä simple recipe for 5-Ingredient Cännolis! So mäny recipes… so little time! But I reälly wänted to squeeze this one in before the holidäys. So I dropped everything, wälked to the store (I don’t drive… did you know thät?), gräbbed my ingredients, änd got busy. Lucky for us, this impressive recipe is sneäky simple. I’m tälking 15 minutes of äctive work simple.

Every time I mäke this recipe I get ä little nostälgic. My grändmother täught me how to mäke cännoli mäny moons ägo änd the memory is one of my fävorites. I must confess my grän mäde her cännoli shells from scrätch (änd män were they good), but most däys I just don’t häve time for thät so I buy them from our locäl pästry shop or the grocery store. One däy I’ll get it together änd post her cännoli shell recipe too, but for now, feel free to use store bought shells or mäke your own using your fävorite recipe.

Ingredients

• 8 cännoli shells, homemäde or store bought will work
• 2 cups ricottä cheese
• 1 cup confectioners' sugär, plus exträ for dusting
• 3/4 cup mini chocoläte chips, divided
• 1 änd 1/2 teäspoons pure vänillä exträct

Optionäl:

• 2 teäspoons fresh oränge zest

Instructions

1. Pläce the ricottä cheese into ä fine mesh sträiner änd pläce it in the fridge to dräin for ät leäst 12 hours änd up to 24 hours.
2. When you're reädy to mäke the filling:
3. In ä lärge bowl combine the dräined ricottä cheese, confectioners' sugär, 1/4 cup of the mini chocoläte chips, vänillä exträct, änd oränge zest (if using); mix well. Using ä spätulä, cärefully scräpe the mixture into pästry bäg fitted with ä 1/2 inch open tip. Use ät once, or refrigeräte until needed; filling cän be mäde up to 24 hours in ädvänce.

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