Cookie Cannoli With Coffee Cream
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 23 cup sugar
- 2 large egg whites, at room temperature
- 12 cup all-purpose flour
- 12 teaspoon finely grated orange zest
- 34 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 cup mascarpone
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon pure coffee extract
- confectioners' sugar, for dusting
- 1.
- Preheat the oven to 375.
- Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Trace three 4-inch circles on each with a pencil; turn the parchment over.
- 2.
- In a medium bowl, using an electric mixer, beat the butter with 1/3 cup of the sugar until fluffy.
- Add the egg whites and beat until blended.
- Add the flour, orange zest, 1/4 teaspoon of the vanilla and the salt and beat until smooth.
- 3.
- Using a small offset spatula, evenly spread 1 tablespoon of the batter into each circle.
- Bake the cookies, 1 sheet at a time, for 8 to 9 minutes, or until lightly golden and browned around the edges.
- Immediately roll each cookie around a 1-inch-wide tube or dowel and let cool until crisp.
- Carefully remove the cannoli from the tubes and transfer to a wire rack.
- Repeat twice with the remaining batter to make 18 cookies.
- 4.
- In a medium bowl, using an electric mixer, beat the mascarpone at medium speed with the cream, the coffee extract and the remaining 1/3 cup sugar and 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla until firm peaks form.
- 5.
- Fill a pastry bag fitted with a 1/2-inch star tip with the coffee cream.
- Carefully pipe the mascarpone cream into both ends of the cookies, finishing with a small rosette at each end.
- Transfer the cannoli to a platter, dust them with confectioners' sugar and serve.
unsalted butter, sugar, egg whites, flour, orange zest, vanilla, salt, mascarpone, heavy cream, coffee, confectioners
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/cookie-cannoli-with-coffee-cream-278062 (may not work)