Thursday, January 20, 2011

Chocolate & Toffee Chip Ricotta Cookies

I have a craving for chocolate chip cookies!! There is no way around it.  No substitutions please!!!!
These little beauties made my night!
Well.....now that I think about it, perhaps there are a few changes to be made.  I tested out a new cookie recipe tonight.  A little whole wheat flour, no butter, low fat ricotta cheese.....lets see what I can muster up!! During my research tonight I came across several recipes for various ricotta cookies.  They all looked delectable with their various lemon or lime flavourings but I really wanted chocolate chip cookies!!  I found a great recipe on the La Kocinera blog.  It looked like a great place to start.  Nothing like playing around a little with a great recipe!

Ricotta Chocolate Chip Cookies
  • 1/4 cup coconut oil (or butter)
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 1 cup light ricotta cheese
  • 1 egg (or 1/2 a banana, thoroughly mashed and 1/4 tsp baking powder)
  • 1 1/2 tsp vanilla 
  • 1 cup whole wheat flour
  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp kosher salt
  • 2/3 cup chocolate chips
  • 2/3 cup toffee bits
In a bowl mix together the coconut oil (or butter), 1/2 cup brown sugar, and 1/2 cup white sugar until creamed together and fully combined.

Add 1 cup ricotta cheese, 1 egg, and 1 1/2 tsp vanilla and continue mixing until light and fluffy looking.


In a separate bowl whisk together 1 cup all purpose flour, 1 cup whole wheat flour, 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1/2 cup baking soda, and 1/4 tsp salt.

Add the flour mixture into the mixing bowl and mix to completely incorporate the flour.


Stir in 2/3 cup toffee bits and 2/3 cup chocolate chips.

If you used softened butter, chill the dough for about an hour or so before baking.





Scoop 1 tbsp portions onto a lined baking sheet and bake at 350F for 15 minutes.


Wait until the cool slightly (if you can) before devouring.


Until next time, stay warm and eat well.

8 comments:

  1. Those look great AND I've been looking for a recipe to use up that one cup of ricotta cheese that I have in the fridge. SCORE!

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  2. hi Lori
    wow...ricotta in a cookie!! You certainly got my attention! Those tasty little morsels sound like they would go perfectly with my coffee, I love the addition of the toffee too!
    Cheers
    Dennis

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  3. These cookies are so yummy! I love that you can use ricotta - this is a must try. I'd love to taste one or two. :)

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  4. I'm definitely making these! I did a cookie recipe once with ricotta and loved it. Your's look so fluffy though and I love the sound of the toffee chips. Yum!

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  5. Ricotta? Cookie? !!! I love this! It's like a cannoli cookie! Brilliant.

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  6. I bid on these in Steph's online bakesale and BOY am I sure glad I did! They arrived today, all nicely packaged and begging to be eaten. So I happily obliged. Three cookies and a tall glass of milk later, I am in cookie heaven. Thanks so much, Lori! I will definitely be trying these out myself.

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  7. Hi Zoe, I am so glad you liked them! I am also glad they arrived! I did pay for ovenight delivery on Wednesday, Feb 2...ahhh, Canada Post strikes again!! Glad they got there safe and sound!

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  8. Zoe, You wouldn't happen to have the tracking number from the package still, would you? If so, could you please email it to me? I can't find my reciept and I would like to let Canada post know that 5 days when I paid for overnight is not a good thing. Thank you!

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