Ravioli Cookies Recipes

ITALIAN SPECIAL SWEET FRIED RAVIOLI COOKIES

Steps:

• Melt semisweet chocolate and unsweetened chocolate in the top of a double boiler or in a bowl in the microwave. Stir until smooth. Set aside to cool. Heat the 2 cups shortening in a large, heavy skillet or deep fryer.
• In a small bowl, stir together the pureed garbanzo beans, sugar, and cinnamon. Stir in the dates and nuts. Blend with the cooled chocolate. Chill while you make the dough.
• In a medium bowl, beat the eggs until fluffy. Stir in the 1/4 cup melted shortening. Sift together the flour, sugar, and salt, and fold into the egg mixture. Add extra flour if necessary to make the dough easy to handle.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough out to 1/8 inch thickness. Cut into 3 inch circles using a cookie cutter or a large drinking glass. Place 1 teaspoon of the chocolate filling mixture onto the center of each cookie, fold over into a half circle, and pinch to seal.
• Fry cookies in 1 1/2 inches of hot oil, turning once. Cookies should be light brown. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels. Refrigerate when cool. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar before serving.

PUMPKIN RAVIOLI COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine the flour, granulated sugar, baking powder and salt in a large bowl and make a well in the middle. Stir the wine and olive oil in a small bowl and pour into the well. Stir together with a wooden spoon until a shaggy dough forms. Turn out onto a clean surface and knead until smooth, 2 minutes. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and let rest, 1 hour.
• Cut the dough into quarters; shape each piece into a flat rectangle. Working with one piece at a time (wrap the rest in plastic so it doesn't dry out), roll out the dough with a pasta machine, dusting the dough with flour as necessary, into a 22-inch-long sheet (about 6 inches wide and 1?16 inch thick).
• Lay out the sheet of dough; spoon 10 mounds of pumpkin butter (about 1 teaspoon each) along the sheet, 1/4 inch from the top edge, spacing them 1 inch apart. Fold the bottom half of the sheet up to meet the top edge and press to seal around each mound of filling, starting at the folded side so there isn't any air trapped inside. Cut into 1 3/4-inch squares using a fluted cutter or knife; press the edges again to seal. Transfer the ravioli to a baking sheet lined with a kitchen towel. Repeat with the remaining dough and pumpkin butter.
• Heat 2 inches of vegetable oil in a large heavy pot until a deep-fry thermometer registers 360 degrees F. Fry the ravioli in batches, turning once, until golden, about 2 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon; drain on paper towels. Let cool 5 minutes.
• Mix the confectioners' sugar and pie spice in a small bowl. Use a small sieve to dust the spiced sugar on the ravioli. Serve warm or at room temperature.

S'MORE ROCKIN' REINDEER RAVIOLI

Steps:

• For the filling: Pulse the graham crackers in a food processor until crumbly. Add the chocolate and cream cheese and continue to pulse until crumbly but pasty.
• Using the filling portion ('the bumpy side") of a 12-section ravioli mold, cover the indented side with plastic wrap. Pack some of the filling into each indentation, leveling each one so it's flush with the top of the mold. Remove and place on a plate. Repeat to make 24 fillings. Cover the filling with plastic wrap and refrigerate. (Eat the crumbs left behind.)
• To make the dough: Combine the butter and sugars in a large mixing bowl. Beat at medium speed, until fluffy and combined, about 2 minutes. Add the molasses and vanilla and beat until combined.
• In a separate bowl, whisk both flours, the baking soda, salt and cinnamon together. Add flour mixture to butter mixture in 3 parts, alternating with cream in 2 parts, beginning and ending with flour. Be careful not to overwork the dough. Divide into 2 disks, wrap in plastic warp and chill until very firm, about 1 hour.
• Lay out an 11 by 15-inch piece of foil on a clean workspace and sprinkle generously with flour. Place a disk of dough on top and cover with a large sheet of plastic wrap. Roll the dough between the two layers (Voila, no messy hands) until you have a rectangle measuring 10 by 13 inches, cutting and patching as needed. Repeat with the other disk of dough. Transfer each foil to a cookie sheet and refrigerate for 30 minutes to 1 hour.
• When chilled, remove plastic wrap from 1 flat of chilled and rolled dough. Spray the zigzag side of the ravioli mold with nonstick spray and sprinkle it with flour. Place the mold, zigzag side down, onto the lower half of the dough, making a slight indent in the dough. Take the chocolate filling from the refrigerator. Place a round of filling on the center of each square ravioli impression.
• Using the foil to lift the top of the dough, fold it over the mounds on the bottom half leaving plenty of give to tuck dough between each mound. Gently press out the air around the mounds with wet fingers to keep the dough from cracking. Spray the zigzag side of the mold again and sprinkle the top of the ravioli with flour. Invert the press on the cookies, making another impression in the dough, and press very firmly to seal the 2 layers together and cut off excess dough.
• To remove the mold, gently lift by pressing downward on the 2 mounds on the end. Lift up on the mold working your way across the dough slab. Use a dry pastry brush to brush off excess flour. Cut ravioli into individual portions, trimming away excess dough with a knife or fluted pastry cutter. Arrange on a baking sheet. Chill the molded ravioli in the refrigerator until firm to the touch, 30 more minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Bake the ravioli for 25 to 30 Minutes. Remove from oven and let sit on cookie sheet 5 more minutes, using a pastry cutter to cut in between the ravioli while warm, if desired. Then slide the slab onto a cookie sheet to cool. Eat 1 slab and freeze the other to keep it really fresh. Yummmmm!!!!

HOMEMADE RAVIOLI

Steps:

• Place 5 cups flour in a large bowl. Make a well in the center. Beat the eggs, water and oil; pour into well. Stir together, forming a ball. Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 4-6 minutes, adding remaining flour if necessary to keep dough from sticking. Cover and let rest for 30 minutes., Meanwhile, in a Dutch oven, combine sauce ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1 hour, stirring occasionally., In a large bowl, combine filling ingredients. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use., Divide pasta dough into fourths; roll 1 portion to 1/16-in. thickness. (Keep pasta covered until ready to use.) Working quickly, place rounded teaspoonfuls of filling 1 in. apart over half of pasta sheet. Fold sheet over; press down to seal. Cut into squares with a pastry wheel. Repeat with remaining dough and filling., Bring a soup kettle of salted water to a boil. Add ravioli. Reduce heat to a gentle simmer; cook until ravioli float to the top and are tender, 1-2 minutes. Drain. Spoon sauce over ravioli.

RAVIOLI DOLCI (SWEET RAVIOLI)

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in the egg, then stir in the vanilla and almond extracts and lemon zest. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; stir into the creamed mixture until a smooth dough forms. Divide dough into halves. Roll each portion out between two sheets of waxed paper into a 12 inch square. Refrigerate for at least one hour.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
• Remove one piece of the dough from the refrigerator, remove the top layer of waxed paper, and cut into 1 1/2 inch squares. Place about 1/4 teaspoon of the cherry preserves into the center of the first sheet of squares. Set aside. Remove the remaining piece of dough from the refrigerator, remove top layer of waxed paper, and cut into 1 1/2 inch squares also. Poke holes for venting in these squares using a fork. Place each vented square over one of the filled squares, and gently seal the edges by pressing with the tines of a fork. Place cookies 2 inches apart onto prepared cookie sheets.
• Bake for 9 to 11 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the edges are lightly browned. Allow cookies to cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheets before removing to wire racks to cool completely. Dust cookies with confectioners' sugar while they are still warm.

CHOCOLATE-DRIZZLED RAVIOLI COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture., Divide dough in half. Shape each into a disk; wrap in plastic. Refrigerate 30 minutes or until firm enough to roll., For filling, place Oreos in a food processor; process until finely crushed. Add cream cheese, confectioners' sugar and extract; process until blended., Preheat oven to 350°. On a lightly floured surface, roll one portion of dough to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 2-in. round cookie cutter. Place about 1-1/2 teaspoons filling in center of half of the cookies. Cover with remaining cookies. Press edges with a fork to seal. Place 1 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Repeat with remaining dough and filling., Bake 15-20 minutes or until edges are light brown. Cool on pans 2 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely., In a microwave, melt chocolate chips and shortening; stir until smooth. Drizzle over cookies; let stand until set. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

NUTELLA RAVIOLI COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Roll out cookie dough to about a 1/4 inch
• thickness.
• Using a cookie cutter or a glass dipped in flour, cut out rounds. (I used a 2 3/4 inch round cookie cutter.).
• Using a piping bag or plastic bag with the end snipped off, pipe about 1/2 teaspoon of Nutella into the center of each round.
• Fold rounds over to create half moon shapes and gently seal edges.
• Place on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 9-10 minutes.
• Remove to racks and cool completely.
• When cookies are completely cooled, melt chocolate chips in microwave (about 1 minute.).
• Remove and using a fork, drizzle chocolate over cookies.
• Repeat steps 9 & 10 with white chocolate chips.

RAVIOLI COOKIES

Steps:

• Separate the eggs.
• Knead the yolks with flour, butter, sugar and marzipan to a dough and chill for 2 hours.
• Soak the dried fruit in lukewarm water.
• Rol the dough on a floured surface until 2 mm (approximately 1/16 inch) thick. Cut out 8 cm (approximately 3 inches) circles and brush the edges with an egg white.
• Drain the fruit, and place 1/2 teaspoon in each cookie. Fold the dough in half and press the edges firmly.
• Place the fruit ravioli on a parchment-lined baking tray and brush with cream.
• Bake in a preheated oven at 200°C (approximately 400°F) for about 20 minutes.

RAVIOLI COOKIES

Steps:

• Unroll 1 sheet of puff pastry and gently roll out to even the edges and make slightly thinner.
• Unwrap candies and place 32 candies in a 4x6 grid on puff pastry.
• Roll out other sheet of pastry and place on top of candies and seal around the edges by pressing up against the candy.
• Use cookie cutter to cut out raviolis or you can use a pizza wheel or knife and cut out squares.
• Bake according to puff pastry package until each are brown and puffed up.
• Drizzle with melted chocolate and nuts or jimmies if you like.