Just Add Magic: Mrs Rusamano's Cannoli

        Well! It's been quite a while, huh? Here's another sweet treat from Just Add Magic. And if I'm not wrong, we have two more recipes left from this book, a Tiramisu recipe and a Prize-Winning Chilli recipe. So please vote for which recipe you want to be featured first on the poll gadget to your right. Okay, I'll just shut up and give you the recipe:

Mrs Rusamano's Cannoli

Shell

1 cup flour 

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 tablespoon sugar

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1 tablespoon butter

2 tablespoons cold water

2 tablespoons vinegar

Filling

2 lbs ricotta cheese

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

1&1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup chopped nuts

1/2 cup chocolate chips

1/2 cup citron (optional)

SHELL

Blend first four ingredients and add butter. Blend with your

fingertips as you would a pie crust. Add cold water and vinegar.

This makes a hard dough. Chill for 1 hour.

Roll dough out to 1/2-inch thickness

and cut into 4 x 5-inch rectangles.

Roll dough around tubes, 1 inch in diameter.

Fry at 360 degrees until brown. Drain and cool.

FILLING

Beat ricotta, vanilla, and sugar until smooth,

then add nuts, chocolate chips, and citron. Chill.

Fill crusts at both ends with filling.