Italian Cheese Balls recipe

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Ingredients

1 pound ricotta cheese
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
¼ cup all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
2 teaspoons grated lemon zest
2 eggs, beaten
4 egg whites
¾ cup white sugar

Nutrition Info

128.8 calories
carbohydrate: 11.4 g
cholesterol: 42.2 mg
fat: 6.9 g
fiber: 0.1 g
protein: 5.5 g
saturatedFat: 4.2 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 153.1 mg
sugar: 8.6 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).

  2. In a medium bowl, mix together the ricotta cheese, cream cheese, flour, salt, vanilla, lemon zest and eggs. In a separate bowl, whisk together the egg whites and sugar. Pour into the cheese mixture, and mix until well blended. Roll into balls about the size of a golf ball, and place in a glass baking dish.

  3. Bake for 45 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden brown on top.

Recipe Yield

18 balls

Recipe Note

The cheese balls add a change to your pasta dinner. This is a great recipe that I got from my father. He made these while I was growing up and I loved them, now I want to share this with everyone.

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