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Salted Caramel Sugar Cookie Cups

Ingredients

Sugar Cookie Cups

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour spooned in & leveled- not scooped
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Filling

  • 2 cups ricotta cheese
  • 3 tbsp whipped topping
  • 1/2 cup confectioners sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • *Caramel to drizzle I like to use a squeeze bottle
  • *Large sea salt for sprinkling

Instructions

Cookies

  1. In a small bowl whisk together flour & baking powder - set aside
  2. In mixer bowl beat butter until soft
  3. Add sugar & mix well
  4. Add egg- mix again
  5. Add vanilla
  6. Add flour & mix until dough begins to clump together
  7. Roll dough into a ball & wrap with plastic wrap- refrigerate 1 hour
  8. Once dough has chilled, preheat oven to 350 degrees
  9. Pull off pieces of dough & roll into balls- then press into the wells of your muffin tin pan making the cup shape
  10. Bake 12-15 minutes & allow to cool in pan before removing
  11. To remove you can slide a butter knife along the side- they should pop right out

Filling

  1. Whisk ricotta in large bowl until smooth
  2. Add in confectioners sugar & vanilla & whisk until combined
  3. Fold in whipped topping

Assemble

  1. Do not assemble until ready to serve as the filling will start to soften the cookie cup.
  2. Once ready to serve spoon about a tablespoon of your filling into the cookie cup
  3. Drizzle with caramel & sprinkle with salt
  4. Enjoy