ITALIAN CHEESE BALLS

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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.

Provided by MASSA21

Categories Appetizers and Snacks Dips and Spreads Recipes Cheese Dips and Spreads Recipes Cheese Ball Recipes

Time 1h

Yield 18

Number Of Ingredients 9

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

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
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.
Bake for 45 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden brown on top.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 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, Sodium 153.1 mg, Sugar 8.6 g