Let's ricotta. You can buy ready-made, but expensive. You can use the uniform consistency of cheese. But it wouldn't be quite right. And you can prepare it at home, especially because it is so simple - Ira, my soul, thank you for this method!!! Freeze in the freezer a package of yogurt with a capacity of 0.5 l. the resulting preform Lay on the gauze in several layers and wait until the serum is fully drained. Lunch - yogurt in the freezer. At night on gauze. In the morning you have approximately 300 gr. ricotta out!

Grated lemon zest, wash the fruit, cut or break into small pieces walnuts. Dried apricots also cut.

Mix the flour and baking powder

Melt butter, add ricotta and sugar and stir. Beat in eggs one by one. Then mix everything in and a very nice elastic dough.

Mix the dough with nuts and candied fruit. Put it into molds. I have such pretty lady's mantle - a gift of a friend. The soul rejoices! Bake muffins in a hot oven until Browning. Check with a wooden toothpick readiness.