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Italian lemon ricotta cookies stacked up with a bite out of one
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Lemon Ricotta Cookie Recipe with Lemon Glaze

Make fluffy Italian lemon ricotta cookies with a lemon glaze!

Recipe By: Madeline
Prep: 10 minutesCook: 15 minutesTotal: 1 hour 25 minutes
Servings: 40 Cookies 1x

Ingredients

Cookie Ingredients

  • 2 3/4 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 stick butter (8 tbsp), softened
  • 1 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 15 oz (1 standard container) ricotta, whole milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 tsp almond extract
  • 3 tbsp fresh lemon juice
  • Zest of 1 lemon

Glaze Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
  • 3 tbsp lemon juice
  • zest from 1 lemon

Instructions

  1. Mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together and set aside.
  2. Beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs. Beat in the ricotta. Add in the extracts.
  3. Mix in half the dry ingredients until it comes together. Add in the lemon juice and zest. Add the remaining dry ingredients and beat until it comes together.
  4. Chill dough for at least 1 hour. Then, preheat the oven to 350F
  5. Scoop dough out using a 1 1/2 tbsp scoop directly onto a lined baking sheet, about 2 inches apart. Bake at 350F for 14-15 minutes, until bottoms are slightly golden. Top of cookie will still be quite pale.
  6. Allow to cool completely. Whisk together the glaze ingredients. Dip the tops of the cookie in the glaze and let excess drip off. Enjoy!

Notes

  • You must chill the dough- it’ll be pretty wet and sticky, almost like thick cake batter prior to chilling
  • Cookies will spread on baking sheet so leave space between each
  • Cool completely before dipping into glaze
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