Creamy Meyer Lemon and Ricotta Cookies
From victoriaregina 14 years ago
- 15 minutes to make
- Serves 24
I love lemon:anything lemon and I love creamy ricotta so this recipe is one of my favorites. It's easy and makes the house smell like the happy home it is. An older recipe (2007) courtesy of American Dairy Farmers.
Ingredients
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- Cookies: shopping list
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened shopping list
- 2 cups granulated sugar shopping list
- 2 eggs shopping list
- 15 ounces whole milk ricotta cheese shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract shopping list
- 3 tablespoons Meyer lemon zest, freshly grated shopping list
- 1 tablespoon Meyer lemon juice shopping list
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour shopping list
- 1 teaspoon baking powder shopping list
- 1 teaspoon salt shopping list
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- 6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) unsalted butter shopping list
- 3 cups confectioners’ sugar shopping list
- 3 to 4 tablespoons Meyer lemon juice shopping list
- Decorating sugar, silver dragees (small silver balls), optional shopping list
How to make it
- Instructions :
- Preheat oven to 350F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Combine butter and sugar in bowl; beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs, ricotta, lemon extract, zest and juice; blend well.
- Add 1 cup flour, baking powder and salt; blend to combine. Add remaining flour in two parts, blending to combine, until a dough forms.
- Drop by rounded tablespoons 2 inches apart onto baking sheets. Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until very light golden. Let cookies rest on baking sheet for a few minutes and transfer to wire cooling rack.
- While cookies cool, prepare glaze by creaming together butter and sugar. Continue to mix, gradually adding juice until desired consistency. Decorate cooled cookies adding dragees or decorating sugar, if desired, before icing sets.
The Rating
Reviewed by 11 people-
How good is this...I say mucho bueno...
puddlewonderful
in Beverly Hills Adjacent loved it
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~HELLO~
This is a real "5"FORK!!!!! 'Lemonicious'
treat! Of course you must use
'Myers' Lemons~~~they are the 'BEST'~
~*~mj~*~
mjcmcook
in Beach City loved it
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Mmmmmmmeyerlicious!!!! Hope you don't mind that I added it to the Lemon Lovers' Group.
(And, thank you for the ratings & kind words on my stuff ;-) )
californiacook
in loved it
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