Bring sunshine into your life with these delicious and easy to make Meyer Lemon Ricotta Cookies! Don’t have Meyer Lemons? That’s okay you can make them with regular lemons!
One of the great joys of life is baking . Most cookies don’t take long to prepare and take little time to bake. If you count eating the batter as you go! Any kind of cookie is about as close to instant gratification as you can get!
All ingredients should be at room temperature!
The first step is mixing the flour together with the sea salt, baking soda and baking powder. Blend it together well and set aside until needed.
- In the bowl of your stand mixer combine the butter and the sugar, beat until light and fluffy, 2-3 minutes
- Add the eggs one at a time until well blended.
- Add ricotta, lemon juice, vanilla and zest, mix until well blended.
- Add in dry ingredients and mix just enough to incorporate. When your cookie dough is finished, it needs to be refrigerated for at least one hour. Overnight or longer is even better. You want the dough to be cold. I used a one ounce cookie scoop to make my cookies, that’s why they look round. You could also roll them by hand, but make sure to chill them after rolling.
Note:
**If you’re making the cookies in batches make sure to refrigerate the dough that’s not baking.
While the dough is chilling, make the lemon glaze for the cookies. I added some lime zest to this batch to add a little color to the glaze. Try the glaze with your favorite citrus fruit. Oranges or just limes would add wonderful flavors to the glaze.
It’s really easy to make. Mix confectioners sugar, with lemon juice and zest. After the cookies have completely cooled, spoon a little of the glaze on the top and use the spoon to help spread it on top of the cookie.
The cookies have a light texture with an almost cheesecake-like flavor, but it’s the lemon glaze that pushes them over the edge!
If there are any left after the first day, store them in a loosely sealed container, otherwise, the moisture will ruin the consistency of the cookie.
Try this recipe and let me know what you think !
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