Description
Traditional Italian cookie is so soft and flavorful.
Ingredients
1 cup (1 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 cup ricotta cheese
1 teaspoon grated lime zest
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon coconut extract
2 cups all purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon fine sea salt or table salt
Icing
1 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon unsalted butter
1/8 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon vanilla or coconut extract
2 teaspoons buttermilk or lime juice
Toppings
Sprinkles, coconut, finely chopped nuts
Instructions
- Heat oven 350F.
- In large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light. Add ricotta and zest; blend well. Add egg, vanilla and extract; blend again.
- In another bowl, whisk flour, baking soda and salt; add to dry ingredients and blend well.
- Chill dough for 30 minutes. Drop cookie batter by tablespoonfuls or use a cookie scoop.
- Bake 12-15 minutes or until bottoms are golden brown. The cookies will look pale on top.
- Cool.
- For icing, mash powdered sugar, butter and salt together with the back of a spoon until butter is well incorporated into the sugar.
- Add flavoring and just enough buttermilk or lime juice to get a light icing consistency…more of a glaze than a thick icing.
- One at a time, dip top of cooled cookies into icing, letting excess drip off, and then immediately dip into one of the toppings.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: cookies
- Method: baking
- Cuisine: Italian