Italian Easter Cookies
Traditional Italian cookie is so soft and flavorful.
Ingredients
- 1 cup (1 stick) 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
- ⅛ 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.
Notes
Nutrition information based on a serving of 2 cookies.
Nutrition
Calories: 241kcalCarbohydrates: 29gProtein: 3gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 8gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.4gCholesterol: 44mgSodium: 128mgPotassium: 37mgFiber: 0.4gSugar: 18gVitamin A: 397IUVitamin C: 0.03mgCalcium: 35mgIron: 1mg
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