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Old-Fashioned Glazed Lemon Ricotta Cookies

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Old-Fashioned Glazed Lemon Ricotta Cookies | LeMoine Family Kitchen . A light, soft, pillowy cookie with a refreshing lemon glaze. These cookies are just heavenly. #FreakyFriday

I am so excited to share this post with you today! This one has been in the making for months and I am so glad I can finally tell you about this top secret recipe post! This is a SPECIAL  Freaky Friday Virtual Holiday Cookie Swap!!! 11 of my fabulous blogger friends along with myself were assigned a blog to bake from and today we are ALL sharing our posts, and who we had! It’s been TOP SECRET and now I finally get to spill the beans and share this AMAZING Old-Fashioned Glazed Lemon Ricotta Cookie recipe from my friend Kelly over at Wildflour’s Cottage Kitchen!!

Old-Fashioned Glazed Lemon Ricotta Cookies | LeMoine Family Kitchen . A light, soft, pillowy cookie with a refreshing lemon glaze. These cookies are just heavenly. #FreakyFriday

I was just thrilled to get assigned Wildflour’s Cottage Kitchen as my secret blog to bake from! She has so many incredible cookie recipes to choose from like her Chewy Coconut Macaroon Cookies, Soft & Chewy Banana Spit Pudding Cookies and her AWARD WINNING HERE! While they all looked so so good, I ended up deciding to bake up these beautiful Old-Fashioned Glazed Lemon Ricotta Cookies. I really love the brightness that lemon adds to a dessert and my grandfather used to make a great ricotta cookie, so I KNEW this was the one for me!!

Old-Fashioned Glazed Lemon Ricotta Cookies | LeMoine Family Kitchen . A light, soft, pillowy cookie with a refreshing lemon glaze. These cookies are just heavenly. #FreakyFriday

I really love ricotta cookies, and not just because my grandfather always made them, but because they are so soft, light and pillowy. The addition of the simple lemon glaze on top adds amazing brightness to the cookie that I just love!! I’m not going to lie, I ate 5 within the first 12 hours after baking them. Yea, a little addicting!! These are really simple to make, added bonus for sure!! You can even make these ahead, leave off the glaze, freeze them and before serving add the glaze. These cookies are just perfect for the holidays or a Tuesday just because.

{NOTE: I made a small substitution from the original recipe found HERE, I didn’t have vanilla sugar so used all regular sugar and added a small amount of vanilla as I indicated below in the recipe}

Old-Fashioned Glazed Lemon Ricotta Cookies | LeMoine Family Kitchen . A light, soft, pillowy cookie with a refreshing lemon glaze. These cookies are just heavenly. #FreakyFriday

Old-Fashioned Glazed Lemon Ricotta Cookies
Author: Kelly@wildflourskitchen.com
Serves: 2 dozen
Ingredients
  • 1¼ cups flour
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • ½ tsp. baking powder
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 extra-large egg
  • 1 cup thick ricotta cheese
  • 1/2 stick unsalted butter, room temp
  • zest from half a lemon chopped fine
  • juice from half a lemon
  • For Glaze:
  • ¾ cup powdered sugar, scoop and level method
  • zest from other half of lemon
  • juice from other half of lemon
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  2. For the cookies, in a medium bowl combine the flour, salt and baking powder. Set aside.
  3. In large mixer bowl, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the egg, and beat until mixed. Add ricotta cheese, vanilla extract, lemon juice, and lemon zest. Mix to combine.
  4. On low, mix in the dry ingredients.
  5. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Spoon the dough, (I used a small cookie scoop) onto the baking sheets. Bake for 15-16 minutes, until slightly golden at the edges.
  6. Remove from oven, and let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 20 minutes. Place cookies onto a rack and place rack back onto same parchment-lined baking sheet.
  7. For the glaze, combine the powdered sugar, lemon zest, and lemon juice in a small bowl and stir until smooth. Spoon about a ½-teaspoon onto each cookie and use the back of your spoon to gently spread all over the top of the cookie.
  8. Let the glaze harden for about 2 hours. Pack the cookies into an airtight container.

Be sure to stop by and say hi to all the fellow Freaky Friday bloggers that are sharing amazing recipes today!

An Affair from the Heart // A Dish of Daily Life // The Foodie Affair // Wildflour’s Cottage Kitchen 

Fully Belly Sisters // LeMoine Family Kitchen // Christine It  // Cooking on a Budget 

PicNic // Life Currents // Big Rigs N Lil Cookies // Who Needs a Cape

Please stop by and visit the rest the other blogs participating in Freaky Friday…you just might find a new favorite recipe!

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  1. Hi ya, Angela! 😀 So happy that you enjoyed my cookies! And I had you!! 😀 I cannot even tell you how happy you made us both, but especially my hubby who has had extensive dental surgery. He hasn’t been able to enjoy a lot of his favorite cookies, but was able to eat yours with no trouble at all!! He was SO HAPPY!! Thanks so much for the wonderful recipe! It’s a keeper!! 😀 Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!! 😀 <3

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  8. I love this recipe, and the lemon sounds so perfect right now and a nice change from all the chocolate! So glad you picked this recipe, and I can’t believe you only ate 5 in the first 12 hours! I would have had 12 in 12!

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