Ricotta cookies are an Italian specialty. They're soft and a bit creamy with a toasted sugar cookie flavor and topped with a confectioners' sugar glaze. This recipe has an orange drizzle and sprinkles that add a lovely orange flavor to these light cookies. As with most Italian recipes, this makes several dozen cookies. But they're small and easy to pop in your mouth, so they may disappear quickly. Chilling the dough overnight helps these tender cookies keep their puffy shape during baking. A simple orange glaze adds extra sweetness
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Recipe Cuisine: Italian Recipe Category: Cookies Yield: 6 Servings
Ingredients :
- 4 cup(s) all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoon(s) baking powder
- 1 teaspoon(s) baking soda
- 1 teaspoon(s) salt
- 1/2 cup(s) butter (1 stick)
- 1 1/2 cup(s) granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract
- 15 ounce(s) part-skim ricotta
- GLAZE
- 2 cup(s) confectioners' sugar
- sifted
- 3 tablespoon(s) orange juice
- - colored sprinkles (optional)
Intructions :
- Whisk together flour
- baking powder
- baking soda
- and salt in a medium-sized bowl.
- Beat together butter and sugar on medium speed in a large bowl until light and fluffy
- about 3 mins.
- Beat in eggs
- vanilla
- and ricotta cheese until well blended.
- Stir in the flour mixture until well blended.
- Cover and refrigerate overnight.
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease baking sheets. Shape dough by level tablespoons into balls. Place at least 1 inch apart on prepared baking sheets.
- Bake in 350 degree F oven for 10 minutes or until bottoms are lightly brown. Do not overbake. Transfer cookies with metal spatula to wire rack to cool slightly.
- Meanwhile
- prepare the glaze. Stir together confectioners' sugar and orange juice in a small bowl until smooth and a good glazing consistency.
- If it's too thick
- add orange juice
- drop by drop
- until desired consistency.
- Drizzle glaze evenly over each cookie.
- Garnish with sprinkles if desired. Let stand until hardened. Makes 6 1/2 dozen cookies.
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