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Key Lime Ricotta Cookies

These key lime ricotta cookies are cake like and melt in your mouth good. The tangy glaze bring these up a notch and are bursting with citrus flavor.
4.24 from 17 votes
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Course Cookies
Cuisine American
Servings 32 cookies
Calories 109 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter room temp
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup Ricotta whole milk ricotta
  • 2 Tablespoons Key Lime Juice Nellie & Joe's Key West Lime Juice
  • 2 Cups All purpose flour
  • 1 Tablespoon Baking Powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 Tablespoon Lime zest

Key Lime Glaze

  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon lime zest
  • 2-3 Tablespoons Key Lime Juice

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper
  • In a large mixing cream together the butter, sugar and egg until fluffy
    1/2 cup unsalted butter, 1 cup granulated sugar, 1 egg
  • Add the ricotta, lime zest and key lime juice blend until smooth
    1 cup Ricotta, 2 Tablespoons Key Lime Juice, 1 Tablespoon Lime zest
  • Add the flour, baking powder, salt and blend well
    2 Cups All purpose flour, 1 Tablespoon Baking Powder, 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • Drop dough by the tablespoon about 2 inches apart on parchment lined cookie sheets
  • Bake 15-17 minutes in preheated oven
  • Once baked removed from cookie sheet and cool on wire rack
  • Once cookies are completely cooled mix glaze starting with 2 tablespoons of key lime juice and add another Tablespoon if you want it thinner
    1 cup powdered sugar, 1 Tablespoon lime zest, 2-3 Tablespoons Key Lime Juice
  • Dip the tops of the cookies in the glaze , let the excess drip off and dry on the cooling rack
  • Store in a covered container for at room temp for 3 days and up to 5 days in the fridge .

Notes

This recipe was originally published on April of 2020 and was updated in April of 2026
I use Nellie & Joe's Key West Lime Juice for this recipe . I recommend this for that classic Key Lime flavor . 
Nutritional information is just estimations and can greatly differ in product brands and cookie size 

Nutrition

Calories: 109kcalCarbohydrates: 16gProtein: 2gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.2gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 17mgSodium: 67mgPotassium: 22mgFiber: 0.2gSugar: 10gVitamin A: 132IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 41mgIron: 0.5mg
Keyword key lime cookies, key lime ricotta cookies, ricotta cookies
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