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.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter-Room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 cup Ricotta- whole milk ricotta
- 2 Tablespoons Key Lime Juice
- 2 Cups All purpose flour
- 1 Tablespoon Baking Powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 Teaspoon Lime zest
Glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2-1 teaspoon 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
- Add the ricotta and key lime juice blend until smooth
- Add the flour, baking powder, salt and blend well
- Add lime zest and blend well
- Cover and chill dough for one hour
- 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 more if you want it thinner
- Dip the tops of the cookies in the glaze , let the excess drip off and dry on the cooling rack
Notes
This makes about 2 1/2 dozen depending on the size cookie you make
I use Nellie & Joe's Key West Lime Juice for this recipe
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