Italian Lemon Ricotta Cookies Recipe - Italian Christmas Cookies

A super easy Italian ricotta cookies recipe made with olive oil (no butter) and whole milk ricotta cheese. Crispy on the bottom and fluffy in the center with a decadent lemon glaze and poppy seeds sprinkle.

👥 25 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 28 min⏳ Prep: 10 min🔥 Cook: 18 min👤 Florentina📖 ciaoflorentina

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🥘 Ingredients

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🍳 Cookware

oven
bowl
mixing bowl
whisk
spatula
baking sheet

📝 Preparation Steps

Preheat your oven to 375"F .

In a large mixing bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder and sea salt. Set aside.

baking powder1 tsp

In a separate bowl whisk together the egg with the sugar, vanilla extract and olive oil until creamy. Add the ricotta cheese and whisk together until incorporated. Whisk in the juice and zest from 1 lemon then pour all the wet ingredients on top of the flour mixture.

vanilla extract (or the seeds from 1 vanilla bean)1 tspricotta cheese1 lbZest from 1 lemon

Using a spatula fold the wet mixture into the dry until combined.

Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and using two spoons drop the cookie dough by spoonful on the sheet leaving about 1 1/2 inch space in between.

Bake the ricotta cookies in the preheated oven for about 17 to ⏱️ 20 minutes until golden brown around the edges.

Using a small cookie spatula transfer them to a cooling rack.

Once the ricotta cookies have cooled off completely, make your lemon glaze by whisking together the juice from 1 lemon with the powder sugar. Add more powder sugar if needed, until desired consistency is achieved.

Juice from 1 lemonPowder sugar (+ more as needed)2 cups

Using a small spoon add some of the glaze to each ricotta cookie and sprinkle with the reserved lemon zest and poppy seeds.

Allow to glaze to set for about ⏱️ 45 minutes. Store in an airtight container.

Nutrition Facts

calories

227 kcal

fat Content

8 g

serving Size

1 serving

fiber Content

1 g

sugar Content

26 g

sodium Content

91 mg

protein Content

4 g

trans Fat Content

1 g

cholesterol Content

22 mg

carbohydrate Content

36 g

saturated Fat Content

2 g

unsaturated Fat Content

5 g

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