KEY LIME RICOTTA COOKIES

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These Key Lime Ricotta Cookies are my latest baking comfort food. Like the rest of the country I find comfort in baking and eating what I bake. I find it fascinating what people are buying and hoarding. I haven't been able to buy flour and yeast in weeks , those items just fly off the shelves . Don't even get me started on cleaning products, luckily I keep my cleaning supplies pretty well stocked but I am starting to get nervous, lol. So back to this cookie, I took a really basic fluffy ricotta cookie and gave it

Provided by @MakeItYours

Number Of Ingredients 13

1/2 cup unsalted butter-Room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1 cup 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

Steps:

  • 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
  • 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

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