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Lemon Ricotta Cloud Cookies

La Faguette
OMG these are like the love child of a cake and a cookie, and maybe even a threesome with a fluffy muffin. Fuck.
5 from 8 votes
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Resting Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine Italian-American
Servings 20 cookies

Ingredients
  

FOR THE COOKIES!

  • 1¼ cups all purpose flour
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp kosher salt
  • 4 Tbsp butter, softened
  • 1 cup white granulated sugar
  • ½ Tbsp lemon extract
  • 8 ounces ricotta cheese, excess liquid drained

FOR THE GLAZE!

  • ¾ cups powdered sugar, packed
  • 1½ Tbsp whole milk
  • ½ tsp lemon zest

Instructions
 

FOR THE COOKIES!

  • Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt in a small bowl. Set aside.
  • In a medium bowl, using a hand mixer (or stand mixer with paddle attachment), cream together the butter and sugar.
  • Add in lemon extract and ricotta and whip it real good.
  • Switch to a wooden spoon (change nothing if using stand mixer), and slowly add dry ingredients to wet, until well incorporated.
  • Place dough in fridge, covered, for 30 minutes to make dough easier to handle and activate dry ingredients.
  • When 30 minutes are almost up, preheat oven to 320°F.
  • Roll dough into golf ball-sized balls and place on a parchment-lined cookie sheet.
  • Bake for 25 minutes.
  • Allow cookies to cool COMPLETELY on a wire rack set inside a parchment-lined baking sheet before glazing.

FOR THE GLAZE!

  • Combine glaze ingredients in a small bowl, mix well, and apply with a pastry brush. Place glazed cookies back on wire rack to dry. Parchment-lined baking sheet will catch all drippings.

Notes

1.) Set up your 'mis en place.' This means do what the recipe tells you to do to the individual ingredients, measure them out, and then place them in separate little bowls/dishes/what-have-you. When it's time to build the recipe, you have everything measured and ready to go. It makes the entire process so much easier and more enjoyable!
2.) A lot of times ricotta comes in a 15 oz. tub. If doubling the recipe, 15 oz. is perfect; no need to buy another tub just for 1 extra ounce! 
69.) OMG DID YOU MAKE THIS?!? 
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Keyword chewy chocolate chip cookies, lemon, lemon ricotta, lemon ricotta cookies, ricotta
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