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Ricotta Cheese Cookies are light, flavorful soft cookies with a cake-like texture. These cookies are a wonderful addition to any Christmas dessert platter.

Ricotta Cheese Cookies

Are you starting to get in the baking mood like I am? I’ve been baking some different cookie recipes to see which I want to bring to a cookie exchange. Participating in a cookie swap is one way I can stock up our goodies without being in the kitchen for days.

I contemplated sharing my favorite cut-out cookie recipe because they taste so yummy, but I also want to share cookies that are appealing at first glance.

Easy Ricotta Cookies

See I get inspired by some of the sites I follow that specialize in cut-out cookies. I’m blown away by the creativity of those cookies artists!

Each one is basically hand painted with icing! They use multiple colors of icing per cookie, different decorating tips, and piping styles. They’re beautiful and look so professional!

My cookie decorating skills are sooooo bad! I just don’t have the patience to pipe small lines and fill in the color with a toothpick, which is why I’m sharing a much simpler recipe.

Mix, bake, and add sprinkles and you have some great tasting cookies!

How To Make Ricotta Cookies

Today we are baking soft pillow-y cookies with vanilla glaze and sprinkles! So simple to make, pretty to look at, and taste delicious! Plus, there is enough in this recipe to share with friends and family!

First, make sure you start with room temperature butter. It whips up quicker to a nice fluffy consistency.

Steps to bake ricotta cookies:

Beat butter and sugar together until light and airy
Mix in egg, ricotta cheese and vanilla extract
Whisk together dry ingredients, separately
Mix in dry ingredient to butter mix until a dough forms
Refrigerate for 2 or more hours
Bake cookies, let cool

Ricotta Cookies With Sprinkles and Vanilla Glaze

Now all you need is the finishing touch! In a small bowl mix the glaze:

Confectioner’s sugar
Milk
Vanilla extract

Lightly coat each cookie, then sprinkle some sugar crystals on top.

This recipe makes about 4 dozen, and can easily be doubled for a big ‘ole cookie exchange.

You Also May Enjoy These Holiday Cookies:

Yield: 48

Ricotta-Cheese Holiday Cookies

Name: Ricotta-Cheese Holiday Cookies
Yield: 48
Cuisine: Holiday Cookies
Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter, softened; 1 cup granulated sugar; 1 cup ricotta cheese; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 large egg; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 Tablespoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon salt; ICING; 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar; 3 Tablespoons milk; red & green sugar crystals

Soft and Pillowy Cookies are a perfect addition to your holiday baking!

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup ricotta cheese
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 large egg
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 Tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
ICING
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
3 Tablespoons milk
red & green sugar crystals

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line two cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside.

In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.

In a large bowl, with mixer at low speed, beat sugar and butter until blended. Increase speed to high; beat until light and fluffy (about 3 minutes).

At medium speed, beat in egg, ricotta cheese, vanilla until well combined.

Reduce speed to low. Add flour mixture, beat until dough forms. Chill for at least 2 hours in the refrigerator.

Drop dough by level tablespoons, about 2 inches apart. Bake about 15 minutes or until cookies are very lightly golden on the bottom edges. Remove cookies to wire cooling rack. Let cool completely.

To ice cookies, in a small bowl, mix powdered sugar and milk together until well blended. Dip the top of each cookie into the icing and set on baking rack. Sprinkle with colored sugars.

Comments

Norma Chang
December 14, 2013 at 12:36 am

I like your decorating style. I too lack patience when it comes to decorate baked goods.

- Sandra
  December 17, 2013 at 6:22 am
  
  I’m glad I’m not alone 🙂 !!
  
Bam's Kitchen
December 14, 2013 at 1:47 pm

It is funny that you mentioned time consuming and cookie decorating. I just finished making 4 dozen cut out cookies and decorating with my teenage boys and my kitchen looks like a cyclone hit it. I bet your cookies are super moist with the addition of ricotta cheese.

- Sandra
  December 17, 2013 at 6:24 am
  
  They are super moist! I think it’s funner decorating cookies when you have help from others…even if it turns into a temporary mess 🙂
  
Barb Bamber
December 14, 2013 at 11:31 pm

I think most of those cookies don’t taste as amazing as something like this recipe! I’d much rather a soft bite with an icing like this one:) These are beautiful!

- Sandra
  December 16, 2013 at 6:04 am
  
  Thanks so munch! The ricotta makes them super moist!
  
yummychunklet
December 15, 2013 at 2:21 am

The ricotta sounds great in these cookies!

- Sandra
  December 16, 2013 at 6:01 am
  
  They’re yummy! I need to make these more often!
  
Claudette
December 6, 2017 at 1:09 pm

Hi! I made the cookies! Are they supposed to be cakey? I still loved them 😊

- Sandra Shaffer
  December 6, 2017 at 8:58 pm
  
  They are pillowy! I love them too 🙂
  
debi at Life Currents
December 7, 2018 at 6:47 am

I’m all about cookies around here right now & these look fabulous! Perfect fr the holidays.

Madi
December 7, 2018 at 11:41 am

I can’t wait to try making these cookies! I love the idea of using ricotta!

Julie
December 7, 2018 at 3:04 pm

Those cookies look so soft and tender. I bet the Ricotta really made them dreamy creamy too!

- Sandra Shaffer
  December 8, 2018 at 9:06 am
  
  They are super soft with the ricotta cheese. These are a MUST make every year!
  
Debra C.
December 10, 2018 at 6:20 pm

The time consuming decorating isn’t for me either! These cookies look just delicious and I bet they will be so moist. Printed off the recipe, we will enjoy these cookies!

Michaela Kenkel
December 12, 2018 at 8:16 pm

We are having cookie baking weekend this weekend — I know whatI am making first!!