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:
Ricotta-Cheese Holiday Cookies
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Norma Chang
I like your decorating style. I too lack patience when it comes to decorate baked goods.
Sandra
I’m glad I’m not alone 🙂 !!
Bam's Kitchen
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
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
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
Thanks so munch! The ricotta makes them super moist!
yummychunklet
The ricotta sounds great in these cookies!
Sandra
They’re yummy! I need to make these more often!
Claudette
Hi! I made the cookies! Are they supposed to be cakey? I still loved them 😊
Sandra Shaffer
They are pillowy! I love them too 🙂
debi at Life Currents
I’m all about cookies around here right now & these look fabulous! Perfect fr the holidays.
Madi
I can’t wait to try making these cookies! I love the idea of using ricotta!
Julie
Those cookies look so soft and tender. I bet the Ricotta really made them dreamy creamy too!
Sandra Shaffer
They are super soft with the ricotta cheese. These are a MUST make every year!
Debra C.
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
We are having cookie baking weekend this weekend — I know whatI am making first!!