Name: Orange Ricotta Cookies
Prep time: 60 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 50 servings
Cuisine: Italian Recipes
Ingredients: 2¼ cups All-purpose flour; 1 tsp Baking powder; Kosher Salt; 1 cup Sugar; ½ cup (1 stick) Unsalted butter; 2 Eggs; 8 oz Ricotta cheese; ½ tsp Vanilla extract; of 1 large orange (about 2 tsp) Orange zest; ¼ cup Orange juice; 1 tsp Orange zest; 2½ - 3 cups Powdered sugar

These Orange Ricotta Cookies are a fantastic Italian dessert to make for Thanksgiving this year. These are a perfect after dinner treat to enjoy with coffee. I don’t know how people can eat rich and creamy desserts after a large meal, I’m always too full after Thanksgiving dinner to eat anything other than one of these light and fluffy cookies.

To make this Italian ricotta cookies recipe, start by making a ricotta cookie dough. Make an orange flavored glaze and dip the cookies in it. Leave to set on a wire rack before enjoying with a strong coffee.

To make Orange Ricotta Cookies, you will need the following ingredients:

Recipe Features

Vegetarian Recipes

Cuisine

IItalian Recipes

Steps to make

1

Heat oven and prepare 2 cookie sheets

2 min

Preheat the oven to 325 °F. Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
2

Sift dry ingredients

1 min

Sift 2¼ cups of all-purpose flour, 1 teaspoon of baking powder, and a pinch of kosher salt together into a large bowl and set aside.
3

Cream butter and sugar

5 min

In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream 1 cup of sugar and ½ a cup of softened butter until light and fluffy.
4

Add eggs

3 min

Add one of the eggs to the mixing bowl and mix well before adding the second egg, and mix well again.
5

Add ricotta, vanilla and orange zest

3 min

Add 8 ounces of ricotta, ½ teaspoon of vanilla and the zest of one large orange and mix to combine.
6

Incorporate flour mixture

3 min

Add the flour mixture and mix on low until just combined. Do not over mix.
7

Place dough on baking sheets

15 min

Drop tablespoons of dough to the baking sheet two inches apart.
8

Bake cookies

20 min

Bake the cookies in the oven for 20-22 minutes, until puffy and light golden.
9

Cool

20 min

Remove the cookies from the oven and cool on a wire rack.
10

Make glaze

3 min

Whisk 2½ cups of powdered sugar with ¼ cup of orange juice and 1 teaspoon of orange zest. Stir to make a smooth glaze. Add more powdered sugar if the glaze isn’t thick enough to coat the cookies when dipped.
11

Dip cookies in glaze

10 min

Dip the top of the cookies in the glaze and immediately turn them back over. Place on the glazed cookies on a wire rack to dry.
12

Serve

2h

Leave the cookie glaze to dry for about 2 hours until completely set before serving.