Thursday, January 19, 2012

Pinterest Challenge - Week 3

For this week's Pinterest Challenge, I made Giada's Lemon Ricotta Cookies. BFF introduced me to these wonderful little cookies when I visited her over Christmas, so I decided to make them for Brittany's baby shower last weekend. I think they turned out fabulous! I'll definitely make these again.





Ingredients




Cookies


2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour


1 tsp baking powder


1 tsp salt


1 stick softened, unsalted butter


2 cups sugar


2 eggs (I used egg substitute)


1 (15 oz) container ricotta cheese (I used part skim)


3 tbsp lemon juice


1 lemon, zested


Lemon Glaze


1 1/2 cups powdered sugar


3 tbsp lemon juice


1 lemon, zested



Preparation


1. Preheat your oven to 375 degrees F.



2. In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and

salt.



3. In a separate bowl, cream together butter and sugar.



4. Mix in 1 egg at a time to the butter and sugar mixture.



5. Mix in ricotta, lemon juice, and lemon zest (I also

added 1 tsp of vanilla).



6. Add dry ingredients to the wet and stir to combine.





7. Spoon 2 tbsp of cookie dough onto parchment lined

cookie sheets.


8. Bake for 15 minutes or until edges are golden brown

(My oven took 17 minutes).





9. Cool for 20 minutes.





10. While cooling, assemble glaze.



11. Combine powdered sugar, lemon juice, and lemon

zest in a small bowl.




12. Spoon 1/2 tsp over cooled cookies.



13. Let the glaze set up and harden on the cookies for

about 2 hours.




14. Enjoy the lemony goodness!


6 comments:

Rebecca said...

look great. can't make them because i can't read the ingredients though. for some reason the writing wanted to write over itself, yes even after i refreshed the page. Is there a link to them somewhere?

Rebecca said...

never mind i found the link. hubby will love these.

Nicole said...

These look amazing! I love Giada!

Sara said...

I've made those before too! Love them. Although, for once I would like what I made to look like the ones in the picture. lol

wHiT said...

mmmm these look delicious!!
-wHiT

Reccewife said...

mmm, those looks awesome. THe stuff I make off Pinterest never looks that good!