Ricotta Cheese Cookies

Ricotta Cheese Cookies

This much-loved cookie recipe is quick, easy, delicious, and pretty. You can't go wrong!

Makes about 50

For the cookies:
1 cup butter, softened
2 cups granulated sugar
1 (15 ounce) container of ricotta cheese
3 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
4 cups all-purpose flour

For the glaze:
1 cup powdered sugar
milk
sprinkles

Preheat oven to 350 F. Mix all of the cookie ingredients well until the dough sticks together into a big ball. It will be sticky. Drop by teaspoonfulls on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 10 minutes or until the bottoms turn golden brown. Let cool for 1 minute and then transfer to wire racks to cool completely. In a small saucepan slowly stir milk into the powdered sugar until it creates a glaze thin enough to be spread over the cookies. Stir over low heat then spread over cooled cookies. Quickly top with sprinkles.

Note: Photo donated by the American Dairy Association.

Reviews of Ricotta Cheese Cookies:


1-5 of 109 reviews   Next >>

  Kimmie Mac in Hillsborough, NJ  Mar 4, 2008
Would make this again.
These cookie are almost perfect, but don't glaze them cause that aint right. They are meant to be plain. Would have been a 5/5 though. No effect. Inconsequential. Irrelevent. This goes there. four stars

  karin  Jan 26, 2008
Would make this again.
I made these cookies with two different flavored icings and the second was FAR better than the first.

Use ALMOND extract instead of vanilla...that one got raves while the vanilla ones got ignored.

I agree with OHIO above, put on MORE ICING (and/or make it thicker) and they do freeze great...in fact they taste awesome frozen. four stars

  Shaila in MI  Jan 4, 2008
Would make this again.
Everyone LOVES these!! and its almost impossible to mess up! I also make them for Easter...I add lemon extract to the icing and yellow food coloring five stars

  Lynn in Ct  Dec 31, 2007
Would make this again.
Delisious!I will definitly make these again.I also added almond extract to the frosting.Everyone loved them! five stars

  A cookie baker in Ohio  Dec 30, 2007
Would make this again.
I will make these again. They were easy and yielded almost 5 dozen cookies. I had to make a second batch of icing though since I iced generously when the cookies were almost cool. They held up well to being frozen for a couple of weeks tasting almost as good as when I made them. five stars

Add Your Review!

Read the Review Guidelines opens in new window

  • Rating from 1 to 5 (5 being best):
  • Would you make it again? Yes   No
  • Name (optional):
  • E-mail (optional):
  • Do not display name and e-mail with review.
  • Where are you from? (optional)
  • Your comments:
  • Have you read the guidelines opens in new window? If so,