{"id":43060,"date":"2016-03-16T13:25:40","date_gmt":"2016-03-16T19:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/?p=43060"},"modified":"2016-03-16T13:42:14","modified_gmt":"2016-03-16T19:42:14","slug":"ricotta-cookie-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/?p=43060","title":{"rendered":"Ricotta Cookie Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Ricotta Cookies<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Searcy (LP) This Italian Ricotta cookie recipe is the perfect snack to have with coffee or just for a sweet treat. It might seem weird to add cheese to a cookie, but ricotta is a very smooth cheese, and will make the texture very fluffy. The cookie is mixed with sugar and flour, so you won&#8217;t be able to taste the cheese.\u00a0<\/span><br class=\"blank\" \/><br class=\"blank\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sticks and 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, softened<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2 cups sugar<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1 \u00be<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cups ricotta cheese (15 ounces)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00bd \u00a0of a grated lemon<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-43234 alignnone alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ricotta--400x225.jpg\" alt=\"ricotta\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">teaspoons vanilla extract<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">large eggs<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4 cups all-purpose flour<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2 teaspoons of baking soda<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">about 3\/4 teaspoon of sea salt <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4 cups confectioners\u2019 sugar (about 4 cups)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tablespoons lemon juice<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00bc<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cup to 1\/2 cup milk, add more if needed<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><br class=\"blank\" \/><br class=\"blank\" \/><strong>Directions<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Heat oven to 350 degrees and line several cookie sheets with parchment paper or non-stick liners. Using an electric mixer, cream 2 sticks butter with sugar until fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add ricotta, lemon zest and 2 1\/2 teaspoons vanilla and beat until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Beat in flour, baking soda and salt. (If needed, scrape the sides of the bowl down with a rubber spatula) Cover dough and chill for at least 2 hours. <\/span><br class=\"blank\" \/><br class=\"blank\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shape tablespoons of dough into balls. Place 2 inches apart on baking sheets and bake until pale golden on the bottom, about 15 minutes. Let cool on wire racks.<\/span><br class=\"blank\" \/><br class=\"blank\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Icing ( optional )<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Melt the remaining tablespoon butter. Whisk or sift confectioners\u2019 sugar to break up any large lumps, then whisk in melted butter, lemon juice, and remaining 1 1\/2 teaspoons vanilla and enough milk to make a spreadable icing. Spread icing on cooled cookies, then let set for at least 20 minutes before serving. <\/span><br class=\"blank\" \/><br class=\"blank\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Optional changes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can change the flavor of your icing to whatever you want. Just add a few drops of the extract of your choice to the icing recipe ( Ex. Almond Extract ). <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u00a0Ricotta Cookies Searcy (LP) This Italian Ricotta cookie recipe is the perfect snack to have with coffee or just for a sweet treat. It might seem weird to add cheese to a cookie, but ricotta is a very smooth cheese, and will make the texture very fluffy. The cookie [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,53,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-about","category-community","category-opinion-and-blogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/88"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43060"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43260,"href":"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43060\/revisions\/43260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/searcylionpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}