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Soft Lemon Cookies

These Soft Lemon Cookies have a punch of lemon juice and lemon zest, making them perfect for spring. Cookies made with butter for flavour and ricotta cheese for a light and fluffy texture. Perfect light cookies!
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Chill time30 minutes
Total Time1 hour
Course: cookies, Dessert
Cuisine: North American
Keyword: cookie recipes, lemon curd, ricotta cheese
Servings: 26 cookies
Calories: 100kcal
Author: Julia Pinney

Ingredients

  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup ricotta cheese
  • 3/4 cup granulated white sugar
  • zest of one lemon
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1 large egg
  • 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
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Instructions

  • Line a baking tray with parchment paper and set aside.
  • In a medium sized bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt. Stir to combine and set aside.
  • Add the lemon zest to the granulated white sugar and mix in with your fingers until it's completely incorporated, about one minute. Set aside.
  • In the bowl of your electric mixer, add the butter. Mix on high speed for about one minute. Add the ricotta cheese and continue to mix on high speed for about one more minute. Add the sugar all at once and mix on high speed for about three minutes until it becomes pale and doubles in volume.
  • Add the egg and lemon juice and mix on high speed for about two minutes.
  • Add the flour mixture and stir in by hand until just combined and you have a sticky cookie dough. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees f/160 degrees c.
  • Remove the cookie dough from the fridge and using a spoon or a cookie scoop, spoon out cookie dough and form into the balls. The dough will be sticky so you may need to wet your hands to roll the balls. Place the cookie balls on the baking tray 2 inches apart.
  • Bake for around 15 minutes until the cookies are puffed up and baked through. Place on a baking rack to cool. Dust with powdered sugar and serve.

*A note on times provided: appliances vary, any prep and/or cook times provided are estimates only.

Nutrition Facts
Soft Lemon Cookies
Amount Per Serving (1 cookie)
Calories 100 Calories from Fat 36
% Daily Value*
Fat 4g6%
Saturated Fat 3g19%
Trans Fat 0.1g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.2g
Monounsaturated Fat 1g
Cholesterol 19mg6%
Sodium 66mg3%
Potassium 20mg1%
Carbohydrates 13g4%
Fiber 0.3g1%
Sugar 6g7%
Protein 2g4%
Vitamin A 141IU3%
Vitamin C 0.2mg0%
Calcium 18mg2%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.