Yes, back to school is right around the corner. All the stores have back to school supplies and all sorts of sales. It’s completely appropriate for this time of year. It’s what I expect to see when I walk in a store.
The family took a little trip to Garden Ridge to look for new carpets to spruce up the house. When we walked in the store, were accosted by the site of Christmas trees!!! A whole rainbow assortment of them!! We walked a step or two further and there were aisles of ornaments all sorted by color. The smell of cinnamon tickled our noses instantly. You can’t shake that smell. Once that scent is in your nose, it takes up residence! Going a little deeper into the store we glimpsed skeletons, pumpkins and ghosts. Which was completely backwards in my opinion. Don’t we need to get through Halloween first??? Why are we looking at Christmas stuff so early??? Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE Christmas! I love planning what to buy and what to bake. I adore the music, the decorating, the activities that the Christmas season offers! Yes, I am just as holly and jolly as the next person. But I prefer to be jolly closer to November. Let me get through my Halloween candy first for goodness sakes!!! I want to enjoy all that fall has to offer. I want to take in the vibrant fall foliage. I want to take in corn mazes and pick pumpkins. Who can’t wait to roast pumpkin seeds after carving in ghoulish faces? The stores and their premature merchandise make me burn out on Christmas before I even have a chance to experience my Thanksgiving food coma!
So I’m protesting in a way. I’m going to try to drag out summer as long as I can. We will stay in our swimsuits all day (good thing it’s in the 90′s!). We will relish popsicle juice running down our arms. I’ll even put up with mosquitos bites, just to feel summer for as long as I can. I’m including the foods we eat in my one person protest. I want to eat as much seasonal berries and veggies as I can! Which is why I made strawberry ricotta cookies. Strawberries scream summer to me. The pinkish hue of the strawberry ricotta cookie is such a contrast to the fall colors I’m seeing in the stores around me. These strawberry ricotta cookies, were so moist, they were like cake. They were light and almost delicate. The strawberry flavor was intensified by the fresh strawberry glaze. The cinnamon in the glaze was the perfect complement to the berry taste. Care to join in the protest with me?
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Check out some of my other strawberry treats
Strawberry Infused Chocolate Chip Scones
Chocolate Cupcakes with Strawberry Chip Buttercream
And look at these wonderful recipes I found on Pinterest!
Strawberry Ricotta Cupcakes Joy The Baker
Strawberry Ricotta Scones Two Peas and their Pod
Strawberry Ricotta Gelato Roxana’s Home Baking
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups flour
- 1 t baking powder
- 1 t salt
- 1 stick unsalted butter, softened
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 15 oz container ricotta cheese
- 2 t vanilla
- ½ t almond extract
- 1 cup strawberries, chopped
- For the glaze
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 2 t vanilla
- 3-4 T milk
- ½ strawberry puree
- ½ t cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375.
- In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside
- In a large bowl, combine butter and sugar. Beat for 3 minutes or until smooth. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add ricotta, juice, vanilla and almond extracts. Slowly add in dry ingredients mixing well. Fold in strawberries. Drop by tablespoon full on a lined baking sheet. Bake for 15 minutes. Allow to cool on baking sheet for 20 minutes. Frost with glaze.
- For the glaze:
- Whisk together all ingredients until desired consistency is achieved. You may need to add more milk. I dunked my cookie tops into the glaze. Allow the glaze to set before storing.
Cookies adapted from All Recipes
Sing it, Sister! These so called marketing experts keep starting the holiday season earlier and earlier. If I see a Christmas ad on TV for a store and it isn’t even November yet, I don’t go back to that store until Thanksgiving. I know it won’t affect them in any appreciable way but I feel better. Now, if I use that time baking your cookies instead of shopping, I just might wait until December before I cross their threshold.
It’s hard to think Christmas while it’s 90 out!! I’ll eat more cookies instead!
These look so YUMMY, I wish I could lick the screen and get a taste! I will be making these with my healthy ingredients and see if they will come out just like yours!
Wish you were here so I could share!
Yum, these look totally refreshing on a summer day. Love that strawberry glaze! And unlike you, I’m eager for summer to end; however, I do want to hold onto my grill, fresh watermelons and all the other wonderful summertime foods!
Love the summer foods!!! Am going to be a glutton for the next few weeks!
These are absolutely beautiful and I can wait to taste them! I’d love if you could link up to THURSDAY FOOD FEST! I open on Wed at 7pm. I hope to see you there! Sarah
Thank you! Linked up today!
Your photo is really great, it captures the freshness of the strawberry glaze. I bet these taste amazing!!!
Yes they tasted fresh and the berries added the perfect amount of moisture!
Are you serious?? Xmas already? That’s crazy. We will relish in summer with you!! Thanks for linking these delicious treats to Foodtastic Friday!
Summer goes so fast doesn’t it? The winter months drag on and on! Thanks for the party!
I hear you on the ever increasing earliness of the holidays. Even as a crafter who likes to get an early start, seeing Christmas or even Halloween stuff so early is startling. YUM on the cookies! Thanks for sharing at this week’s BFF Open House.
It is a bit jarring seeing Christmas trees when you still expect to summer decor! Thanks for checking out the cookies!
These look divine! I love anything strawberry! Thanks for sharing at Church Supper. Have a blessed week & come back soon.
Thank you! I love the fresh strawberry flavor in these cookies.
OMG – these sound so darn good! Strawberries, ricotta in a cookie. Wow my mouth is drooling for 1, or maybe 2, or maybee… My fingers are crossed you’ll share your creative inspiration tonight with Sunday’s Best – sharing is a good thing!
I wish I could’ve shared them with you!
I hear ya! Bring on the bathing suits & popsicles! We’ll protest with you as long as you share the cookies
I would love to have you share this recipe at Mom’s Test Meal Mondays! This week is all about the kiddos & their favorite after-school snacks!
Have a great day!
Yahoo!!! I have others who want to hang on to summer!
I’ll protest with ya! I think it’s crazy how early they put some of that stuff out in stores!
Thanks for sharing at All My Bloggy Friends last week. I’m looking forward to seeing what you’ll share this week! Jamie @ Love Bakes Good Cakes
Btw, I had to pin your cookies – I love strawberries and I’m intrigued by the ricotta
They pair perfectly together, ricotta makes the cookies so moist.
Amen!!! It’s still August, lets enjoy it!
What a different and delicious combo!! Thanks for linking up to Tasty Thursdays at The Mandatory Mooch. Hope you will link up again this week. The party will be live tonight. http://www.mandatorymooch.blogspot.com
Thanks, Nichi
Thank you for the party!
I felt the same way a few months ago when I walked into Hobby Lobby and saw all the Christmas decor. I think everything is so rushed now! We don’t get to enjoy it because we are always looking to the next holiday!!! These cookies are amazing looking!! Love the flavor combo!!!
Hobby Lobby loves Christmas! Thanks! The ricotta made the cookies so moist!
I am not a fan of almond extract, but these cookies look so yummy! Do you think vanilla would be a fine substitute?
On Sun I’m going to be with my Italian family and making these!!! You said to add juice after the ricotta cheese but I don’t see juice in the ingredients. What’s the juice you are talking about?? Thanks:-) Can’t wait to make these!
Can’t wait to hear how they turned out!
In the instructions you say to add juice after the ricotta…is that the juice from the strawberries or a different type??? There is no juice listed in the ingredient list.
Thanks:-)