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Strawberry Ricotta Cookies

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Ricotta cookies are so soft and tender and bursting with fresh, ripe strawberries!  The sweet strawberry glaze is to die for!

Ricotta cookies are soften tender little sweets. Each cookie is packed with chopped fresh strawberries in the cookie and in the silky glaze on top!

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.

Ricotta cookies are soften tender little sweets. Each cookie is packed with chopped fresh strawberries in the cookie and in the silky glaze on top!

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.

Yep, I’m definitely going to protest the start of fall.  I want to keep summer flavors around for as long as possible!

Ricotta cookies are soften tender little sweets. Each cookie is packed with chopped fresh strawberries in the cookie and in the silky glaze on top!

Ricotta cookies are soften tender little sweets. Each cookie is packed with chopped fresh strawberries in the cookie and in the silky glaze on top!

Strawberry Ricotta Cookies

Strawberry Ricotta Cookies

Yield: 3 dozen
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Additional Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes

Ricotta cookies are so soft and tender and bursting with fresh, ripe strawberries! The sweet strawberry glaze is to die for!

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 stick unsalted butter, softened
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 15 oz container ricotta cheese
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
  • 1 cup strawberries, chopped
  • For the glaze
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 3-4 tablespoon milk
  • 1/2 cup strawberry puree (finely chopped strawberries)
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375.
  2. In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside
  3. 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, 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:

  1. 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.
Nutrition Information
Yield 36 Serving Size 1
Amount Per ServingCalories 153 Total Fat 4g Saturated Fat 2g Trans Fat 0g Unsaturated Fat 1g Cholesterol 21mg Sodium 90mg Carbohydrates 27g Fiber 0g Sugar 19g Protein 3g
© Tanya Schroeder
Cuisine: American / Category: Sweets
Ricotta cookies are soften tender little sweets. Each cookie is packed with chopped fresh strawberries in the cookie and in the silky glaze on top!

 

Ricotta cookies are soften tender little sweets. Each cookie is packed with chopped fresh strawberries in the cookie and in the silky glaze on top!

About Tanya Schroeder

Tanya is a full time wife and mom, a part time chef/baker, and a wanna be photographer! Tanya believes every once in a while, dessert should be eaten first! Hope you like what you see!

Comments

  1. ChgoJohn says

    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. 🙂

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  2. Pamela says

    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!

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  3. Hayley @ The Domestic Rebel says

    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!

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  6. Becky says

    Are you serious?? Xmas already? That’s crazy. We will relish in summer with you!! Thanks for linking these delicious treats to Foodtastic Friday!

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  7. Carol ( Answer Is Chocolate) says

    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.

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  9. Cathy@My1929Charmer says

    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!

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  13. Jocelyn @BruCrew Life says

    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!!!

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  15. JARRELLE C says

    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!

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  16. JARRELLE C says

    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:-)

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  17. Rachel @ Mesa Cooking Co. says

    Oh these sound really fun! I’ve never made a cookie with ricotta before, but I’m feeling like these probably taste amazing! Love that you included almond extract too – that sounds like a perfect complement to these!

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  18. Gayle says

    Yes, I also wonder what juice we are supposed to add. Please let us all know. The cookies look yummy, and strawberries are one of my husbands favorites.

    Reply

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