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Lemon ricotta cookies

One of my mom’s famous cookie recipes is her lemon ricotta cookies. They’re light and fluffy from the ricotta and have a bright lemon flavour. Lemon is probably one of my favourite flavours, so, of course I’m a big fan of these cookies. I thought it would be fun to make a strawberry glaze using fresh strawberries. I thought it would make for a really cute Valentine’s Day cookie. I swapped out the sugar for maple syrup and also swapped out the butter for avocado oil. The avocado oil makes these cookies have a beautiful cake like texture. This recipe makes about 20 cookies and they freeze so well! If you love lemon you will definitely be a fan of these cookies! If you don’t have a mixer you can also mix the cookie batter by hand.

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lemon ricotta cookies

Ingredients – Cookies

• 2 1/2 cups AP flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• pinch of fine sea salt
• 3/4 cup pure maple syrup or 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup avocado oil
• 2 large eggs
• 8 ounces fresh ricotta
• 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
• zest of 1 lemon
• 1/4 fresh lemon juice

Ingredients – Strawberry Glaze

• 1 cup frozen strawberries
• 2 cups icing sugar, sifted

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 32 degrees F. Sift flour, salt and baking soda. Set aside. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
2. Add maple syrup and avocado oil to a mixer and mix together. Add one egg in at a time and mix. Add ricotta, lemon zest, lemon juice and vanilla extract. Mix to combine. Add the the flour and mix on low until everything is combined. Do not over mix.
3. Drop heaping tablespoons of the dough onto the two baking sheets. Bake in the oven for 20-22 minutes until the cookies have puffed up and are golden around the edges. Let cool before adding the glaze.
4. To make the strawberry glaze, add the frozen strawberries to a small saucepan and heat to medium. Once the strawberries have thawed, blend with an immersion blender until smooth. Add in sifted icing sugar and mix until smooth. Dip the top side of the cookies into the glaze. Let the glaze set before transferring to a glass or plastic container.