{"id":8501,"date":"2018-12-07T12:52:11","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T17:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/?p=8501"},"modified":"2018-12-07T12:52:11","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T17:52:11","slug":"international-holiday-cookies-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/international-holiday-cookies-italy","title":{"rendered":"International Holiday Cookies: Italian Lemon Ricotta"},"content":{"rendered":"

Explorica\u00a0loves\u00a0<\/em>the holidays. And we’re very happy to share them with you, with the help of some delicious holiday cookie recipes from around the world. Here’s a tasty lemon ricotta recipe\u2014hailing all the way from Italy\u2014that you and your family will love.<\/p>\n

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Italy | 2017 Explorica Cookie Contest Winner <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Ingredients<\/span><\/p>\n

Cookies
\n<\/b><\/span>2\u00bd cups flour
\n<\/span>2 cups sugar
\n<\/span>2 eggs
\n<\/span>1 stick of butter
\n<\/span>4 tbsp. lemon juice
\n<\/span>1 lemon zested
\n<\/span>15 oz. ricotta cheese
\n<\/span>1 tsp. salt<\/span><\/p>\n

Glaze
\n<\/b><\/span>2 cups powdered sugar
\n<\/span>3 tbsp. lemon juice
\n<\/span>1 lemon zested
\n<\/span>2 tbsp. almond milk<\/span><\/p>\n

Instructions<\/span><\/p>\n

Cookies
\n<\/b><\/span>1.\u00a0 <\/span>In a medium bowl combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
\n<\/span>2.\u00a0 <\/span>In large bowl combine butter and the sugar. Using an electric mixer beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until incorporated. Add ricotta cheese, lemon juice, and lemon zest. Beat to combine. Stir in dry ingredients.
\n<\/span>3.\u00a0 <\/span>Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Spoon the dough (about 2 tablespoons for each cookie) onto the baking sheets. Bake for 15 minutes, until slightly golden at the edges. Remove from oven and allow to cool on baking sheet for 20 minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Glaze:
\n<\/b><\/span>1.\u00a0 <\/span>Combine powdered sugar, lemon juice, lemon zest, and almond milk in a bowl and stir until smooth.
\n<\/span>2.\u00a0 <\/span>Dip the top of the cookies into the glaze, let dry then dip again.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Explorica\u00a0loves\u00a0the holidays. And we’re very happy to share them with you, with the help of some delicious holiday cookie recipes from around the world. Here’s a tasty lemon ricotta recipe\u2014hailing all the way from Italy\u2014that you and your family will love. Italy | 2017 Explorica Cookie Contest Winner Ingredients Cookies 2\u00bd cups flour 2 cups Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8509,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-explorica-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8501"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8518,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8501\/revisions\/8518"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}