My Ricotta Cheese Cookies
I love a good cookie swap.
You bake tons of one kind of cookie and come home with all different kinds of cookies. Along the way, you hang out with good friends and have a kid-free night. Usually. With the except of the cookie swap debacle of two years ago.
My go-to recipe for any Cookie Swap is Ricotta Cheese Cookies. Which I actually stole from a girl I went to a cookie swap with 5 years ago. Because I fell in love with those cookies and it’s one that usually isn’t duplicated at a swap.
They taste like light and fluffy sugar cookies. And the recipe I have makes 8 dozen- that you can bake 2 dozen at a time, since they don’t spread out on the cookie sheet. The recipe is easily cut in half if your family doesn’t eat the way my boys do. Seriously, I’m frightened at the thought of how much they’ll eat as teens if they eat this much now.
That recipe and tons more are included in the Holiday Blogger Cookie Swap e-book: just click on the book below to get your free download.
What is your favorite cookie to make for a cookie swap or at Christmastime?
Oh those look yummy. I have several cookie books because at Christmas cookies were my area.. ahem now I have expanded to all kinds of things but cookies are still my number one choice.
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I’m very intrigued about your cookies. I can’t stand the texture of ricotta cheese, so I’m dying to see the recipe. I’ll wait until I get home to download it though.
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They are nothing like that- I thought it was weird, too… until I tried them.
YAY Love this so much!
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Ooh ricotta cheese cookies, sounds delish!! I should try it.
I have a few fall back cookie recipes – oatmeal raisin cookies and lemony cookies. They’re yummy.
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I love making the cookies with the hershey kiss in the middle. I never can remember the official name but that’s my favorite!!
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So fun! We are doing cookies tomorrow or Thursday, so this is perfect timing. I am going to try your cookies, I think!
I use a tablespoon cookie scoop for mine- I don’t think I put that in the recipe.
Let me know if you try them- I think you’ll like them!
I make these only I use cream cheese. I’m actually eating some right now. Ricotta Cheese? I adore the stuff. I must try! I use a cookie dough scooper so each one is the same size. My recipe makes 5 dozen.
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They probably are very similar.
I use the scooper, too. Makes it so much easier!
I wish I had time to make cookies. (Sigh!)
What happened to good old cookie exchanges? Those were so fun to see and enjoy what others make? LoL.
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I heard about this, but never got my rear in gear. Those cookies look delicious!!! I am going to download the book tonight after my gremlins, um sweet angels, go to bed.
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Awesome book! What a great idea. I could have used this yesterday when I had to bake a ton of cookies for a holiday party. That’s OK. I’m stuck with {strikethrough} enjoying the presence of my kids all week. We still needs us lots of ideas.
Jessie Powell recently posted..Real danseurs don’t wear underpants
Sugar cookies are ALWAYS my favorite! The problem is that I also love to EAT them. We had a huge Christmas party on Sunday at my house with about 40 family members. My daughter made nearly 200 cookies for decorating and I made 8 batches of frosting. It was good times…
Sandy
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I usually make Peanute Butter Blossoms, but I made a no bake cookie for the swap. They must be good because my partner asked me to send her the recipe over the weekend!
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I love no bakes! Going to try your recipe soon!
They look delish Shell! I have a great Ricotta cake recipe that good for the holiday’s too. The base of the recipe is a box cake mix so it’s really easy to do!
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Recipe, please!
Is it bad I don’t have a go-to cookie recipe? Don’t tell the other moms at daycare, but I plan to buy the cookies for Thursday’s party.
I will check out the book, though. Maybe I will find the perfect cookie recipe for future swaps, kids’ parties, and binge eating…
Nothing wrong with that. At my oldest’s school- everything HAS to be store bought.
Those look so delicious! Yum!
I wished I would have been brave enough to join the cookie swap. I feel like I missed out on more than just cookies! I just never know how my baking is going to turn out and with my mom being out of the country, I wasn’t confident enough. I need to get baking so I can get better at it! Your cookies look so good that I am drooling. Thanks for sharing the recipe book from the event!
My husband is off the week between Christmas and New Years so maybe we can do some baking as a family.
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Aw, wish you had joined in! I was worried about how my cookies would travel. I sent a box of hot chocolate with them in case they were no good by the time they got there!
I have a cookie swap every year. I had my 5th one last year. So fun! Those cookies look great. I am always on the hunt for a new cookie.
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I just clicked on the E Book. That is awesome. I think I will print it out and give it out as favors next year.
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Oh, that’s a fun idea!
Your cookies look scrumptious, especially since I’m a big fan of sugar cookies. Can’t wait to download the eBook.
Sugar cookies are my absolute favorite cookies to bake and eat at Christmas time.
And ohmigosh, yes! My boys eat like yours and they’re all under 6 years old. I’ve been cringing lately at what they’ll eat like when they are teens – like I can barely keep up with their appetites now!
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It really will be frightening with they are teens. It’s already so ridiculous.
These look delicious. I love anything with frosting on it. My Italian neighbor makes these crescent cookies with walnuts, they are by far my fave. Especially, since I don’t have to make them. I usually just make cut out cookies with my kids and let them decorate.
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Any cookies I don’t have to bake= love.
These sound amazing! I have never heard of ricotta cheese cookies before but I can totally imagine how delicious they taste. Merry Christmas!
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The name scared me off. I tasted them before I knew what they were called. LOL But, they really are good!
i have never had these before…but they sound yummy!
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The cookies I made for the swap I got the recipe from a fellow blogger and they were so yummy. I’ve already made three batches. I think next I’ll try your cookie recipe.
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I want to try some of the cookies from the swap- wish would could have had an IRL swap and tried them all! Let me know if you try them. The name scares some people away, but they are really good.
As I was telling you on the Twitter, I’m also a fan of bringing Ricotta Cheese cookies to any/all cookie-swaps. I make my cookies a tiny bit flatter, and maybe twice as large, as you do, though, so I don’t quite have as many from a single batch.
I dip one end in either a sugar glaze or melted chocolate (even if I don’t eat chocolate) and then sprinkle sprinkles or coconut on top.
But, I seldom tell anyone the actual cookie name, and I’m reluctant to pass out the recipe . . . for fear of the ricotta haters.
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I use a cookie scoop for mine and just leave them as they are- b/c I’m lazy. Plus, I like the look of them.
I do the sugar glaze. Haven’t tried chocolate.
Yes, the name tends to scare people away. I usually don’t tell them until after they try them.
OK, I hate to bake! but those look easy, and yummy, and I have ricotta in the fridge because I am a huge meal planning failure! I may have to give it a try! Thanks for the eBook link as well! What a great collection! Plus I love all of the tips!
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Let me know if you try them!
oh, cookies.
My christmas downfall.
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What a great idea. The cookies look delicious. I don’t make a lot of sweets so I really don’t have anything that I make really. My dad made something called a buckeye, and I’ve not been able to make them as well as him. It’s peanut butter ball dipped in chocolate. I’ve had a hard time getting the chocolate right. I need to try it again.
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I LOVE buckeyes… but I’m way too lazy to make them in mass quantities. Those, I’ll make just for my family.
That is a kick ass idea.
I wish that I had a “special signature” cookie but I just make the old run of the mill ones…but they do kick ass. I won’t lie.
My Mom’s hands hold the baking power.
She’s magic.
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These look yummy. Going to give them a try later this week. Thanks for sharing the ebook.
I’ve never heard of those! Cool!
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When you throw the name Rolos out there, my ears perk up!
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Wait, they’re NOT rolo pretzel squishes? What the hell?
This ebook they worked on, what an awesome undertaking!
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I know, seriously! You squish the rolo down. What else would you call them?
I’m so glad the swap went well! These sound delicious!
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Loved doing the cookie swap even though my cookies are lost somewhere, possibly being eaten by Mr. Fedex.
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Virtual Cookie Blogger Swap in the future? We might just have to make it happen
There actually was one- each blogger was matched up with another and then all the recipes are in the book. It was fun!
Where was this when I needed it last week?? I made boring peanut butter cookies.
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Cookies look good, and I love the idea of a cookie swap.
Thanks for the e-book!
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This is GREAT. I love cookies. But I probably couldn’t give mine up. I’d enter the swap and collect all the goods, and not send any in return. I realize how wrong this is, but I can’t help myself! I don’t think I’ll get invited to any swaps now. LOL!
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Yea for cookie recipes!!! Thanks.
These sound awesome!!
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Found your blog through the ebook. We made your cookies today so my hubby could take some to his work Christmas party and so I could have some for tins. They are delicious. Though mine did flatten more, not staying as spherical as yours. They tasted great though.
I will be blogging about them tomorrow and will have a link to your blog in my post.
Have a merry Christmas
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Glad you liked them!
Ricotta cheese in cookies? I have to say that’s a first for me. What a fun way to make sure your cookies aren’t duplicated at an exchange.
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The name tends to scare people off. I try not to say it til after someone takes a bite… and then they are usually surprised that’s what they are.
YUM! Thank you so much for the download! My husband saw me looking at it and he got all excited. lol
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Oh, yum!
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