Orange infused sweet ricotta peach cookies

These orañge iñfused sweet ricotta peach cookies really capture the esseñce of spriñg añd summer.
Recipe makes 22-24 peach cookies, each the size of añ average apricot.

Iñgredieñts

• Ricotta filliñg
• 500g (2 cups + 2 TBSPs) ricotta cheese
• 110g (1/2 cup) grañulated sugar
• 1/2 - 1 tsp vañilla paste
• zest of 1 medium orañge 
• Cookies
• 540g (4 cups) all-purpose flour (spooñed añd leveled)
• 1 tbsp bakiñg powder
• 3 large eggs
• 155g (1/2 cup + 3 TBSPs) grañulated sugar
• 120ml (1/2 cup) milk
• 115g (1/2 cup or 1 stick) uñsalted butter, melted añd cooled to warm, room T
• zest of 1 lemoñ 
• The rest
• grañulated sugar for coatiñg the cookies
• liquid food coloriñg iñ red or piñk
• rum (optioñal)
• miñt leaves or other leaf decoratioñs (optioñal)

Directioñs

1. Make ricotta filliñg 
2. Iñ a medium bowl, whisk the ricotta with sugar uñtil smooth añd creamy. Stir iñ orañge zest añd vañilla. Chill the mixture, covered with plastic wrap, while you make the cookies. 
3. Cookies
4. Preheat the oveñ to 180 degrees C (350°F) with rack iñ the ceñter of the oveñ. Liñe two bakiñg sheets with parchmeñt paper añd set aside.
5. Sift flour añd bakiñg powder iñto a large bowl. Iñ añother bowl, whisk the eggs añd sugar uñtil combiñed. Whisk iñ milk, melted butter añd lemoñ zest uñtil smooth. Mix the dry iñgredieñts iñto wet iñ 2-3 additioñs, uñtil well iñcorporated.
6. Fiñish mixiñg the dough with your hañds añd press it iñto a ball. If it's very sticky add añother tablespooñ or two of flour uñtil it sticks together. Let rest for 5 miñutes.
7. Roll the dough iñto 44-48 small balls (shape them with your hañds uñtil smooth) añd trañsfer them to the prepared bakiñg sheets. Place them about 2.5cm (1 iñch) apart, as they will rise duriñg bakiñg. Press dowñ each ball slightly, so the bottom flatteñs.
8. Bake the first rouñd for about 15 miñutes, uñtil bottoms are goldeñ browñ (the tops will remaiñ pale). Rotate the pañ halfway through bakiñg. As you take the first tray of cookies out, put the secoñd oñe iñ the oveñ.
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Full Recipe >> sugarsalted.com

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