Ricotta cookies

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Ingredients

  • icing:
  • 1/2 lb. butter
  • 2 c. sugar
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1 lb. Ricotta
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • Grated rind of 1 orange
  • 4 1/2 c. flour
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 2 c. confectionery sugar
  • 1/4 c. butter
  • 3 tbsp. milk
  • 1/2 tsp. vanilla

Preparation

Step 1

1) Cream butter; add sugar and continue creaming. Add egg and Ricotta and vanilla; beat well. Sift together flour, baking powder and baking soda, salt; add to batter.
2) Drop about a teaspoon of dough on ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 350 degree oven about 10 minutes until edges are lightly browned. Cool.
3) mix icing ingredients well and top cookies