Ricotta cookies

By duckieq

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