Ricotta Cheese Cookies

Italian Cookie Recipes

3 eggs 2 c. sugar 2 sticks butter (1/2 lb.) 2 tsp. vanilla 15oz. ricotta cheese 4 c. flour 1 Tbsp. baking soda 1 tsp. salt Cinnamon sugar or Icing 1 c. sifted powdered sugar 1/2 tsp. vanilla milk

These light, airy cake-like cookies taste a little like snickerdoodles when topped with cinnamon sugar. Preheat oven to 350°F. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs. Add vanilla. Cream to combine thoroughly. In a separate bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, and salt. Alternately, add dry ingredients and ricotta cheese to batter, a little at a time. Drop by spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets, about 2 inches apart. If desired, sprinkle with cinnamon sugar before baking. Bake at 350°F 10-12 min., until edges are golden brown and top is mostly dry. Let cool on racks. If you didn't dust with cinnamon sugar, in a small bowl combine ingredients for icing: powdered sugar, vanilla, and just enough milk to make it a drizzly consistency. Put waxed paper underneath cookie trays. Drizzle icing over cooled cookies.

Submitted by Gretchen Grant
Contributed on: Thursday December 31st, 2009 and modified on Wednesday January 6th, 2010