Italian Christmas Sugar Cookies

Recipe Rating:	3 Ratings5
Category:	Cookies
Keyword:	sugar

Ingredients

1 c	soft butter (2 sticks)
2 c	sugar
2 tsp	vanilla extract
1	15 oz container of ricotta cheese
4 c	all purpose flour
1 tsp	salt
1 tsp	baking soda
1	container of vanilla frosting
	christmas sprinkles
3	eggs

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paula payne

Full Flavored

Nashville, TN (pop. 3.1M)

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Member Since Oct 2011

paula's Notes:

I can't even remember where I learned this recipe, I have been making them for 20 + years, every christmas, my family loves them.
Using ricotta in the batter makes them so soft and almost cake like..

Directions

Combine : butter, sugar, eggs , vanilla then add ricotta and mix well.

Add the dry ingredients flour, salt, baking soda.
Mix well and drop by tablespoons onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper, or a greased cookie sheet.

Bake 350* 10 minutes or so, just barely lt golden on the edges..remove to cooling rack.. Cool completely before putting vanilla frosting on top, then add sprinkles, if you have any left store in fridge...

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sherry monfils smonfils

Oct 13, 2012

I love easy recipes like this! Thanks=)

paula payne PPNashville

Oct 13, 2012

easy and its hard to stop eating them

Kim Cleaves KC2633

Oct 14, 2012

I hope I remember these when it's time to do my holiday baking!! These cookies with some lemon icing....yum!!

paula payne PPNashville

Oct 14, 2012

I forgot the eggs, I had to go back in and change it...omg

paula payne PPNashville

Oct 14, 2012

3 eggs

paula payne PPNashville

I shared a photo of this recipe.

patricia... pattycanbake

Oct 24, 2012

I make these every christmas we call them ricotta cookies my mom made these by the dozen great cookie

Lora DiGiulio ansky714

Dec 14, 2012

THESE LOOK AWESOME ...I TOO MAKE RICOTTA COOKIES BUT MINE R LEMON...PINCHED :)

Lora DiGiulio ansky714

Dec 16, 2012

Paula quick question does the frosting harden...thanx :)

Tami Hartlaub tami4gsd

Dec 20, 2012

What a great addition to my Christmas cookie collection. They are just scrumptious! So soft, light & airy with a great sugar cookie taste. I LOVE these!
These would be good with either lemon or orange frosting. Maybe next time!

Tami Hartlaub tami4gsd

Dec 20, 2012

One piece of advice. Frost the cookies righto out of the oven when they are still hot. The frosting will soften & slide over the cookie & make a glaze. It looks more like the posted picture. At first I was frosting mine after cooled as the recipe suggests. Couldn't undeerstand why they didn't look like the pic. Then I tried frosting them while hot & YES! they look as pretty as the picture! And yes, the glaze hardens which makes the cookie easier to package for gifts & such. The frosting firms up but takes longer. I had to let mine sit out overnight to firm up enough to put in a cookie tin.

Italian Christmas Sugar Cookies

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