Easy Italian Ricotta Cookies

Ingredients

For 36 servings

• •0.5 tasse butter, softened
• •1 tasse white sugar
• •2 eggs
• •1 c. à café vanilla extract
• •8 ounces ricotta cheese
• •2 tasse all-purpose flour
• •0.5 c. à café baking soda
• •0.25 c. à café salt
• •2 c. à soupe butter, softened
• •2 tasse confectioners' sugar
• •0.25 c. à café vanilla extract
• •1.5 c. à soupe milk

Method

1. 1.Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
2. 2.In a medium bowl, cream together 1/2 cup butter and white sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla and ricotta cheese. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; gradually stir into the cheese mixture. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto the prepared cookie sheets.
3. 3.Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until edges are golden. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
4. 4.In a medium bowl, cream together the remaining butter and confectioners' sugar. Beat in vanilla and milk gradually until a spreadable consistency is reached. Frost cooled cookies.