Recipe: Tasty Italian Christmas cookies

Italian Christmas cookies.

You can cook Italian Christmas cookies using 13 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Italian Christmas cookies

1. You need 1 cup of butter, softened.
2. Prepare 2 cup of granulated sugar.
3. Prepare 3 each of eggs.
4. It's 15 oz of ricotta cheese.
5. It's 2 tsp of vanilla extract.
6. Prepare 4 cup of all-purpose flour.
7. You need 1 tsp of salt.
8. You need 1 tsp of baking soda.
9. You need 1/4 cup of butter, softened.
10. It's 4 cup of confectioners sugar.
11. It's 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract.
12. It's 4 tbsp of milk.
13. Prepare 1 of sprinkles.

Italian Christmas cookies step by step

1. In a large bowl cream butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time beating well after each addition. Beat in ricotta and vanilla..
2. Combine flour, salt, baking soda in a separate bowl and mix well..
3. Stir dry ingredients into wet ingredients. Mix a small amount at a time..
4. Drop rounded teaspoon of dough about 2 inches apart on greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until lightly brown. Let cool on baking racks..
5. Mix frosting ingredients (butter, confectioners sugar, vanilla and milk) until smooth and frost cookies. Top with sprinkles..