Ricotta Cheese cookies

These are my favorite Christmas cookies. The recipe once given to me by my co-worker Susan. I bake them every year..quite tedious yet this recipe yields about 4 batches.

Ingredients:
2 cups sugar
1/2 lb softened butter (room temperature)
3 egg yolks (separate egg whites for icing)
1 tsp Baking soda
1 lb of Ricotta cheese (15 oz) Maggiano brand
1 tsp vanilla
4-5 c flour until dough is not sticky

Directions:

Cream butter and sugar in large bowl, using an electric mixer about 5 minutes. Add egg yolks, baking soda,vanilla. Mix by hand or with electric mixer. Add ricotta cheese, mix. Gradually add flour until firm and not sticky to touch. Using a spoon drop small drops of dough on cookie sheet, you may add more flour to make it less sticky and shape them into balls about 2 inches. Press flat. Bake in a preheated 35oF oven for 13 min or until light brown underneath. Having icing ready before cookies are done.

Icing:
Beat 3 egg whites
Add 1 lb (box) of Confectioner's sugar (powdered). Add 1 tsp lemon extract, mix.

When cookies are done, while still hot from oven, drizzle white icing (2 at a time) on top and add sprinkles. Let cool.

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