{"id":5262,"date":"2018-12-22T18:26:25","date_gmt":"2018-12-22T17:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=5262"},"modified":"2018-12-22T18:26:25","modified_gmt":"2018-12-22T17:26:25","slug":"italian-christmas-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=5262","title":{"rendered":"Italian Christmas Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Italian Christmas Cookies <\/strong><\/p>\n

1 cup butter, softened<\/p>\n

2 cups sugar<\/p>\n

3 large eggs<\/p>\n

1 carton [ 15 ounces ] ricotta cheese<\/p>\n

2 teaspoons of vanilla extract<\/p>\n

4 cups of plain flour<\/p>\n

1 tsp salt<\/p>\n

1 tsp baking powder<\/p>\n

Frosting<\/p>\n

1\/4 cup butter, softened<\/p>\n

3 to 4 cups icing sugar<\/p>\n

1\/2 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/p>\n

3 to 4 tbsp. milk<\/p>\n

coloured sugar [optional golden caster sugar]<\/p>\n

Cream butter and sugar in a large bowl. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the ricotta and vanilla. Combine flour with the salt and baking soda. Gradually add to creamed mixture. Heat oven to 180C. Drop rounded tea-spoons of mixture onto prepared baking sheets, 2 inches apart. Bake for 10 – 12 mins until lightly brown. Remove to wire racks to cool.<\/p>\n

Topping<\/strong>. In a large bowl, cream butter, icing sugar, vanilla and enough milk to reach spreading con-sistency. Frost cooled cookies and sprinkle with sugar. Store in a cool place. Makes quite a few cookies.<\/p>\n

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Italian Christmas Cookies 1 cup butter, softened 2 cups sugar 3 large eggs 1 carton [ 15 ounces ] ricotta cheese 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract 4 cups of plain flour 1 tsp salt 1 tsp baking powder Frosting 1\/4 cup butter, softened 3 to 4 cups icing sugar 1\/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 3 to 4 tbsp. milk coloured sugar […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[129],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6cWjO-1mS","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8702,"url":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=8702","url_meta":{"origin":5262,"position":0},"title":"Christmas Cookies","author":"Alan Williams","date":"29th November 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"MR GREEDY\u2019S KITCHEN Christmas Cookies White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies 1\/3 cup butter, softened 1\/2 cup packed brown sugar 1\/3 cup sugar 1 large egg, room temperature 1 tsp vanilla extract 1-1\/2 cups of plain flour 1\/2 tsp salt 1\/2 tsp baking soda 3\/4 cup dried cranberries 1\/2 cup white baking\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Mr Greedy's Kitchen"","block_context":{"text":"Mr Greedy's Kitchen","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?cat=129"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6799,"url":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=6799","url_meta":{"origin":5262,"position":1},"title":"Christmas Cookies From Abroad","author":"Alan Williams","date":"10th December 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"CHRISTMAS COOKIES FROM ABROAD Zimtsterne from Switzerland 1 cup butter, softened 2 cups sugar 2 large eggs 100g semisweet chocolate, melted and cooled 2-3\/4 cups of SR flour 1\/3 cup ground cinnamon In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. 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