How To Make Italian Christmas Cookies
Sweeten the holidays with these Italian christmas cookies, buttery and melt in your mouth treats with the flavor of vanilla and a sugar glaze.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1cupbutter,softened
- 2cupsugar
- 4cupsflour
- 2½tspbaking soda
- ½tspbaking powder
- 1containerricotta cheese,(15 oz)
- 2eggs
- 1tbspvanilla extract
For Almond Glaze:
- 1cuppowdered sugar
- 4tbspmilk
- ½tspalmond extract
- christmas sprinkles,for topping
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Add the butter and sugar to the bowl of a stand mixer and beat until fluffy with the paddle attachment. Add in the ricotta cheese and eggs, vanilla and mix until incorporated.
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In a medium sized bowl whisk together the flour, baking soda, and powder. Slowly add to the wet ingredients and beat together until combined.
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Scoop the dough into teaspoons and roll it into a ball. Drop on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until just set. Remove onto a wire rack to let cool.
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In a small bowl whisk together the powdered sugar, milk and almond extract until desired consistency. Sprinkle with Christmas sprinkles immediately.
Nutrition
- Calories:Ā 243.65kcal
- Fat:Ā 8.69g
- Saturated Fat:Ā 5.28g
- Trans Fat:Ā 0.33g
- Monounsaturated Fat:Ā 2.26g
- Polyunsaturated Fat:Ā 0.46g
- Carbohydrates:Ā 38.54g
- Fiber:Ā 0.56g
- Sugar:Ā 22.53g
- Protein:Ā 3.04g
- Cholesterol:Ā 35.11mg
- Sodium:Ā 154.13mg
- Calcium:Ā 25.45mg
- Potassium:Ā 35.08mg
- Iron:Ā 0.33mg
- Vitamin A: 74.65µg
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