Ricotta Cookies

Ingredients 

•2 cups Sugar
•1 cup butter – softened
•1 15 oz. container Ricotta
•2 tsp. vanilla
•2 large eggs
•4 cups flour
•2 tablespoons baking powder
•1 tsp. salt ( I use 1⁄2 teaspoon if I use salted butter) 

Icing
•1 1⁄2 Cup confectioner’s sugar
•3 tablespoons milk (or you can use lemon juice) 

•Sprinkles of choice

Directions
•Preheat oven to 350 degrees

•In a large bowl with a mixer on low speed, beat sugar and butter until blended. Increase speed to high, beat until light and fluffy about 5 minutes. At medium speed beat in ricotta, vanilla, and eggs until combined. 

•Reduce speed to low. Add flour, baking powder, salt. Beat until dough forms. Dough will be somewhat sticky. 

•Drop by tablespoons, about 2 inches apart onto an un-greased cookie sheet. 

•Bake 15 min. or until cookies are very lightly golden. Cookies will be soft. 

•Cool a few minutes. Remove to wire rack with spatula. 

•Ice when cool – add sprinkles when frosting is wet. 

•Let dry one hour.