Frosting for Ricotta Egg Biscuits
Recipe type: Cookie
Cuisine: Italian
 
Ingredients
  • Cookie batter:
  • ½ pound butter
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 TSP lemon flavoring
  • 4 cups flour (gluten-free all purposed flour can be used)
  • 1 TSP baking soda
  • 1 TSP baking powder
  • 1 15 oz container of ricotta cheese
  • Frosting:
  • 1 box confectionary sugar
  • 1 stick of butter
  • 1 TSP of vanilla or lemon flavoring
  • Milk
Instructions
  1. Mix butter and sugar together, and add eggs one at a time.
  2. Mix in lemon flavoring, and flour, one cup at a time.
  3. Mix in baking soda, baking powder, and ricotta cheese. Combine until completely blended.
  4. Drop by rounded tablespoons onto ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. Do not brown tops. Frost when cool.
  5. Frosting:
  6. Soften butter and mix with sugar.
  7. Add vanilla or lemon flavoring to taste and enough milk to make the mixture spread easily. Frost cooled egg biscuits.
Recipe by Alicia Carlson Photography at https://aliciacarlsonphotography.com/easter-ricotta-egg-biscuits/