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Pink Italian Lemon Ricotta Cookies (In Honor or National October Breast Cancer Awareness Month)
1 1/2 cups of confectionery sugar
2 tablespoons of shortening
Pink Italian Lemon Ricotta Cookies (In Honor or National October Breast Cancer Awareness Month)
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 stick margarine, softened ( any kind that's recommended by the American Heart Society) if using butter use unsalted and 1 teaspoon of salt instead of 1/4 teaspoon.
2 cups sugar
2 eggs 1 (15-ounce) container Whole Milk or Light Ricotta Cheese
1 teaspoon of lemon extract
1/4 teaspoon lemon zest
a few drops of red food coloring Beat margarine and sugar together till light. Put all dry ingredients together in a bowl. Stir Ricotta into the margarine and cheese, then add one egg at a time and blend together. Gently mix the dry ingredients in till blended adding drops of red food coloring for pink coloring. Drop by teaspoons full on a greased cookie sheet. Bake till the edges are slightly brown, and cookies are set, about 10 to 15 minutes.
1 stick margarine, softened ( any kind that's recommended by the American Heart Society) if using butter use unsalted and 1 teaspoon of salt instead of 1/4 teaspoon.
2 cups sugar
2 eggs 1 (15-ounce) container Whole Milk or Light Ricotta Cheese
1 teaspoon of lemon extract
1/4 teaspoon lemon zest
a few drops of red food coloring Beat margarine and sugar together till light. Put all dry ingredients together in a bowl. Stir Ricotta into the margarine and cheese, then add one egg at a time and blend together. Gently mix the dry ingredients in till blended adding drops of red food coloring for pink coloring. Drop by teaspoons full on a greased cookie sheet. Bake till the edges are slightly brown, and cookies are set, about 10 to 15 minutes.
Frosting:
2 tablespoons of shortening
1/2 teaspoon of lemon extract
3 tablespoons milk keep adding by drops until it makes a smooth stream, if too thick. Beat till spreadable.
Frost cooled cookies with white frosting. Make separate batch of pink frosting to go over the top of the white.
those look scrumptious! a great way to remind everyone to make sure they or a loved one get checked to stay healthy.
ReplyDeleteGreat "Pink" post! Those cookies look, yummy. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing. Cheers !
ReplyDeleteVery pretty! Even the raw dough is pretty.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cookies, and thank you for reminding all ladies to get our check ups.
ReplyDeleteI had breast cancer 20 years ago in my 30's..get your check ups!!! Eat cookies!
ReplyDeleteGood one...and if you speak from experience I am glad you are here to tell about it.
ReplyDeleteThose look like great cookies. My mom would make lemonade cookies that are quite similar. Yummy!
I love lemon ricotta cookies, and these look great in pink!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
ReplyDeleteOk those just look pretty and delightful. Thank you for contributing to the awareness we all need to have.Great blog!
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Great cookies for such function, go PINK lol! And our breast check up every year.
ReplyDeletethank you for linking these delicious looking flavourful cookies
ReplyDeletebeautiful cookies for a beautiful cause :)
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