COOKIES:

1/2 lb. butter
1 c. sugar
2 tsp. vanilla
1 lb. Ricotta cheese
3 eggs
4 c. flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Cream together butter and sugar, then add next three ingredients, adding one egg at a time. Sift together flour, baking powder and baking soda and add to butter mixture. Drop from a teaspoon onto a lightly greased cookie sheet; bake 10 minutes. You may ice the cookies, if desired.

ICING:

1/4 lb. butter
1 box confectioners sugar
1 tsp. vanilla

Mix together with mixer and add 1 teaspoon of milk at a time until proper consistency for spreading. If you like, tint small amounts of the icing with pink, green, yellow, etc., food coloring. Ice the cool cookies and dip them in coconut flakes or chocolate jimmies.