Baking Anginettes with Mom

One day this week, mom was talking with our mail lady named Carolyn.  They were chatting about how much they both love anginette cookies at Christmas time.  The one point that came up that both girls agreed on was how dry they always are and how you need to drink a whole glass of milk to wash down one cookie!  Carolyn told mom that she has an anginette recipe that is moist and to-die-for and she shared it with mom!So that's what we're making ~

This is Carolyn's recipe.  Mom cut it in half and we still got 4 dozen cookies!

2 sticks butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons lemon extract or anise extract if you prefer --  we used the lemon.
1 Tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 pound ricotta
4 cups flour
3 eggs
1 teaspoon salt (optional)

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Cream butter, sugar and eggs.  Add the other ingredients and mix well.
Bake for 8 minutes.

Frosting:
1 cup confectioners sugar
1-2 Tablespoons of milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla

 This is before the cookies are popped into the oven to bake. 

 The helper ALWAYS gets to lick the beaters!   Too bad Mitch is working with the boys today! haha

 The cookies bake at 400 degrees for 8 minutes.   Mom has always cooled her cookies on newspaper. She learned this from her mom.  Does anyone else cool cookies on newspaper?

 They get a dab of glaze next. 

 Merry Christmas to you and your mom, Uncle Bill.  We hope you like the anginettes that mom and I baked.  Uncle Bill is the man that helped dad rescue Mitch.  Bless you always and forever, Uncle Bill!

I love my brother!  I know I tease him and bash him a lot but life wouldn't be any fun without Mitch!  Did you get all of this down, Santa *wink wink*

Mom is going to be making her pineapple cheesecake for Christmas and she's putting cherries on top!
I can't wait to help out with that!

So until next time...........

Love ya lots,
Maggie