We have no fireplace here at all!
You see the problem is quite clear
Santa how will you get here?
We heard a legend - is it true?
Of magic only you can do.
We'll leave out any plain old key
and mark it "Santa" so that you can see!
Your magic makes the key fit right
so you can get inside that night.
Thank you Santa, here's our key-
the milk and cookies are on me!
(love my IPAD!!!)
Our Santa loves these Ricotta cheese cookies! I'm sharing the recipe just in case your Santa might like them too!
Ingredients
1/2 cup unsalted butter
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup Ricotta cheese
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
Icing
1/2 cup cream cheese
1/4 cup unsalted butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
In large bowl beat butter with sugar until fluffy, beat in egg, ricotta cheese, and vanilla beating well after every addition.
In separate bowl whisk together flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder. Stir into ricotta mixture.
Drop by generous 1 Tbsp onto parchment paper lined baking sheets. Cookies should be about 2 inches apart. Bake at 350 degrees until bottoms are golden brown - about 12-14 minutes.
Icing
In bowl, beat cream cheese with butter and gradually add sugar beating until well mixed. Beat in vanilla. Ice cookies when they are cooled and decorate as desired.
May your world be filled with warmth and good cheer this Holy season, and throughout the coming year. May the good times and treasures of the present become your golden memories of tomorrow ~~~ Merry Christmas to all my dear blogging friends.
~~~
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Vicki
30 comments:
Hi Vicki - I just read your girl getaway post -- loooks like so much fun! And your time again with the Gardener at the condo. So many wonderful shells. I can see why you would be collecting them all.
Just looking at those cookies is giving me a sugar high. One of my best friends had a cookie festival yesterday and I will not need to be baking for a while.
But I wrote down your ricotta cookie recipe and will give it a try -- next week, or in the New Year. :) By the way, you forgot the ricotta cheese when you typed it up. Good thing that iPad is big enough to read. I see that it says 1 cup! :)
Happy holidays to you and yours, Tammy
So pretty Vicki... Merry Christmas to you from me and "the nests"... xoxo Julie Marie PS I don't do facebook... I hope you will continue blogging!
Vicki,
Could you just stuff a few of those cupcakes & cookies in a box &. Ship to my place? I'm afraid santa's getting ores at our house. I love my iPad too, in fact I'm writing this comment while in the dentist chair!
I wish you such a happy, merry, joyful,healthy, well just every kind of blessing I can for the holidays.
Lisa
Oh yummmmm ... sure wish I had the time and the fortitude to make some of those cookies. Just seeing them is making my mouth water. Don't tell me The Gardner made all those cookies, too?!?
I don't "do" FB but you know I'll be here at your blog every single day just to see if you've posted!
Christmas Merries to you and yours and lots of New Year Happies as well. I look forward to working with you in 2011. Thank you!
your grace and generous spirit warm me every time i visit... your clan is a special one - and it must add so much to your life... thank you for letting us in on some of it...
the poem, is absolutely fabulous and i think we are in need of trying a new type of cookie...
thank you -
Vicki, you're nutcraker men lurking behind the cookies look so Christmasey!
xx
your blog is gorgeous!
happy xmas!
Rosa
Sweetest Vicki,
your cookies loooks so yummy, dear-uuhhhmmm, I know I could eat them,with a big happy smile .....
Dear friend, I wish you and "the gardener" a very happy, and merry christmas,with your family.
Vicki thankyou, for wonderfull "time" together here in blogland,-I looks forward seing you even more next year-
you are a very dear and sweet friend.
Love you-hugs, Dorthe
Vicki, those plates of cookies look most delightful and delish! I wish you and your family a blessed and blissful Christmas! May your hearts and home be filled with much peace.
Thanks for the recipe, the cookie looks yummy.
my dad was looking at an IPAD just yesterday...nice that you have one to use for Santa's recipes. Enjoy your Holiday Cheer!
These treats look delicious-I am coming over for some treats. I have tagged you in a holiday tag over at my blog.
A yummy post, Vicki...I'm definitely going to give these treats a try! I'm also going in to check out your Facebook page!
Hope you have a wonderful and love-filled Christmas...:)
Lynette
Dear Vicki, I just had to hop by to wish you and your family a very very merry Christmas. We have the same problem with no fireplace, now I know what I have to do :) Lots of festive images of Belgium over at my Blog. Hugs, Catherine x
Hi Vicki,
oooooh my god .... the cookies for Santa look great ... I think I will ask your Santa for a holiday-job for me next year just to eat some *giggle*. And it is good that he has to come in through the front door otherwise he would stuck in the chimney after eating these *lol*. Hope you will have a great holiday this year. Hugs & love Myriam
No fireplace in my house either! Cookies look awesome..., am wondering how those ricotta ones taste -cheesy? Well, I'm in fact will be making some cookies today!!
Added you to my fav pages on facebook. I just recently put a page up there to!
Have a wonderful Holiday, Vicki!!!
Best,
Maya
Also..., come share a coastal post Mo Dec 27th (through Jan 9th)!!! More info here
those cookies look just like the ones my mom used to make us... i love the trees.. and the sprinkled sugar.. :)
may you and your family have a blessed holiday..
big ladybug hugs
lynn
Wow, if those cookies taste as good as they look, which I'm sure they do, Santa will find them even if he has to hop over 8 reindeer to do it! Have a wonderful holiday!
You have a beautiful blog Vicki. So glad you stopped by to say hello.
I think my mom used to make cookies similar to those. They look delicious. I really should get going and start some baking!
Oh Vicki, those Cookies look so divine and pretty, I am sure Santa will just Love them. I am on FB and I just liked you!! The Heather Green Cowl arrived this week, and OMG, I can't believe I am giving this to my Daughter! I just Love this accessory and I know she will too, it's her color but I won't forget to order one for me too! We are headed back down to Fla on Monday & I can't wait, it's just too cold up here!! I hope you have a absolutely Wonderful Holiday!!!
Huggs, Nancy
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Than you sooo much for the recipe it looks delicious, and I loved your Santa poem to ha ha.
Big hugs lovely Vicky for a fabulous year of gorgeous posts......have the most wonderful joyful Christmasxxx
Love and Hugs Lynn xxxx
Hi my dear friend,
also to you and the whole family lot..... all the best wishes for Christmas. Have a great time, enjoy yourself and let everybody be happy. Loads of love Myriam
PS. Wore my scarf today and thought of you while enjoying a Maccadamia-Cinnamon-Latte with extra cream, yup!
Beautiful cookies!!! I lovwe my I-pad too! Where do you find recipes on it?? That's a great use for it in the kitchen!!
Everything looks cozy and beautiful. Your nutcrackers are great!
Wishing you the merriest of Christmases, sweet Vicki! xxxx Sending some snowy sprinkles for a sparkling Thursday ^_^
Hi Vicki,
Oh goodness - your post about Santa and the magic key is wonderful - thank you for sharing your recipe for the Christmas cookies - they look yummy.
Wishing you and your family Blessings and a Very Merry Christmas.
Erin
Looks like a party at your house for sure. Santa would have to be a nut to pass on those goodies, so I'm sure he'll be stopping by.
I wish you every joy, every smile, every precious moment your heart can hold. I wish you love this Christmas & always.
Julia~
Oh boy. Santa won't have any trouble getting into your house with those cookies! :)
I hope your holidays are filled with joy and love, Vicki!!!
~ Zuzu
Wow, your Santa sure is spoiled! Really like the idea of that IPad, although I'm sure my screen would have a dusting of flour on it! Those ricotta cookies sound so delectible. Merry Christmas to you and the Gardener dear Vicki! xoxo ~Lili
Can I come for tea??? Looks so good.
I also LOVE my iPad (using it right now) - i use it often for cooking , I don't use my recipe books very often now, I use mostly the one line recipes. Just need to buy a stand so my iPad doesn't get covered in flour like I did the other day!!
Blessings this Christmas Day. Tody for me is Boxing Day and I am recovering for all the activities of yesterday and I certainly wont be eating as much today!
Merry Christmas! No time right now to try the cookie recipe, but maybe next week! And yes, I love our iPad too...
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