Ricotta cookies

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       Title: Ricotta Cookies
  Categories: Cookies
       Yield: 1 servings
  
     1/2 lb Butter or margarine
       2    Eggs
       1 lb Ricotta cheese
       2 c  Sugar
       1 ts Baking powder
       1 ts Baking soda
       4 c  Flour
       2 ts Vanilla or lemon extract
     1/4 ts Nutmeg
  
     Cream butter and sugar together and then add the vanilla or lemon
   extract.  Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add
   Ricotta cheese and beat 1 minute. Add dry ingredients slowly.
     Drop by teaspoonfulls on an ungreased cookie sheet.  Bake at 350 degrees
   for 12-14 minutes . When cookies are done, sprinkle with powdered sugar.
  
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