Another easy, lovely cookie

Here is another cookie recipe that is super easy, but fancy looking. These have a definite Italian accent with the ricotta and candied cherries. Note that you need to fill these 4 hours before you want to serve them. Arrowroot biscuits can often be found in the baby aisle of the supermarket near the teething biscuits, zwieback, etc.

FRUIT AND CHIP-FILLED COOKIES

15 ounces part-skim ricotta cheese
1/3 cup confectioners sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/8 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 cup miniature semi-sweet chocolate chips (or you may chop regular ones)
1/4 cup red candied cherries, chopped fine
1/4 cup green candied cherries, chopped fine
Arrowroot biscuits
Confectioners sugar for topping

Combine the first 7 ingredients and mix well. About 4 hours before serving, make little cookie sandwiches, using the cheese mixture and sandwiching it between 2 arrowroot biscuits for each cookie.

Just before serving, sift additional confectioners’ sugar over the platter or plate of cookies.