Dirt Dessert

16 oz cream cheese
2 C powdered sugar
16 oz cool whip
3 C milk
2 T vanilla
10.5 oz vanilla pudding
20 oz package oreo cookies

Beat cream cheese and powder3ed sugar together.
Beat pudding and milk until thick. Add vanilla and cool whip to pudding and cream cheese mixture, mix together.
Crush oreos in blender.
Layer oreos and pudding mix in flower pot, alternating each, ending with a layer or oreos.
Insert gummy worms sticking out of the dirt.

Ricotta Cheese Cookies

2 C sugar
1 C butter
15 oz ricotta cheese
2 t vanilla extract
2 eggs
4 C flour
2 T baking powder
1 t salt

Preheat oven to 350*.
In a large bowl, beat the sugar and butter until combined, light and fluffy.
Beat in ricotta, vanilla and eggs.
Add flour, baking powder and salt, beat until dough forms.
Drop dough by level tablespoons about 2 inches apart.
Bake for 15 minutes or until the cookies are very lightly golden. Remove and place on rack to cool.