21 of Our Favorite Football Themed Desserts

1. Football Themed Desserts: Sugar Cookies Recipe

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Super Bowl Dessert Ingredients:

For Cookies:

2 cups flour

½ teaspoon baking powder

¼ teaspoon salt

1 stick room temperature unsalted butter

1 cup granulated sugar

1 tablespoon milk or cream

1 large egg

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

For Football Themed Cookies Icing:

2 cups confectioners’ sugar

1 tablespoon milk, plus more if needed for consistency

1 tablespoon light corn syrup

½ teaspoon vanilla extract

Brown food coloring

Football Themed Desserts Directions:

1. Use your mixer to cream together the butter and sugar together. When thoroughly combined, add in the egg, milk, and vanilla extract.
2. Meanwhile, mix together the flour, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl.
3. Turn the mixer to the lowest setting and gradually add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Continue mixing until a cohesive dough forms.
4. Flour a work surface and flatten the dough into a disk. Wrap the dough tightly in plastic wrap and transfer it to the freezer to set for at least half an hour.
5. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
6. Flour two sheets of parchment paper. Unwrap the dough and roll it into a 1/8 inch thick sheet between the two pieces of parchment paper, dusting as needed to keep the dough from sticking.
7. Remove the top sheet of parchment paper and use a football-shaped cookie cutter to cut out shapes. Gather the dough scraps into a ball, roll it into another sheet, and continue cutting out shapes until all the dough has been used.
8. Bake the cookies for 10-15 minutes, rotating them halfway through.
9. Allow them to cool completely on a wire rack before decorating.
10. While the cookies cool, start the icing by thoroughly sifting the confectioners’ sugar.
11. Mix the sifted sugar with the milk until a spreadable consistency is achieved.
12. Beat the corn syrup and almond extract into the icing until it becomes smooth and glossy.
13. Separate 1/3 of the icing into a different bowl. Stir brown food coloring into the larger portion until it reaches the shade of a football.
14. Leave the other icing white. Cover the bowl with a moist paper towel to make sure the icing does not dry out.
15. When the cookies have cooled completely, use the back of a spoon to spread a dollop of brown icing across each one.
16. Let the cookies stand for at least 20 minutes to allow the brown icing to harden.
17. Put the white icing into a pastry bag with a 2” tip. (Note: If you don’t have a pastry bag, you can use a thumbtack to work a small hole into the corner of a sandwich baggie.)
18. To decorate each end of the cookie: Pipe two lines of white icing to create a thick, curved C-shape. Fill in the space between the two lines with more icing.
19. To decorate the center of each cookie: Pipe a single vertical line. Then, pipe several smaller horizontal lines across it in order to create the laces.
20. Allow the white icing at least 10 minutes to set before serving.

This recipe will make around 30 football-shaped cookies. But when planning for your party, aim for two cookies per person. Feel free to play around with cookie shapes, food coloring, and piping designs in order to make this recipe work for you. While, as it stands, this is a super bowl dessert, it could easily be made into a go-to recipe for every special day.

20 Football Themed Desserts from our Blogger Friends

1.  Chelsea’s Messy Apron – Sugar Cookie Football Stadium
2. Life Love and Sugar – Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Footballs
3. The First Year Blog – Football Bark
4. Brite and Bubbly – DIY Dairy-Fre Football Shaped Fudge
5. Jenn’s BlahBlah Blog – Nutter Butter Football Cookies
6. Life is Poppin – Dr. Pepper Football Brownies
7. Jman and Miller Bug – Ice Cream Football Pops
8. Thrifty Jinxy – Snickers Rice Crispy Football Treat
9. The Country Chic Cottage – Snickers Football Cake
10. Mom Endeavors – Football Oreo Pops
11. The Suburban Mom – Dairy-Free Football Truffles
12. Well Plated – Football Peanut Butter Blondies
13. B Inspired Mama – Football Brownie Cupcakes
14. Sweet Simple Stuff – Sweet, Salty, and Gooey Footballs
15. Your Cup of Cake – Football Field Cupcakes
16. Shugary Sweets – Cookies and Cream Football Cheese Ball
17. Jman and Miller Bug – Iced Football Cookie
18. Chelsea’s Messy Apron – Football Shaped No-Bake Granola Bars
19. The First Year Blog – Football Oreo Balls
20. Sarah’s Bake Studio – Chocolate Football Pretzel Rods

Are you looking for more football themed appetizers and snacks for the big game?

Take a look at our 24 Super Bowl Snacks that are sure to get the party started!

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 Creative Halloween Treats: Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing

Halloween Treats Ingredients:

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
12 tablespoons butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon lemon zest
1 egg

Halloween Cookies Directions:

1. Place a fine mesh sieve or a sifter over a medium mixing bowl and add the flour and salt. Sift the dry ingredients into the bowl and set aside.
2. In a mixing bowl, combine the butter and sugar; using a handheld mixer on medium-high speed cream the butter and sugar together until the mixture is light in color and has a fluffy texture. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula and then add the vanilla extract, lemon zest, and egg. Beat until blended, 1 or 2 minutes longer. On low speed, gradually add the sifted flour and salt, mixing until just blended.
3. Remove the dough from the bowl and cover with waxed or parchment paper. Place the dough on baking sheets and refrigerate until firm, at least 2 hours or as long as 24 hours.
4. When you are ready to roll and bake the cookies, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Place the cookie dough on the work surface and remove the top sheet of paper. Lightly dust the surface of the dough with flour. Roll the dough out starting from the center to an even thickness of 1/8-inch. Using decorative cookie cutters cut the dough directly on the parchment paper. Use a spatula to transfer the dough to the lined baking sheet. Place the cookies at least 1/2-inch apart.
5. Gather the dough scraps and reroll them to make additional cookies. Only reroll the dough once.
6. Bake the cookies 1 sheet at a time for 10 to 12 minutes or until cookies are golden around the edges and firm to the touch. Transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool.
7. The cookies can be stored in re-sealable plastic containers or cookie tins for 1 week. To frost, the cookies prepare a recipe of royal icing as follows and decorate as desired.

Halloween Sugar Cookies Royal Icing:

2 egg whites
1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 tablespoon milk
1 pound confectioners’ sugar

Place all of the ingredients in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat slowly until well blended. Then beat at medium-high speed until the icing forms stiff peaks, 6 minutes. If icing is not stiff enough add more sugar if it is too stiff add more milk. Use immediately or place in a plastic container with a lid until ready to use. Allow icing to dry for at least 24 hours before packaging.

Yield: About 2 1/2 cups

Remember to keep your designs simple enough to work with an icing bag and tip. The consistency of the royal icing should be such that it spreads evenly on the cookie with a spoon. If you are new with royal icing, it is a good idea to prepare some icing in a slightly thicker consistency and create an outline on the cookie before filling it with runny royal icing.

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Who doesn’t love a classic Christmas cookie recipe? Having holiday cookies for your Christmas holiday is essential! It’s something that everyone loves to take a bite.  If you’re planning to serve a delicious cookie for your guests, try this Snowflakes Christmas Cookie recipe. This is so quick to prepare and easy to bake.

 Snowflake Christmas Cookie Recipe

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Christmas Cookie Ingredients:

    2 cups (4 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
    2 cups sugar
    2 large eggs
    2 tablespoons pure vanilla extract
    2 teaspoons salt
    5 cups all-purpose flour sanding sugar or colored sprinkles, for decorating

Christmas Cookie Directions:

1. Divide dough in half. Roll out each half between two pieces of parchment paper to about 1/8 inch thick. Transfer each half to a baking sheet; cover tightly with plastic wrap. Refrigerate until firm, about 2 hours or overnight.
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees, with racks on upper and lower thirds. Remove one sheet of dough from refrigerator, and let stand 1 minute. Using a 3-inch snowflake-shaped cookie cutter, cut out shapes. Place shapes 2 inches apart on parchment- lined baking sheets. Gather together scraps, and re-roll as above; chill until firm, 10 to 15 minutes, then cut out more shapes. Repeat process with second sheet of dough.
3. Decorate cookies with sanding sugar or sprinkles, as desired.
4. Bake cookies in upper and lower thirds of oven, switching positions of sheets halfway through, until golden around the edges and slightly firm to the touch, about 15 minutes. Let cool on baking sheets 1 minute; transfer to wire racks to cool completely. Store in airtight containers at room temperature, up to 5 days.

Take the first bite and you will definitely love its sumptuous taste. Make sure that you set the right oven temperature and follow the procedure as stated. Feel free to be creative with its shapes to blend with the holiday season.

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Back to School Dessert: Frosted Sugar Cookies

Image Via: Sarah Bakes Gfree

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Ingredients

For The Cookies

4-1/4 cups flour

4 tsp baking powder

1-1/2 cup soft butter, at room temperature

1-1/2 cups sugar

3 eggs

4 tsp vanilla extract

1 tsp salt

For The Frosting

1/3  cup unsalted butter, melted

5 cups confectioners sugar, sifted

1 tbsp vanilla extract

A little milk

Food color (optional)

Sprinkles

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Directions

For The Cookies

1. You could use Preheat the oven to 350° and lay parchment paper on baking sheets.
2. In a glass bowl whisk in flour, baking powder and salt.
3. In a separate bowl beat in butter and sugar until the mixture is soft and fluffy. You could use an electric mixer for the same.
4. Add one egg at a time to the butter sugar mix and blend well.
5. Add vanilla extract and whisk again.
6. Now slowly add the dry mixture into the blender and mix really well.
7. Cover and let the dough cool for about an hour.
8. After the dough has cooled off, take a little dough into your hands and make a little ball. Flatten the ball slightly and place it on the baking sheet.
9. Fill the tray with unbaked cookies placed about 2 to 3 inches away from each other.
10. Bake the batch for about 10-12 minutes. The edges will turn slightly brown, like really little so don’t overcook.
11. Let the batch cool off completely.

For The Frosting

1. Put the confectioner’s sugar in a glass bowl.
2. Add melted butter, vanilla and about 7 to 8 tbsps milk into the bowl. Mix the contents well.
3. Add more milk, little by little if the desired consistency has not been achieved.
4. You could add a little of your favorite food color if need be.

Putting It Together

1. With a spatula, spread a little frosting mix on the cooled cookies.
2. Add sprinkles to make them look prettier.

These tasty cookies can be stored up to two days in an air tight container but taste the best when consumed on the day they are baked. And with cookies as mouth watering as these ones, you will not need any air tight containers at all. I am sure you must have baked these with your own twist sometime. Please share it with us as we would love to learn from you as well. Waiting for your comments in the box below

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The tradition of giving winter wedding favors dates back to 16th century England. Couples would give “love knots” constructed from lace and ribbon to each of their guests to represent their bond of love. Since then, the scope of wedding favors has certainly widened, but the sentiment of wanting to share your love with family and friends has remains the same. Below are three easy winter wedding favors to help you embrace the season.

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Holiday DIY Wedding Ideas: Winter Wedding Favors

Hot Cocoa Mix:

Hot cocoa mix is a festive favor to warm up your winter wedding. Not to mention that they can be assembled just a few simple steps. Layer hot coca mix, mini marshmallows, and peppermints inside empty mason jars. Then, label each jar with your names and wedding date.  If your wedding is adults-only, feel free to throw a nip of Bailys or Kahlua in there for an extra hit of good cheer.

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Snowflake Sugar Cookies:

This tasty snack is a sure to be enjoyed by everyone on your guest list. To make these at home, just roll out pre-made sugar cookie and portion them with snowflake-shaped cookie cutters. Bake them according to the package directions and allow them to cool completely before icing. Use white royal icing as a base layer and then use a colored icing to pipe small Y-shapes in each of the points. You can package each cookie in small cellophane bags that are tied together ribbon.

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Christmas Tree Ornament:

This favor is not as easy to put together at home, but is well worth the extra effort. Pick out a simple ornament of any shape that you prefer. Then have it engraved with your names and wedding date. This is a gift that your guests can enjoy year after year as the holiday season rolls around.

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Don’t stress too much over picking the perfect wedding favor. At the end of the day, it should just be a small gift to let your guests know that you appreciate their role in your celebration. As long as you keep that intention in mind, your favors will undoubtedly be a hit.

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