Football season is well under way and there is no lack of excitement in our house! We love to make tasty football snacks and treats on Sunday game days! These football sugar cookies are a simple to design and easy to execute recipe that everyone will love.
This is the perfect treat to bring to a super bowl party, tailgate or game day with friends! These would even be an amazing addition to any football-themed birthday party for kiddos!
Check out this Reese’s dip for another party favorite!
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Football Sugar Cookies
Although it may seem easier to just serve some basic chocolate chip cookies or brownies at your next tailgate, these are way more impressive! Making decorated sugar cookies like these doesn’t have to be difficult. If you aren’t a professional baker selling cookies for a living, there is no reason to stress and strive for perfection.
Since these don’t require any extremely intricate design, they are a great cookie for getting the kids involved! Even if they just help with the sprinkles, inviting your kids to help in the kitchen is some of the best bonding time you can get!
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Ingredients for Football Cookies
The ingredients you’ll need for these football sugar cookies are pretty similar to your generic sugar cookie ingredients. You likely have a good amount of these items at home so make sure to check before you go shopping!
- 1 cup margarine
- 1 1/2 cup sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 3 1/2 cups flour
- 2 tsp cream of tartar
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- Vanilla frosting
- Green Frosting
- Multicolored round sprinkles
- Green sugar crystals
- White candy melts
Cookie Supplies
The supplies below are what I personally use to make these. There is always variations you can make to any of these tools or ingredients.
- A Baking Mat – These are the ones I use and love
- Cookie Sheet – My favorite pans are affordable and high quality
- Cooling Rack – The best tiered rack ever!
- Parchment Paper – I buy in bulk!
- Sprinkles – The exact ones I used
- Green Sugar Crystals – My favorite ones
How Do You Make Football Sugar Cookies?
These are going to be pretty similar to any sugar cookies you have made in the past. There are of course some differences in making the decorative stadium, but for the most part, these are fairly simple!
First, you’ll want to mix together your margarine, sugar, eggs and vanilla extract in one bowl.
In a second bowl, combine the dry ingredients. This will be the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt. Mix these ingredients together well. Then, you’ll want to mix the wet and dry ingredients together.
After your wet and dry ingredients are mixed well into a nice moist dough, you’ll need to let your dough chill in the fridge for 4 hours. By chilling the dough before forming your cookies, it will be much easier to work with and bake better.
When you chill cookie dough, the fat from the butter solidifies. This makes it take longer to melt again than if it were room temperature. Because of this, your cookies won’t spread as quickly or as much during baking.
This is a great tip to keep in mind when making shaped cookies with cookie cutters. If you want them to keep their shape upon baking, you will need to chill your dough prior!
After 4 hours, preheat your oven to 375. Remove your dough from the fridge and flour a surface for rolling. Roll the dough to 1/4 inch thick. Use a round cookie cutter (or the top of any glass works well) and cut out circle shapes.
Place on a baking mat or greased cookie sheet and bake for 10 minutes. Allow the finished cookies to cool completely.
While these cool, melt your white candy melts and place in a Ziploc bag or piping bag. Cut the tip of the Ziploc (if using).
On parchment paper, pipe out a wide Y shape, like a field goal. Allow these to set while you decorate your cookies.
Frost the top half of your cookies in vanilla frosting. Dip this half into your round sprinkles. Then, frost the bottom half with green frosting. Sprinkle green sugar sprinkles over the bottom half.
Place one field goal on top of each cookie and there you have it! Delicious football sugar cookies in minutes!
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Football Sugar Cookies
These football sugar cookies are the perfect game day snack. Bring them to a tailgate or super bowl party and be a hit with the crowd!
Ingredients
- 1 cup margarine
- 1 1/2 cup sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 3 1/2 cups flour
- 2 tsp cream of tartar
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- Vanilla frosting
- Green frosting
- Multicolored round sprinkles
- Green sugar crystals
- White candy melts
Instructions
- In a bowl mix together margarine, sugar, eggs and vanilla extract.
- In a second bowl, combine flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt.
- Combine the dry ingredients with the wet ingredients and mix well.
- Chill the dough for 4 hours.
- Preheat oven to 375.
- Roll the dough to 1/4 inch thick. Use a round cookie cutter or a glass to make circle shapes.
- Place on a baking mat or greased cookie sheet.
- Bake for 10 minutes.
- Allow cookies to cool. Melt the white candy melts according to the package. Place in a Ziploc or piping bag. Cut off corner of bag or use a fine tip.
- On parchment paper, pipe out a wide Y shape, like a field goal. Allow these to set up.
- Frost the top half of each cookie with white frosting. Dip this half into the round sprinkles.
- Frost the bottom half of each with green frosting. Top this with the green sugar crystals.
- Place a finished field goal on top of each cookie.
Nutrition Information
Yield 12 Serving Size 1Amount Per ServingCalories 417Total Fat 18gSaturated Fat 4gTrans Fat 3gUnsaturated Fat 14gCholesterol 47mgSodium 233mgCarbohydrates 59gFiber 1gSugar 30gProtein 5g