Description
These Football Cookies are a delightful chocolate treat perfect for game day celebrations. Featuring a rich cocoa-flavored dough cut into football shapes and decorated with classic sugar cookie icing, they combine fun and flavor in every bite. Ideal for Super Bowl parties and tailgates, these cookies deliver a festive and delicious way to celebrate football season.
Ingredients
Scale
Cookie Dough
- 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 3/4 cups sugar
- 2 large eggs, at room temperature
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Decoration
- Sugar Cookie Icing (quantity as needed)
- Green sprinkles (optional)
Instructions
- Mix Dry Ingredients: In a large bowl, sift together the all-purpose flour, unsweetened cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt. Set this mixture aside for later use.
- Cream Butter and Sugar: Using a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the unsalted butter and sugar together until the mixture is light and fluffy, which should take about 3 minutes.
- Add Eggs and Vanilla: Add eggs one at a time to the creamed mixture, beating well after each addition. Then, add the vanilla extract and continue beating, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed to ensure even mixing.
- Combine with Dry Ingredients: Gradually add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients and beat until the dough is smooth and well combined.
- Roll and Chill Dough: Divide the dough into two equal halves. Roll each half between two sheets of parchment paper or wax paper until about 1/4-inch thick. Place the rolled dough sheets onto baking sheets with the parchment paper and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, or up to overnight to prevent spreading during baking.
- Preheat Oven and Prepare Sheets: Once chilled, preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Line two baking sheets with parchment paper to prevent sticking.
- Cut Out Cookies: Remove the chilled dough sheets from the refrigerator. Use a football-shaped cookie cutter to cut out shapes from the dough. If you don’t have a cookie cutter, use a sharp knife to carefully trace and cut football shapes. Re-roll any remaining dough and continue cutting shapes until all dough is used. Repeat the process for the second sheet of dough.
- Arrange and Bake: Place the cutout cookies on the prepared baking sheets, spacing them about 2 inches apart. Bake in the preheated oven for 10 to 12 minutes, or until the edges are firm and cookies are set.
- Cool Cookies: Remove the baking sheets from the oven and allow the cookies to cool for 5 minutes on the sheets. Then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely before decorating.
- Decorate Cookies: Prepare your sugar cookie icing. Spoon or pour the icing into a piping bag fitted with a #2 piping tip, or use a sealable plastic bag with a small cut in one corner. Pipe the laces or stitching details onto each football-shaped cookie. Allow the icing to dry to a semi-firm finish in about 10 minutes, or for fully hardened icing, let them set for up to 24 hours.
- Store Cookies: Once the icing has set, stack the cookies with sheets of parchment paper between layers to prevent smudging. Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to one week.
Notes
- Gameday just got sweeter! These chocolate football cookies are as fun to make as they are to eat.
- Perfect for Super Bowl parties, tailgates, or any football-themed celebrations.
- Refrigerating the dough is essential to prevent cookies from spreading and ensures a nice shape.
- Use parchment paper between stacked cookies to keep icing intact.
- Optional green sprinkles add a festive touch to the decorated cookies.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 151 kcal
- Sugar: 12 g
- Sodium: 59 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2.3 g
- Trans Fat: 0.2 g
- Carbohydrates: 22 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 27 mg
