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Home » Rest & Relaxation » Recipes » Super Bowl Time Football Shaped Sugar Cookies – No Cookie Cutter Needed

Super Bowl Time Football Shaped Sugar Cookies – No Cookie Cutter Needed

January 23, 2013 By Amy 7 Comments

23 Jan
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It’s almost Super Bowl time again, so if you looking for some food ideas, here is an easy method for making football shaped sugar cookies,  and the best part is that no cookie cutter is needed. football shaped cookies-no cookie cutter needed

The football cookie idea is from my niece, Colleen, who read my post last fall on ghost shaped sugar cookies and improvised to make football cookies, instead, for her son’s football team. Thanks, Colleen. Go Team!!!

Easy Football Shaped Cookies using a tube of sugar cookie dough | stowandtellu.com

Easy Football Shaped Sugar Cookies without using a Cookie Cutter

Ingredients

1 roll Pillsbury Sugar Cookie Dough

Pourable Icing:

The icing will be separated into 2 parts, but it will start out as one batch per the ingredients below:

2 cups powdered sugar (sift if desired)

4 tsp light corn syrup

4 tbsp milk

1 tsp vanilla extract

To make brown food coloring (you will add this to the icing):

7 drops red food coloring

4 drops yellow food coloring

2 drops green food coloring

Alternative option for homemade frosting: Pre-made chocolate frosting and white decorating gel or frosting.

NOTE:  There are a few tricks to making these “no cookie cutter needed shaped cookies” that varies from the recipe on the sugar cookie dough package, so please carefully follow the directions below for best results.

Slice Sugar Cookie Dough to Make Easy Football Shaped Sugar Cookies | stowandtellu.comDirections for making the football shaped cookies

  • Preheat oven to 350
  • Put sugar cookie dough in freezer for 15 minutes
  • Cut sugar cookie dough into 32 slices

Shape Cookie Dough into Footballs to make Football Shaped Cookies | stowandtellu.com

  • Roll each slice into a ball, then shape into an oval and lay on cookie sheet
  • Press oval down with fingers to flatten

football shaped sugar cookies

  • Bake in oven for 7- 9 minutes. Remove when edges are golden brown.
  • Only let cool on cookie sheet for 45 seconds, then loosen with spatula and cool on cookie rack.

Tip: If you are only baking approximately 12 cookies at a time, keep the rest of the dough slices in the freezer until you are ready to “shape” them onto the cookie tray.

football shaped cookie

put corner of bag into glass

Icing directions:

  • Place the corner of a plastic baggie into a large glass
  • To make pourable icing, mix all icing ingredients together in a bowl, except for vanilla and food coloring. The icing should be a white color.

fill bag with frosting

  • While icing is still white pour 1/5 portion into the plastic baggie that is resting in the large glass  This will be for the WHITE LACING.
  • Add vanilla and brown food coloring to the remaining portion of icing in the bowl. This will be for the BROWN OF THE FOOTBALL.  If you need to thin icing, add more milk 1 tsp at a time until icing runs off spoon easily. (Don’t thin icing until you have separated the 1/5 portion.)

baste cookies with brown glaze

  • Lay wax paper under cookie racks and apply brown icing to cookies with a basting brush, making sure to fully cover cookies and let icing drip over the sides. Let icing dry for 30 minutes.

draw football stitching onto cookies

DIY Frosting Bag to make Football Shoe Laces | stowandtellu.com

  • To apply the WHITE football lacing, remove baggie from glass and snip a little piece off the corner of the baggie.
  • Squeeze lacing design onto each cookie. Let dry for at least 30 minutes.
  • Store cookies in a seal tight container.

football shaped cookies

Note:  I have tried other cookie dough brands, but I have found that the Pillsbury brand works the best for this type of cookie.

Easy Football Shaped Sugar Cookies without using a cookie cutter | stowandtellu.com

These cookies will end up looking like hand rolled cut-out cookies and have that fresh baked taste, yet you can make them in a third of the time and mess.

Let me know WHO you baked your football shaped cookies for. I’d love to hear about it!!

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Comments

  1. Nancy @ Artsy Chicks Rule says

    January 29, 2013 at 8:57 pm

    What a great idea! I love these, so cute. I’m attending a super bowl party and may just have to bring these!!
    Thanks for sharing
    Nancy

    Reply
    • Amycha says

      January 30, 2013 at 5:13 am

      Thank you, Nancy, their super quick to make.

      Reply

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