I’ve mentioned recently that two of my boys play football. One of them (Dominic, 10 years) is done for the season, so the coaches hosted an end of season party for the team. I decided to make football jersey shaped cookies, and to go a bit further, thought I would finally try my hand at decorating with Royal Icing.
My other football son (T.J., 12 years) is still playing. In fact, as I type this (which won’t be when this posts by the way) he is at practice. See T.J.’s team won their playoff game over the weekend, giving them the title of Division Champs! Go Bulldogs! WOOT! The “Super Bowl” game will be played this weekend and we can’t wait! Totally psyched!
Since I was making cookies for Dominic’s team, I doubled up the batch and made them for T.J.’s team too. It worked out great, I handed them out right after they won the Division Champ title, so they were very pumped and these were a nice treat to go home with.
I decorated Dominic’s with a few different colors, while T.J. wanted his to be white to match their actual jerseys. I also made some footballs and helmets for the coaches and flags for the team moms.
Then it was time to pipe on the numbers etc. This was my first time, so I was pretty happy with the results, even if they weren’t perfect.
I can see a LOT of cookies in my future. This is a dangerous mix of cooking (this blog) and crafting (my craft blog), so I am certain these will not be the last decorated cookie to cross these pages. :) I’m already totally excited about making some Thanksgiving cookies!
Get Leslie’s cookie and icing recipe here
To end this post, I want to celebrate my two youngest boys. Dominic and T. J., I’m so proud of you boys. You are dedicated sport nuts and great team mates. Good sports and all around rockin’ kids. I love you both. :)
Football Jersey Cookies, Royal Icing & Division Champs
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Print It Rate ItIngredients
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 ½ teaspoon almond or vanilla extract or a mix of both
- 3 cups ap flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
Icing
- 6 oz 3/4 cup warm water
- 5 Tablespoons Meringue Powder
- 1 teaspoon cream of tarter
- 2 ¼ pounds powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 30 minutes before baking the cookies
- Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add in the eggs and the extract and beat to incorporate.
- In a separate bowl sift together the flour, baking powder and salt.
- Slowly add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and mix until combined.
- Divide the dough into 2 portions and roll to 3/8? thick in between 2 sheets of parchment paper and chill in the fridge for 2 hours.
- Remove the dough and cut your desired shape. Place the formed cookies back in the fridge for 10-15 minutes. Take the scraps and re roll them to 3/8? in the parchment paper and re chill before cutting out again.
- Bake your cookies on an ungreased cookie sheet for 8-12 minutes depending on the thickness of your cookie.
- Cool on cookie sheet for 2 minutes before removing to a cooling rack.
- Cool completely before icing.
Icing
- If your meringue powder does not have any vanilla flavor in it, you can add a teaspoon of CLEAR vanilla.
- In a mixer bowl, pour the warm water and the meringue powder in and whisk for about 30 seconds until frothy.
- Add the cream of tarter and whisk for another 30 seconds.
- Pour all of the sugar in at once and place on the mixer.
- Using your paddle attachment, on the lowest speed, mix slowly for 10 full minutes.
- Icing will be thick and creamy.(like Elmers Glue)
- Cover the bowl the a damp cloth to prevent drying and crusting.
- If you find the icing too thick, you can thin it by adding in water by the Tablespoon.
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Michelle says
WOW…congratulations for a job well done for everyone.
The cookies are such a super idea and to personalize them with the numbers is just too clever. Love it!
MaryBeth says
Fabulous pictures of the kids, they all look so happy. These cookies are so darn cute Amanda!!!
Bunny says
Amanda you did a terrific job with the cookies! I tried royal icing once but will do it again, I'll try Leslies recipe too. You have terrific kids!!!
Nutmeg Nanny says
How cute! I know I say this all the time, but I swear I wish I was as talented as you are!
teresa says
those cookies are so cute! you did a great job, adn fun game!
Ingrid says
Amanda, that's awesome! I'm so happy for you and your boys! Congrats both for the payoff win and the award! I love hearing about it so by all means keep us posted on TJ's remaining games! Do your boys play PopWarner? Jr. Midgets? You have a handsome family. Though next time we'll need a photo of your cheesecake lovin' daughter. Otherwise she'll think you only love the boys! :)
Oh, yeah…..and the cookies? Great job!
~ingrid
Barbara Bakes says
Your cookies look perfect to me! Congratulations to your son! Good luck in the Super Bowl!
Christy says
Congrats to the boys on a fantastic season!!
Your cookies are wonderful! Great job!
Megan says
Wonderful photos, Amanda – it has certainly inspired me to crack out the cookie cutters and create something fantastic!
Love the pictures of your sons – they are all so handsome!
Kayte says
Your cookies are wonderful…great job and I love all the colors for all the teams! I always post lots of swimming photos on my site as friends and family from different locales love seeing them and figure everyone else is bored to death, but you know, I really really enjoyed seeing your family sports photos and I was smiling the whole time thinking of all the memories they are making, all the feelings they are experiencing, all the other kids on the team, the parents in the stands, etc. etc. and I wasn't bored at all…it was very fun! Thanks for sharing. Congrats to the boys on all their seasons!
Debbie says
The cookies look terrific Amanda…great job! Love all the pics! My son whos is 10 has decided he wants to play football next season. Should be interesting! I thini he'll love it!
Katrina says
The cookies look awesome, Amanda! Love all the family pics, too. We have basketball going on here. They haven't talked about wanting to play football yet, but are pretty small little guys, so they would probably get clobbered if they did!
GREAT job on the cookies!
Leslie says
Wonderful job on the cookies!! Thanks for the shout out!
And congrats to your little football star
Donna-FFW says
Those cookies look stellar. So perfect. Fantastic job!! Leslie is just wonderful, is she not??
Congrats to your son, love the photos!
HoneyB says
Congrats to your son and such cute cookies! They look awesome!
Marie says
Congrats to your little award winner!! What a cutie pie. Those cookies like wonderful! What a great mom you are!
margot says
Those cookies are adorable; I will keep them in mind for our annual Superbowl party. The boys look like they're having a great time playing football.
Mags says
Awww… how wonderful. Congrats to the best defensive player! I remember those days… fondly.
Love your cookies. You're a great mom Amanda.
Sweet and Savory says
These are simple adorable. I don't have the patience for decorating but I should just do it because this is marvelous.
Sue Sparks says
Love all the football-themed cookies! Very cute and colorful! I am making some football cookies for my son-in-law who coaches(defense) the JV team for a local H.S.:)