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Touchdown Cookies Recipe

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With some simple sweet touches, you can transform regular sugar cookies into a special treat for football fans at your pigskin party. —Sister Judith LaBrozzi, Canton, Ohio

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Touchdown Cookies Recipe

Prep: 25 min. Bake: 10 min. + cooling

Yield: 27 Servings

25 10 35

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 teaspoon baking soda
GLAZE:
2 cups confectioners' sugar
4 to 5 tablespoons hot water
3 to 4 teaspoons baking cocoa

Directions

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, cream of tartar and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 3 hours or until easy to handle.
On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with a football-shaped cookie cutter. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets.
Bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool.
In a large bowl, combine confectioners' sugar and enough hot water to achieve spreading consistency; beat until smooth. Place 3 tablespoons glaze in a small bowl; set aside.
Add cocoa to remaining glaze; stir until smooth. Spread brown glaze over cookies. Pipe white glaze onto cookies to form football laces. Yield: 4-1/2 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (2 each) equals 180 calories, 7 g fat (4 g saturated fat), 34 mg cholesterol, 120 mg sodium, 27 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 2 g protein.

Originally published as Touchdown Cookies in Taste of Home October/November 2001, p37

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Reviewed on Mar. 24, 2012 by Patricia Sloup

These cookies are so good! We just love them. They taste like a chocolate glazed donut. Yummy.

Reviewed on Feb. 05, 2012 by jsmc80

These cookies was positively a touchdown! My daughter took these to a Superbowl party, and they were wiped out. We will be making these for future game.

Reviewed on Feb. 04, 2012 by Mimma56

The recipe seems really simple. I will try these sometime.

Reviewed on Dec. 11, 2011 by Deb Kash

I made these for my hospital units fall meeting and they got rave reviews. I know it comes from an old issue but I collect all old TOH magazines I can find. I love the ones from the early years and love this website.

Reviewed on Mar. 02, 2011 by katlaydee3

We really liked these alot. Will definitely make again.

Reviewed on Feb. 04, 2011 by schield

These are good and cute. We make them every year for the Super Bowl.

Reviewed on Feb. 04, 2011 by Nancy R

I made these last year and they were not worth the trouble. Too sweet.

Reviewed on Feb. 02, 2010 by raecpoe

I have no choice but to make these again- EVERYONE here loves them. We have them at every SuperBowl party- plus any other parties (they tell me I have to keep making them so I won't be out of practice)

I do use a Sugar Cookie pouch mix when I am short on time- but I use this frosting recipe always!! :)

Reviewed on Jan. 24, 2010 by sarahsandra

Don't know what I did wrong, but cookies were a greasey mess. threw out. waste of ingreadients.

Reviewed on Jan. 21, 2009 by cookbookmom

My son took these to school for his 7th birthday since he likes sports. Very cute for that.