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Football Stadium Sugar Cookies
I love several things in life.
Puppies.
Target.
Concerts.
But I really have a love for cookies and football. And these Easy Football Stadium Cookies are a perfect mix of two of my favorite things!
The sugar cookies are actually my Grandma’s recipe. Ok, well, they are a friend of my Grandma’s (shout out to Kathy! Woop! Woop!) but my Grandma did write it on an index card and include in her cookbook of favorite recipes. So I feel like it kind of counts. She makes them every Christmas. They are perfect for busting out the cookie cutters with.
But today, Grandma’s cookies are getting brought out for fall. I may love cookies, but I’ll be honest. I am not talented in the cookie decorating department. So when I say that these are easy and that even I was able to make them look good, I mean that they are truly, 100% super simple.
I love the little ‘people’ in the stands behind the field goal. And sugar crystals? Those are my favorite! This is essentially the sugar cookie of my dreams. My favorite cookie recipe. My favorite sprinkles. And my favorite sport.
Before you start. Here are few recommendations on things you will need to make these Easy Football Stadium Cookies:
- Baking Mat – If you don’t have some of these yet, please do yourself a favor and get some. They are inexpensive and I promise you that you will use them 1,000,000 times. Don’t believe me on their awesomeness? Check out the thousand+ 5 star reviews.
- Parchment Paper – You need it. You can’t make these without it. I like to buy the parchment paper that is pre-cut. In the long run it is cheaper. And now I’m spoiled by not having to tear it. I know, first world problems.
- Sprinkles – The right sprinkles are key. You need the little ball sprinkles to represent all of the fans cheering in the crowd. These sprinkles scream happy, so I’m sure you will use them on everything – ice cream, pretzels, cookies, etc. I consider it an investment. Ok, maybe not, but I really like these! 🙂
- Green Sugar Crystals – Sometimes I am highly annoyed with how difficult it can be for me to find sprinkles in basic colors at our local stores. And sugar crystals aren’t any different. I try to stock up with the seasons (St. Patrick’s Day or Christmas for green) but sometimes, they just can’t be found. If you can’t find them at your local store, Amazon is (always) a good option.
1 cup
margarine
1 1/2 cup
sugar
3 large
eggs
1 tsp
vanilla extract
3 1/2 cups
flour
2 tsp
cream of tartar
1 tsp
baking soda
1/2 tsp
salt-
vanilla extract -
Green Frosting -
multicolored round sprinkles -
green sugar crystals -
white candy melts
Servings:
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In a bowl, mix together margarine, sugar, eggs and vanilla extract.
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In a second bowl, mix together the dry ingredients, the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt.
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Combine the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix well.
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Chill the dough for 4 hours.
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Preheat oven to 375.
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Roll the dough to ¼ inch thick. Use a round cookie cutter or a glass to make circle shapes.
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Place on a baking mat or a greased cookie sheet.
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Bake for 10 minutes.
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Allow to cool.
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Melt white candy melts according to package instructions.
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Place the melted candy melts in a ziploc or bakery bag. Cut a tiny hole in the corner or use a fine tip.
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On parchment paper, pipe out a ‘Y’ shape or field goal shape. Allow to set while you decorate your cookies.
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Frost the top half of the cookie in vanilla frosting.
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Dip the cookie into small round sprinkles.
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Frost the bottom half with green frosting.
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Sprinkle green sugar crystals over it.
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Pick a field goal and stick to the center of your cookie.
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Want more football? Check out these DIY’s and treats!
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Nutter Butter Carrot Cookies – Easter Treat!
Nutter Butter Carrot Cookies
Alert! Alert! Easter is next week! If you are like us, then you are totally not ready. In fact, when Dustin asked me the other day what I wanted to do for Easter dinner my reply was ‘I don’t know. We will figure it out.’ To which he said, ‘You do know Easter is next week right?’
WHAT?!
Mind. Blown.
Luckily, these Nutter Butter Carrot cookies are suuuuuuper simple to make. And they are adorable.
Adorable is always important.
To make Nutter Butter Carrot Cookies you will need:
- Nutter Butters
- Vanilla Icing
- Orange Candy Melts
- Sour Punch candies – the green ones!
- Parchment paper
- A bowl
Instructions to make Nutter Butter Carrot Cookies:
Place a piece of parchment paper on a cookie sheet.
Cut a Sour Patch Straw in half and then half again. Trim to the desired length.
Carefully open a Nutter Butter cookie.
Spoon a small amount of frosting on the cookie and press your green topper in.
Put a thin layer of frosting on top and put the top of the cookie back on.
Melt the orange candy melts according to the package instructions.
Coat the Nutter Butters in orange candy melts.
Place on the cookies on the parchment paper and put the cookie sheet in the freezer until it sets (just a few minutes!)
See? Super simple and super cute. And as one of the boys stated, ‘finally a vegetable I like.’ So it must be good right? 🙂 You can package these Carrot Nutter Butter Cookies in treat bags and put in Easter baskets or pass out at church.
Looking for more Easter ideas?
18 Easter Hacks (Seriously these are good!)
How to Make a Resurrection Garden
How To Dye Easter Eggs With Ties
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18 Chinese Recipes: Take Out Favorites You Can Make At Home
I absolutely love Chinese food! Unfortunately for us, since we’ve moved, I haven’t found a really good Chinese take out place that is close by. So we’ve been cooking it at home! If you want to know the truth, I like this even better! Not only does our house smell amazing, but there are plenty of leftovers. To be honest, sometimes next day Chinese food is even better! 🙂
Here are 18 Chinese recipes for your favorite take out dishes that you can make at home! I’ll have to make a batch of our baked egg rolls and add them to the list! They are a family favorite!
I found Rasa Malaysia a while ago while looking for recipes. Her food is fantastic and her photos are droll worthy! I haven’t made her Sesame Chicken recipe yet (it’s on our menu though for January!), but I have never tried a recipe from this website that wasn’t amazing!
Potstickers are one of our favorites! I haven’t made them at home yet, but I’m excited to try! They are one of the things we’ve been missing and the frozen ones just aren’t the same. Find this potstickers recipe from another favorite blog: Damn Delicious!
One of Josh’s favorite dishes to order is Crispy Beef. Luckily we found a great crispy beef recipe here!
Hot and Sour Soup your thing? This recipe from Closet Cooking is an easy one to make! And yummy!
Remember when I said I’m a bit obsessed with Rasa Malaysia? Here is another recipe from her: Crab Ragoon! Simply perfect!!
When I was little, my dad would take us to the most wonderful Chinese restaurant on the weekends. When we would leave, they would always give me a big bag of almond cookies to take home. I don’t know why, but I have never thought about making a batch at home! Well, until now!
In college I was a waitress at PF Chang’s. I ate Chinese food everyday for two years. Even now, some days, I’m just craving some Chang’s. 🙂 This PF Chang’s Honey Chicken copy cat recipe will be made…ASAP!
We love to make shrimp at home. They are so quick to cook which makes them perfect for a weeknight dinner! This Chinese Garlic Shrimp recipe sounds fantastic!
You know we have a slow cooker website right? 🙂 I made this slow cooker Asian Beef recipe a while ago, but it’s still a favorite in our house!
This General Tso’s Chicken has gotten a little bit of a makeover here! It’s baked and there is a special ingredient that gets it nice and crispy! Actually, I’ve made ‘fried’ baked chicken and crispy shrimp with this same ingredient and it is so good!!
If you are looking for a perfect side dish for your Chinese meal – these Garlic Chinese Style Green Beans are a MUST!!
Did someone say doughnuts? I will become a Mom Of The Year for sure if I make this Chinese Doughnut recipe!
If I were sent to an island and could only have one food there it might be chicken fried rice. So.GOOD. This chicken fried rice recipe is from Life in the Lofthouse and we’ve made it several times!
Ok, so maybe I would bring egg rolls to that island with me too! 🙂 This is a classic egg roll recipe you will have to try!
Don’t these chow mein noodles look so good? Like you can taste them through the screen!
Sweet and Sour Chicken is a classic that you can’t go wrong with! Doesn’t this recipe look yummy?
There you go! 18 Chinese recipes that you can make at home instead of ordering for take out! Which one will you try first?
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Oreo Spider Cookies & Cream Cookies – Halloween Recipe
We are getting into one of my favorite times of the year! I am a HUUUUGE fan of Halloween – but the cute, not the creepy! It may only be August (well, it’s practical September now!), but Joshua already has his costume picked out. At first he didn’t want to dress up. He thinks he is too old to go trick or treating (begin the violins because I’m totally crying over here), but once he saw this ‘costume’ he changed his mind. Well, at least about the dressing up part.
I may need to bribe him with a batch of these cookies & cream cookies. They were that good. Total bribe material. Filled with Oreos and white chocolate these cookies are the perfect mix. I’m not an awesome cake/cookie/cupcake decorator, but these are so simple that even I can decorate them.
3/4 cup
butter softened
3/4 cup
brown sugar
3/4 cup
sugar
2
eggs
1 tsp
vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups
flour
1 tsp
baking soda
1/2 tsp
baking powder
1 tsp
salt
1
sandwich bag filled with Oreos coarsely crushed (I used about 12)
12 oz bag
white chocolate chips-
Oreos -
Black Decorating Gel -
Candy Eyes
Servings:
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or use non-stick spray. We like giant cookies so we used a whoopie-pie pan.
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In a bowl, mix together butter, brown sugar, sugar, eggs, and vanilla.
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In a second bowl, mix flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
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Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and combine.
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In a sandwich bag, crush the Oreos. You don’t want them to be finely crushed, you want to have chunks of Oreo in your cookies!
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Add the Oreos and the white chocolate chips to the batter and mix well.
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You will want the cookies to be large enough to hold an Oreo spider. We used a whoopie-pie pan on one batch and the other we used a large ice cream scoop.
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Bake for 8-10 minutes or until they just begin to brown. Let them cool completely on the cookie sheet.
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Once the cookies are cool, use the decorating gel to ‘glue’ on an Oreo to the center of each cookie.
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Add a dot of decorating gel to the back of each of the candy eyes and stick it into place. And 8 gel spider legs finish your cookie.
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Let the cookies sit and the decorating gel will harden.
I recommend that you use:
- I’m all about the parchment paper! I buy the Kirkland brand on Amazon as it’s much bigger than what I can find in stores.
- I ordered this Whoopie Pie pan several years ago and I use it all the time! I think I’ve only used it once for actual Whoopie Pies but it’s our favorite pan to make cookies and brownies.
- The Wilton Black Decorating Gel is my go to!
- We use these fun candy eyes on all kinds of things. They make everything adorable.
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Chocolate Covered Buckeye Bites
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For us the holiday season is synonymous with baking season. We keep busy creating cookies and treats for neighbors, teachers, cookie exchanges, and for company all season long. There are so many wonderful people in our lives and so many people that I want to know that we appreciate them! I think cooking up a little homemade gift is the perfect way to say thanks! Plus, it’s a great way to stretch the budget to be able to include everyone! (And as an added bonus, we can make one giant batch of Chocolate Covered Buckeye Bites and it will make lots of great gifts to hand out! Saving time and money during the holidays? A win!)
Today I’m going to share with you one of our absolute favorite treats ever.
Chocolate Covered Buckeye Bites.
Wherever we bring these Chocolate Covered Buckeye Bites, they are a huge hit. Out of all of my recipes, this is one that I get the most requests for!
The ingredients in this recipe are really important.
You want to be sure to get the Philadelphia Cream Cheese and the Baker’s Premium White Chocolate! I have tried this with other kinds of chocolate and this is the brand that works the best. SUPER important! Kraft makes the best baking products!
Get the good stuff, you can find it at your local Walmart.
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1 package
chocolate sandwich cookies
1 package
Philadelphia Cream Cheese
2 boxes
Baker’s White Chocolate
1/8 cup
peanut butter creamy
Servings:
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Use a food processor to finely crush the chocolate sandwich cookies. If you do not have a food processor, place them in a plastic baggie and crunch them up. (I’ve used a rolling pin before and it worked fine!)
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Next, transfer your cookie crumbs to a bowl. Add one package of Philadelphia Cream Cheese.
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Mix the two together well.
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Then, take a little bit in the palm of your hand and form a small dish shape. Add a small bit of peanut butter to the middle. Form the edges up around the peanut butter and roll into a ball.
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Place the Buckeye Bites on a cookie sheet. (We put ours in mini cupcake liners.) Put the cookie sheet in the freezer for 20 minutes to help set the bites.
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Remove the Buckeye Bites from the freezer and set aside. Melt the Baker’s Chocolate according to the box directions. Dip the Buckeye Bites into the melted chocolate and place back on the cookie sheet. If desired, grind up a few extra chocolate cookies and sprinkle the top with cookie crumbs. Then, place in the freezer to set for just a few minutes. You will want to store in the refrigerator.
Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookie Recipes
Oatmeal Cookies are one of my favorites! Partly because I tell myself that there is oatmeal in them so they are good for you. (I know, not entirely true but they have to be a little better right?!?) Here is a round up of 12 ridiculously good chocolate chip oatmeal cookie recipes you will want to make. Today. No lie! 🙂
Coconut and Dark Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies from My Kitchen Addiction
Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies with Brown Butter from Warm Vanilla Sugar
Cranberry Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies from The Rebel Foodie
Chewy Salted Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies from Sweet Anna’s
Chewy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies from Cozy Country Living
Salted Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies from Produce on Parade
Turtle Oatmeal Cookies from Oh She Glows
Chewy Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies from All Recipes
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies from Sally’s Baking Addiction
Cookie Butter Butterscotch Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies from Butter Baking
Apricot Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies from A Thankful Heart
Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies with Toffee and Coffee from A Farmgirl’s Dabbles
So there you have it – 12 amazingly delicious Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookie Recipes that will please EVERYONE!! I can’t wait to get baking!!
History of Cookies
We are celebrating cookies this month during our Baking Club! I thought what better way to start than with a little history of cookies.
Did you know that cookies were originally made on accident? Cooks used a small amount of batter to test the oven temperature prior to cooking a cake. The cakes were called “koekje” which in Dutch means little cake and thus the cookie was born.
Americans consume over 2 billion cookies a year! One of the favorites is the Chocolate Chip Cookie. Story goes that sometime in the 1930’s a Massachusetts inn keeper ran out of nuts while making cookies. So instead she substituted a chocolate bar that she broke into chunks. The Toll House Cookie (named after the inn) was an instant success and Ruth Wakefield was credited with being the creator.
Cookies were originally brought to the United States by European immigrants. In fact, the simple butter cookies very similar to the English tea cakes and the Scotch shortbread.
Cookies have evolved a lot! There are so many kinds of cookies!
Drop Cookies are made by simply dropping dough onto a baking sheet.
Bars are made when the batter is spooned into a shallow baking dish, cooled and then cut into, you guessed it bars.
Hand formed or molded cookies are made by physically shaping the dough either by rolling into balls, or molded into small logs or other shapes.
Pressed cookies are used making a cookie press. With a cookie press you pour the dough in and then put a patterned disc. When you squeeze the trigger the dough is pressed through and a shaped cookie is formed.
Refrigerator or Ice Box cookies are shaped into a log, refrigerated until firm, sliced and baked.
Rolled Cookies are when the dough is rolled flat and cookie cutters are used to get different shaped cookies.
When making cookies you are truly only limited to your imagination! You can put anything you want into them and form them into any shape you would like! This month we will be showing you tons of tried and true cookie recipes, tips on baking cookies, must have cookie supplies, our favorite cookie cutters and SO much more!
Nieman Marcus Urban Legend Cookies
I think there is a new favorite cookie in the Smith household – Urban Legend cookies! So what’s the urban legend? Supposedly a woman went to Nieman Marcus one day and had one of their famous chocolate chip cookies. She asked if she could have the recipe and they told her it would be two fifty. She thought she was paying $2.50 but when she got her credit card statement it was two HUNDRED and fifty dollars! Furious, she vowed to tell everyone she knew Nieman Marcus’ recipe.
True? I don’t know. But I do know that they are delicious!
Ingredients:
3 cups old fashioned rolled oats
2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter at room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 12 oz bag of semisweet chocolate chips
1 4 oz milk chocolate candy bar coarsely chopped
1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)
1. Pre-heat the oven to 375 degrees F. Put the oats in the blender or food processor and grind to a fine powder. Measure 2 1/2 cups and set aside. You can discard the rest. (See, there are oats in them? That’s heart healthy! RIGHT!?!? Or at least there is fiber! I know, I know, I’m pushing the healthiness….) 🙂
2. Cream the butter and sugars together in a large mixing bowl. Add the eggs and vanilla. Beat well. Beat in the flour, oats, salt, baking powder and baking soda and mix until well mixed. Stir in chocolate chips, chopped chocolate and nuts (if using). Bake on an un-greased baking sheet for about 10 minutes (until lightly browned). OR if you are like me, and want big old, thick cookies in a whoopie pie pan. 🙂
Do not over cook these or else they will get hard.
There is a lot of chocolatey goodness in these so have a glass of milk ready!
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2/3 S’More Cookies
It’s Spring (kind of) Break at our house and we’ve been looking for fun things to do at home. I think we’ve got warm weather on the brain because S’Mores sound de-licious right about now (don’t they always though?)
We had marshmallows left over from our Resurrection Rolls. I had bought Hershey Drops at Kroger (for only $1 after my Ibotta cash back!). We had Graham Crackers, well we had Graham Crackers yesterday.
So I present to you the 2/3 S’Mores Cookie. 🙂 And they are pretty darn delicious!
Ingredients:
2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 sticks butter, softened
3/4 cups sugar
3/4 cups brown sugar
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
1 bag of Hershey Drops (I used 3/4 of the bag, my helper ate the rest)
Large Marshmallows
How to:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease cookie sheet (I used a whoopie pie pan).
In a bowl, mix flour, salt, and baking soda.
In a separate bowl cream butter and sugars. Add the eggs and vanilla.
Combine the dry and wet ingredients. Add Hershey Drops.
Spoon onto pan. Cook 8-10 minutes. Or, if you are making big cookies like I did, cook 10-12 minutes. Place a large marshmallow on top of each cookie and cook for an additional 1-2 minutes. Flatten your marshmallow.
YUM!!
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Easy, Semi-Homemade Twix Bites
Yes. You read right. Twix Bites. (Semi) Homemade deliciousness.
Loaded up with caramel….
Topped with chocolate. YUM!!!
Ingredients
- 1 package of Shortbread Cookies (Girl Scout Cookies are perfect!!)
- 1 package of caramels (I used Werther’s Chewy Caramels)
- 2 squares of chocolate (We actually only used 1 square of semi-sweet and a big handful of milk chocolate chips!)
- Milk
Instructions
- Line up your cookies on a tray.
- Unwrap the caramel and put into a pan. Heat on medium. Stir in milk to desired consistency. We did some that were really thick caramel but they are harder to chew. The second batch I made I thinned out the caramel a little more and it worked really well. But make it how you like!
- Poor your melted caramel onto the cookies. Resist the urge to eat them now. 🙂
- Let the caramel cool. Melt your chocolate.
- Spoon chocolate on top of caramel. Allow to cool.
- Enjoy!!
That’s it! Super easy and super delicious!
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