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Football Cookie Cups
Fun and Festive Football-themed Sugar Cookie Cups for your next football party. This is a quick and easy game day dessert. This sugar cookie cup is filled with a green colored vanilla buttercream and topped with a football made with almonds and candy melts. Your super bowl party needs this dessert.
👥 24 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h⏳ Prep: 45 min🔥 Cook: 15 min👤 Julianne Dell📖 beyondfrosting
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- bowl
- mixing bowl
- oven
- measuring spoon
- microwave
📝 Preparation Steps
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For the cookies:
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Preheat the oven to 350°F and spray a mini muffin sheet with cooking spray. In a medium-sized mixing bowl, combine cookie mix, butter and egg and beat until well mixed.
large egg1
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Scoop 2 Tablespoons of cookie dough into each mini muffin cavity.
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Bake ⏱️ 12-14 minutes until the cookie dough is lightly golden brown. Allow the cookie cups to cool for ⏱️ 15-20 minutes. While the cookies are still warm, use the back of a measuring spoon to press into the center of each cookie to make a cup shape.
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Remove cookie cups gently and allow to cool completely.
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For the frosting:
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Cut the butter into 1 tablespoon-sized pieces and whip in a standing mixer ⏱️ 5-7 minutes, until the butter looks light in color. Add powdered sugar and mix on low speed until incorporated, then add heavy whipping cream and vanilla extract. Decrease speed to medium-high and beat for ⏱️ 3-5 minutes to whip additional air into the frosting. It should be light and airy.
powdered sugar2 cupsheavy whipping cream1 tablespoon
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Add 2-3 drops of green food coloring into the frosting and stir until well combined.
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Use a piping bag fitted with a tip 233, pipe the grass into each cookie cup.
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For the decorations:
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Microwave candy melts in ⏱️ 20 second increments until they start to melt, stirring each time. Stir until completely smooth.
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In a piping bag fitted with a size 1 piping tip, pipe a thin line on the almonds to imitate a football. Allow the candy melt line to harden.Change the piping tip to a size 3 to pipe the goal posts onto a piece of parchment paper. Allow the chocolate goal posts to harden and place them onto the cookie cups. Store in an airtight container.
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