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Cinnamon sugar football cookie cutout sandwiches in honor of Rich Stadium

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For NFL week 18 and the final regular season home game at the place i have always called Rich Stadium, I present cinnamon sugar football cutout sandwiches with brown butter filling.  I love my football cutout.

I have not been to a game there in a long time, but have a lot of wonderful memories.  I went to my first game at age 7 with my family.  I think we went to about a game a year until 8th grade.  From Olean, we traveled up 16 through all the small towns.   We stopped once so my dad could buy my brother a football so they could play catch in the parking lot.   That little plaza is still there.  My dad, who passed away in 2013, is the reason I love the Bills as much as I do.  He would really enjoy these Josh teams.   It would have been fun to dissect games with him.  He will have a great seat in heaven when we win the Super Bowl.  A lot of people pooh pooh the Bills and have no faith.  I prefer to keep it positive.  I acknowledge weaknesses and acting like Eyeore is not fun.  Fandom is much more enjoyable. 

I think that unless you grew up a Bills fan or married into it, it is hard to understand the connection with the team and even that building.

Anyways,  onto the cookies….

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  If you chill the dough, take it out a few hours before baking because that butter chills it up firm.  Next time I might not chill the dough at all.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3 cups flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp nutmeg

Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, sugar and salt. Add egg and vanilla.  Blend in dry ingredients.  If dough seems dry, add a tbs or two of water.   Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.   Lightly flour a flat surface and roll dough to desired thickness (I like mine on the thick side).   Cut out footballs.  Stagger on prepared sheet.

Bake 7 to 8 minutes, no longer.   Cool completely.

  • Brown butter frosting ingredients
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 2 to 3 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • Milk

Directions – place butter in a fry pan and cook over medium heat until brown specs appear.

Place browned butter in bowl.  Mix in powdered sugar, then vanilla.  Add enough milk to get the consistency you want.   Place a scoop between 2 cookies.  Store in covered container.

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NFL Sunday sunday week 16 – Traditional Christmas cut out cookies

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For my last Christmas cutout cookies recipe for this season, here are the traditional sugar cookies.  I made most of  them into cookie sandwiches so people can actually tell what they are. 

This is  a recipe from a family friend, one that brings back so many wonderful memories.   I used a traditional buttercream frosting recipe. 

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.   Make sure you flour your surface enough to roll out the dough and sprinkle flour in your cookie cutters too.  And preheat your oven before baking.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 1/2 cups crisco
  • 1 1/3 cups sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 tbs vanilla
  • 4 cups flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp baking powder

Directions – in a bowl, cream crisco and sugar.  Blend in eggs well.  Add vanilla.  Mix in dry ingredients.  You can chill the door in a covered container for a few hours if you want.   Or bake them right away.  When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees, and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.   Flour a flat surface with flour.  Roll dough to desired thickness and cut.   Place on cookie sheet.  Bake 7 to 8 minutes, no longer.  Cool completely.

  • Buttercream frosting/filling ingredients
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 4 cups powdered sugar (scooped from container into your measuring cup so you get the right amount)
  • Milk

In a bowl, cream butter and vanilla.  Carefully blend in powdered sugar, a cup at a time.  Add enough milk to get consistency you want.  Frost or fill sandwich cookies. 

Store in covered container.

Go Bills!

Victory Monday treats for week 14 – gingerbread men/reindeer cookie sandwiches

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To celebrate our win over the Bengals (which was pretty stressful), I present gingerbread men/reindeer cookie sandwiches.   One way they are gingerbread men,

flip them upside down and they are reindeer. 

I colored the filling green for a little holiday pop.

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.   After you cut out the cookies, i recommend chilling them in for a few hours.  And preheat your oven before baking.

  • Ingredients list
  • 6 tbs butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into cup
  • 1/2 cup molasses
  • 1 egg
  • Water
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3 1/4 cups flour
  • 1 1/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/8 tsp ground cloves

Directions – in a bowl, combine butter and brown sugar.   Add molasses, egg and vanilla.   Blend in dry ingredients.   Dough will be crumbly.  You may need to add a few tbs of water to make dough easier to use with.  Roll ans cut.  Chill doughs a few hours.   Preheat oven to 325 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.   Stagger cookies on sheet.  Bake 8 to 18 minutes, no longer.   Cool completely. 

  • Filling
  • 1 stick butter, partially melted
  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • 2 tbs milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • Green food color (optional)

Combine butter, powdered sugar, milk and vanilla.  Add food color, if using.  Spread between 2 cookies.  Store in covered container. 

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Halloween Cutout Sugar cookies

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This is the sugar cookierecipe I use for all my holiday cutout cookies – halloween, Thanksgiving,  Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Easter, football ( i know football is not a holiday but if i have cookie cutters for something, it is a holiday for me)   This recipe  is from a friend of my family.  They bring back a lot of wonderful memories of baking with my mom when I was younger.  And these were my dad’s favorite cookies and he loved the dough too!

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  Also, preheat your oven to 350 degrees before baking. 

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 1/2 cups crisco
  • 1 1/3 cups sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 tbs vanilla
  • 4 cups flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp baking powder
A plethora of pumpkins!

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees.  in a bowl, cream butter and sugar.  Add eggs and vanilla.  Slowly blend in dry ingredients.    Sprinkle flour on your countertop and roll out dough to desired thickness.   Cut out cookies.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.  Stagger cookies on sheet.  Bake 8 minutes, no longer.  Cool completely.

A gaggle of ghosts
  • Frosting ingredients
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 to 3 tbs heavy cream (depending on consistency you want)
  • Food coloring or sprinkles

In a bowl, combine ingredients. Frost cookies and sprinkle with sprinkles.  Store in covered container.

Happy Valentine’s Day!  Mini chip/mini m&m cutout cookies

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Since it is Valentine’s Day, I wanted to use my heart shaped cutouts.  Instead of a traditional sugar cookie cutout, I opted for mini chip/mini m&m cutouts.  Full size chips can not be used here.  They  would make the dough impossible to use cookie cutters on.

This yellow multi shape cookie cutter is an old classic!

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  Also, this dough does not need chilling. 

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tbs water
  • tsp vanilla
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 3 cups flour
  • 11/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 cup mini chocolate chips
  • 1/2 cup mini m&ms

Directions – preheat oven to 375 degrees.  In a bowl, cream butter, brown sugar, eggs, water and vanilla.  Blend in dry ingredients.  Mix in chips and m&ms. Sprinkle flour on  your countertop.  Roll out dough to desired thickness and cut with cookie cutters.  line a cookie sheet with nonstick baking liners or parchment paper.  Stagger cookies on sheet.  Bake 8 to 9 minutes, no longer.  Cool completely.  

Cookie love!

Frost with buttercream frosting or melted chocolate chips. 

Store in covered container.  Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you have a day filled with peace, joy and love. 

Cutout sugar cookies for Valentine’s Day

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This cookie is my all-time favorite to make, and I use it all throughout the year because I have a billion cookie cutters for each season.  Plus, it brings back many memories of baking with my mom and they were my dad’s favorite cookie. 

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  I also recommend chilling the dough for a few hours or overnight.  And most importantly, remember to use plenty of flour on your countertop when rolling out the dough so it doesn’t stick when you use your cookie cutters.

  • Ingredients
  • 1 1/2 cups crisco
  • 1 1/3 cups sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 tbs vanilla
  • 4 cups flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt

Directions – in a bowl,  cream crisco and sugar.  Add eggs and vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients.  Cover and store for a few hours or overnight.  When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.  Sprinkle plenty of flour on the  surface you will roll out the dough.   I like the cookies on the thicker side.  Roll out dough and cut.  Bake 6 to 8 minutes, no longer.  Cool completely.

Frosting – combine 1/2 cup softened butter, 3 cups powdered sugar, 1 tsp vanilla and 1 to 4 tbs milk.  You may add more or less powdered sugar to get the consistency you want.  Color as desired.  Frost cookies. Store in covered container.

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Chocolate chip cutout cookies

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Wrapping up my Christmas cookie cutouts with a chocolate chip version. These are awesome and a fun variation of cutouts. Use mini chocolate chips to make it easier to use your cookie cutters!

Honestly, I make sandwich cookies with cutouts because my decorating skills are a disaster!

Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. Also, preheat your oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes before baking so it cycles to the right temp.

  • Ingredients
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 tbs water
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 4 cups flour
  • 2 tsp cornstarch
  • 1/8 tsp baking powder
  • 1 cup mini chocolate chip

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper. In a bowl, cream sugar and butter. Add eggs, water and vanilla. Slowly blend in dry ingredients. Fold in chips. Sprinkle your countertop with flour. Roll out the dough and cut. Place cutouts on prepared sheets. Bake 6 to 8 minutes, depending on thickness of cookies. Do not bake longer. Cool and frost or use frosting between 2 cookies for sandwich cookies.

Santa!

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Mini chocolate chip cutouts

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I hope you can tell this is a Christmas tree

For my first cutout cookies of the season, I opted for a mini chocolate chip recipe and tossed in a few mini m&ms. I like my cookies thick, so these spread out a little more than I prefer. I will try to tweak the recipe to see if I can remedy that. I do recommend mini chocolate chips because the dough is easier to cut with cookie cutters.

These are very old, yet I can’t part with them!

I made my cutouts into cookie sandwiches because I am a terrible decorator. I use a simple vanilla and /or chocolate frosting.

A gingerbread man
Flip the gingerbread man upside down and you have a reindeer

Notes – remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup. If you chill the dough, take it out a few hours before so it is easier to roll. And preheat your oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes before baking so your oven cycles to the right temp.

  • Ingredients
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup crisco
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 4 cups flour
  • 1 cup mini chocolate chips
  • 1 cup mini m&ms (or you can use another cup of mini chips)

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes before baking. Line a cookie sheet with nonstick baking liners or parchment paper. In a bowl, cream butter, crisco, brown sugar, sugar, vanilla and salt. Blend in yolks. Fold in flour. Dough may take a while to come together. Add a tbs or 2 or water if you want to help blend dough. Mix in chips and m&ms. On a floured surface, roll and cut. Place on your prepared cookie sheet. Bake one sheet at a time, for ten minutes. Cool completley.

Frosting – combine 2 tbs butter (melted), with 2 cups powdered sugar, 2 tbs milk, 1 tsp vanilla. You can add more milk or powdered sugar to get the texture you want. I added green food coloring

These are a Christmas tree, Santa’s ans stockings
A stocking sandwich cookie.

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Happy Opening Night of the NFL season cookies! Go Bills!

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Go Bills!

Tonight is a very big night – the Bills season opener, which is also the NFL season opener. 😊 To celebrate such a monumentous occasionally, I made chocolate cutouts sandwich cookies, with footballs and football helmets. I put a simple buttercream filling between 2 cookies.

  • Ingredients
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1/4 cup crisco
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3 1/2 cups flour
  • 2/3 cup baking cocoa
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder

Preheat oven to 375 degrees for 20 minutes before baking, so your oven cycles to the correct temperature. Line cookie sheets with nonstick baking liners. In a bowl, cream butter, crisco and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients. Roll to desired thickness and cut. (I like mine to be on the thicker side)

On lined cookie sheets, place cookies

Bake at 375 degrees for 7 to 9 minutes. Cool completley.

  • Filling ingredients
  • 1/4 cup butter, softened
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 4 tbs heavy cream
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Directions – blend butter and powdered sugar. Add cream and vanilla. Spread between 2 cookies. Store in covered container.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! If you make these, let me know how they turn out.

Friday football #18 treat # 2 – brownie football cutout cookie sandwiches

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Go Bills!

My second treat for work is a brownie cookie cutout, using my football cookie cutter, again. It is the playoffs, so two treats are necessary. I didn’t make enough vanilla filling (doh), so I had to,whip up a little chocolate filling for the rest of the sandwiches. Go Bills! I love Josh Allen!

  • Ingredients
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 eggs
  • 2/3 cup baking cocoa
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes., cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Fold in,dry ingredients. Roll to desired thickness and cut. Line a cookie sheet with nonstick baking liners. Bake 8 to 10 minutes. Cool completely. Spread filling between 2 cookies. Store in covered container.

Are you ready for some playoff football?