These fun and easy football cookies are peanut butter cookies shaped like footballs topped with chocolate - no cookie cutter needed!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword chocolate, cookies, peanut butter
Prep Time 1hour
Cook Time 15minutes
Total Time 1hour15minutes
Servings 48Cookies
Calories 105kcal
Author Dorothy Kern
Cost $5
Ingredients
½cup(113g) unsalted buttersoftened
¾cup(200g) peanut butter
¾cup(150g) packed brown sugar
¼cup(50g) granulated sugar
1large egg
1teaspoonvanilla
1tablespoon(5ml) milk
¼teaspoonsalt
½teaspoonbaking soda
1 ¾cups(217g) all purpose flour
1 ½cups(255g) chocolate chips
1teaspoonCrisco or vegetable oil
White icing or white chocolate chipsfor the laces
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350°F. Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment or silpat baking mats.
Cream butter, peanut butter, and both sugars in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Add egg, vanilla, milk, and salt and baking soda. Mix until combined. Slowly add flour and mix until dough comes together.
Scoop 1 tablespoon sized balls of dough. Place on cookie sheet 2” apart. Press lightly with your palm to flatten to about 1/2” thickness. Use your thumb and forefinger to pinch the ends to make the cookies look like footballs.
Bake for 8-10 minutes, until they just begin to brown. Cool completely on cookie sheets.
Melt the chocolate chips with the crisco or oil, heating in 30 second increments, stirring after each, until smooth. Place chocolate in a ziploc bag and cut of a teeny tip (or use a squirt bottle). Outline the football shape on the cookie, then fill in with the chocolate. Tap the cookie sheet to even out any wrinkles in the chocolate, then chill to harden.
Make the laces with a little white frosting or some melted white chocolate chips. (White frosting is easier!)