Touchdown Cookies Recipes

TOUCHDOWN COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, 1 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 and a small person-shaped (gingerbread) cookie cutter. Place cutouts 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. Divide glaze into thirds. Leave a third white; set aside. Stir black food coloring into another third; set aside. Add cocoa to the last third; stir until smooth. Spread brown glaze over football cookies. Pipe white glaze for the football laces. Spread or pipe white glaze over people shapes to make shirts. Pipe black stripes over the white shirts for referee stripes.

TOUCHDOWN BACON-CHOCOLATE-PEANUT BUTTER COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 9-inch square pan with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, stir together cookie mix, oil, water and egg until soft dough forms. Stir in peanuts. Press evenly in pan.
• Bake 20 to 24 minutes or until set in center and golden brown. Cool completely, about 1 hour 30 minutes.
• In small microwavable bowl, microwave chocolate chips and butter uncovered on High 30 seconds. Stir; continue to microwave in 10-second increments until mixture can be stirred smooth. Spread evenly over top of bar; sprinkle with bacon pieces. Refrigerate about 30 minutes or until chocolate is set. Cut into 4 rows by 4 rows. Store loosely covered in refrigerator.

TOUCHDOWN PIZZA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 475 degrees F (245 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
• Place pizza crust on the prepared baking sheet.
• Mix chicken and 3 tablespoons wing sauce together in a bowl until evenly coated.
• Spread 1/2 cup wing sauce on the pizza crust; top with blue cheese, chicken mixture, and celery. Cover pizza with mozzarella cheese.
• Bake in the preheated oven until pizza is cooked through and cheese is bubbling, about 12 minutes. Cool pizza about 5 minutes before cutting into squares.

TOUCHDOWN CHOCOLATE BARS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350.
• 2. Combine flour, sugar and cocoa, cut in margarine until crumbly.
• 3. Add egg; mix until well blended.
• 4. Reserve 1 1/2 cups crumb mixture.
• 5. Press remainder evenly on bottom of greased 13x9\" baking pan.
• 6. Bake 10 minutes.
• 7. In saucepan, combine sweetened condensed milk and 1 cup chocolate chips.
• 8. Over low heat, cook and stir until chips melt and mixture is smooth.
• 9. Spread evenly over prepared crust.
• 10. Add nuts and remaining 1 cup chocolate chips to reserved crumb mixture; sprinkle evenly over top.
• 11. Bake 25-30 minutes or until center is set.
• 12. Cool.
• 13. Cut into bars.
• 14. Store covered at room temperature.