Superbowl Sunday

Today was Superbowl Sunday, which would not have meant a thing to me before I married Scott. Surprisingly, I found myself somewhat interested in the game. Weird. We watched the game with a bunch of friends as is some sort of requirement for football, and we had tons of food which is also a requirement for the occasion. I volunteered to bring cookies and cupcakes as I knew I had the ingredients on hand to make these, saving myself a trip to the store. Click on the links below to see the recipes and enjoy the photos!

For cookies I made Chocolate Cutout Cookies and they were great! I used the appropriate shaped cookie cutters: a football, a helmet, and a trophy (once decorated the footballs were my favorite). Instead of completely frosting each cookie, I made a small amount of Powdered Sugar Frosting to outline the cookies with. I chose this recipe because it was very simple and I had all the ingredients on-hand. I read the reviews before trying the recipe, so I tweaked it just a bit. I only put in 1/8 teaspoon of salt, and I used milk instead of water. The recipe turned out perfectly.


For cupcakes I used a funfetti mix I had on the shelf. As the cupcakes were baking I realized I had no frosting, and no more powdered sugar. I looked through the things I had and saw some instant pudding mix. There had to be a way to make frosting with that, right? Right! The recipe I used was Mock Whipped Cream Frosting With Pudding Mix. The recipe is on the right-hand side - just scroll down. After figuring out the correct combo of food coloring to make brown frosting, I arranged and frosted the cupcakes to look like a football. I was very proud of myself.


All in all, the shindig went well. Everyone was rooting for the Cardinals, but I like the Steelers better. Don't ask me why because I have no reason. I was happy they won.