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Super Bowl Footballs Dog Cookie Recipes
Need some dog cookie recipes for your football party? These anise homemade dog cookies were created for Super Bowl Sunday last year.
But don't just consider them for your Super Bowl party. Make them for any football party or special occasion.
They are cute and novel, and will be a topic of conversation for your next get together!
The football cookies that you see in the photo each measure about an inch across, so you can serve them to any size dog without worrying that they are getting too many calories or that the dog treat is too big for him.
Superbowl Footballs will be a big hit at your party!
One of the most important ingredients in my football homemade dog treat recipe is whole anise (You can use anise powder in a pinch.) Dogs just LOVE anise cookies!
Perhaps the most difficult part of making this recipe is finding a cookie cutter that will give you the right shape.
I found a small cookie cutter in an assortment—it was just an odd one that they threw in with a Christmas holiday theme grouping. The cookie cutter was supposed to be a light bulb (for a Christmas tree), and it was almost football shaped.
The cookie cutter worked just fine because when the dough rises the shapes move around a bit anyway and it kind of forms the right shape.
Hints to Make Your Dog Cookies Easy
A couple of hints for making these dog cookies. I used an icing bag with royal icing to put the lacing on these footballs.
It didn’t stick to the cookies as well as I would have liked, so I suggest that, if these are for a bakery that will be shipping orders through the mail or by UPS, they won’t ship well if you do them the way I did. The little lacings will fall off the cookies.
If you prick each cookie with a fork to make little holes, the royal icing will stick better.
The cookie icing mix is sugarless, really easy to work with, and I find it economical for these cookies--because you only use a little bit on each dog cookie.
You can use a spoon to drizzle icing onto the dog treats, but you'll have more control with an icing bag or even a clear plastic catsup bottle.
These footballs are really cute, and you’ll get a lot of compliments, if you serve them at a party. I know your dog will like them!
Even if you decide not to decorate them, put them in your dog cookie recipes file and use them for everyday dog treats or training treats. The smell of anise seeds in the oven will drive both you and your dog crazy!
Directions for Football Party Homemade Dog Cookies
Place everything (except the icing or yogurt coating) in your bread maker
Set the bread maker for the dough setting.
When the dough is ready, remove it and divide it into 3 or 4 balls.
Roll each ball into a sheet that is ¼” thick.
Cut the little cookies (I used a shape that was meant to be a “Christmas light bulb”) into as close a shape as you can get to a football. You can do this freehand if you can’t find a cutter—but that is a LOT of work!
Place the dog cookies on a greased cookie sheet.
Let the footballs rise in a warm place for 45-60 minutes.
Bake the dog treats for 30-45 minutes at 275 degrees F or until they are light brown.
Turn off the oven and let them dry for an additional several hours or overnight in the oven.
Decorate with Royal icing to make the lacings on the footballs.
I hope you are enjoying my dog cookie recipes. If you like this one, please try another. Once you get started--like me--I think you'll be hooked!
It's really fun to get creative with dog cookie recipes. And dogs are SO appreciative!
in the oven will drive both you and your dog crazy!
