Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup cocoa, sifted
Filling:
- 1 cup mascarpone
- 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
Royal icing:
- 1 cup sifted confectioners' sugar
- 1 tablespoon egg white or powdered egg white mixed according to package instructions*
Directions
Cream together the butter and sugar for 5 minutes. Add the cocoa and flour and mix together well until it combines. Allow to rest for 1 hour, covered in plastic.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
With a rolling pin, roll the dough to 1/4-inch thickness and with a cookie cutter shaped like a football, cut the dough into footballs. Place on parchment paper on cookie sheet and bake for 10 minutes. Turn the sheet and bake another 5 minutes. Allow to cool.
Mix together the mascarpone and 2 tablespoons of confectioners' sugar until well blended. Spread a little of this mixture on 1 football and top with a second football to make a sandwich. Continue spreading the mixture until all cookies are used.
To make the royal icing, combine the 1 cup of confectioners' sugar with the egg white. Mix until the consistency is very smooth. Pour icing into a piping bag fitted with a round #1 tip. Pipe a football lace design on the cookies. Let dry.
*RAW EGG WARNING
Food Network Kitchens suggest caution in consuming raw and lightly-cooked eggs due to the slight risk of Salmonella or other food-borne illness. To reduce this risk, we recommend you use only fresh, properly-refrigerated, clean, grade A or AA eggs with intact shells, and avoid contact between the yolks or whites and the shell.
















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By BobEllis
NJ
on February 11, 2011
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Works well. Takes a bit of mixing to get the dough consolidated like all shortbreads. If you don't mix long enough it will be crumbly. I let it rest in the fridge.
I made them heart shaped for Valentine's Day and added some red color to the filling and frosting. A happy treat.
By yumplum100_9239083
charlestown, WV
on December 21, 2007
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I found the recipe easy to follow, but the first time I made the cookies they fell apart like the other reviews said. I made them a second time but with replacing %25 of the regular baking flour with RICE FLOUR. That time they held up and tasted pretty good.
By mjwadsworth2000...
Columbus, OH
on September 01, 2005
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I've been baking for years. Even dogtreats!! I made these and baked them exactly as the recipe said and they just fell apart trying to transfer them to the cooling rack. Huge waste of time and money. I was supposed to be taking these to a potluck "tailgate" at my office tomorrow and now I have nothing to take. I don't think I'll try one of Wolfgangss recipes again.
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