Easy Nutter Butter Football Cookies

Royal icing ingredients:
2 egg whites
1 C powder sugar
½ tsp cream of tartar

Let’s make those footballs: 
Line a cookie sheet with wax paper. Tape down the sides and ends of the wax paper to the cookie sheet.
Using a double boiler melt the chocolate melts, stir often until all of the chocolate is melted.
With a fork dip each cookie into the melted chocolate. If necessary use a spoon to spread the chocolate over the entire cookie both front and back.
Place the dipped chocolate cookies on the lined cookie sheet. Allow them to dry completely about 20+ minutes.

And now the royal icing:
Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl mixing on medium speed for 4 minutes. If icing isn’t stiff enough, you’ll want to add 1/4 cup powder sugar until stiff. Spoon the icing into piping bags using a #2 tip.

Add now to add the stitching on the footballs:
Following the examples in the picture use the icing to make lines on each end of the cookies. Draw the lines in a curved shape not just a straight line. In the center of the cookie make a draw a short line and then cross this line with three small lines. Allow to dry completely.

And be sure to check out the Easy Rocky Road Brownies!