Very nice Jessy! DH and I both vote for the white one although I'm sure they all taste great.

Ooooh! Great! I like the looks of the bottom right one!!

I like the white one and the plain gingerbread. The fleur de lis represents the Saints even without the black and gold. They look great.

I made spiced nuts with cayenne, rosemary, balsamic, brown sugar and butter to represent the HOT SAINTS! Finished off with a little of the pink Murray Rive salt from you.

Your cookies look delish.

Lee

They look great! I like the white one with buttons too. What about pushing three mini chocolate chips into the dough before baking? Would that make the buttons more uniformed? Just a suggestion. Al

Not bad for a preschooler LOL! I vote bottom right; the colors look rich.

Top right and bottom left. I'll be happy to eat the other two for you.

OK Thanks guys, whew. I have a mix, but mostly the plain one with three dots. DS #2 came into the room and asked to help, so he got to do the gingerbread with yellow sugar.

althetrainer, I have already baked these, but good suggestion about Chocolate chips for next time!

FYI the recipe is mostly riverrat's - but I forgot to chill the dough, so I added more flour to stiffen it up - handling it didn't help (hiding head in shame) - I guess that would make these something other than sugar cookies.

I appreciate your looking and oohing and ahhing!

Jessica, they look great..I like the bottom two..

and next time make SharonCB's Aunt Doe's Shortbread..so easy..rolls out and cuts beautifully and take well to anything sweet on top if you'd like..

Who Dat?

Here is my sad attempt at making Superbowl cookies! I tried really hard too. I want to send a special shout out to Jessica for the cookie cutter. They sure do taste good but not so pretty.

Jessica, your cookies are all great looking. I'm
embarrased...

doucanoe, notice the plate?

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Geaux Saints!

Who Dat?

Here is a link that might be useful: Who Dat

Pictures of my attempt are coming up as soon as I can figure out how to post them.

Lee, can you post the proportions for your Hot Saints recipe? (I think Drew Brees qualifies as a pretty Hot Saint!!!)

Dear Miami,

The Saints are coming. And so are we, their loyal, long-suffering and slightly discombobulated Super Bowl-bound fans.

While there's still time to prepare -- although a few hard-core Who Dats will begin trickling in Monday, most of us won't arrive until Thursday or Friday -- we thought we'd give you a heads-up about what you should expect.

First things first: You need more beer.

Yeah, we know. You ordered extra. You think you have more than any group of humans could possibly consume in one week. Trust us. You don't.

New Orleans was a drinking town long before the Saints drove us to drink. But it turns out beer tastes better when you're winning. (Who knew?) So let's just say we're thirsty for more than a championship; adjust your stockpiles accordingly.

And look. When we ask you for a go-cup, be nice to us. We don't even know what "open container law" means. Is that anything like "last call"?

It's Carnival season in New Orleans (that's Mardi Gras to you), and we'll be taking the celebration on the road. So don't be startled if you walk past us and we throw stuff at you; that's just our way of saying hello.

Oh, and sorry in advance about those beads we leave dangling from your palm trees. We just can't help ourselves.

February is also crawfish season, and you can be sure that more than one enterprising tailgater will figure out a way to transport a couple sacks of live mudbugs and a boiling pot to Miami.

When the dude in the 'Who Dat' T-shirt asks if you want to suck da head and pinch da tail, resist the urge to punch him. He's not propositioning you. He's inviting you to dinner.

And if you see a big Cajun guy who looks exactly like an old Saints quarterback walking around town in a dress ... don't ask. It's a long story.

We know that crowd control is a major concern for any Super Bowl host city. Our advice? Put away the riot gear.

Reason No. 1: Indianapolis is going to lose, and their fans are way too dull to start a riot.

Reason No. 2: New Orleans showed the world on Sunday that we know how to throw a victory party. We don't burn cars. We dance on them.

Reason No. 3: Even if we did lose, which we won't, leaving the stadium would be like leaving a funeral, and our typical response to that is to have a parade..

Speaking of which: If you happen to see a brass band roll by, followed by a line of folks waving their handkerchiefs, you're not supposed to just stand there and watch. As our own Irma Thomas would say, get your backfield in motion.

And hey, Mister DJ! Yes, we know you've already played that stupid Ying Yang Twins song 10 times tonight, but indulge us just one more time.

To us, "Halftime (Stand Up and Get Crunk)" isn't just a song; it's 576 points of good memories. It's the sound of a Drew Brees touchdown pass to Devery Henderson, a Pierre Thomas dive for first down on 4th-and-1, a Garrett Hartley field goal sailing through the uprights in overtime.

It's what a championship sounds like. You may get sick of hearing it. We won't. Encore, dammit.

Inside Sun Life Stadium, you may find your ears ringing more than usual. We're louder than other fans. Seven thousand of ours sound like 70,000 of theirs.

Don't believe us? Ask the 12th man in the Vikings huddle.

Some people think it's just the Dome that heightens our volume. But you're about to discover a little secret: We can scream loud enough to make your head explode, indoors or out.

It's not the roof. It's the heart.

Well, OK, and the beer.

Don't be surprised if there are more Saints fans outside the stadium than inside. A lot of us are coming just to say we were part of history, even if we can't witness it up close. The Saints are family to us, and you know how it is with family: We want to be there for them, whether they really need us or not. Because we know our presence will mean something to them, whether they can see us or not.

Come to think of it, seeing as how you're taking us in for the week, we pretty much regard you as family, too. So we're warning you now: If you're within hugging distance, you're fair game.

Hugging strangers is a proud Who Dat tradition, right up there with crying when we win.

Most sports fans cry when their teams lose. Not us. We've been losing gracefully and with good humor for 43 years. Tragedy and disappointment don't faze us. It's success that makes us go to pieces.

Hurricane Katrina? We got that under control. The Saints in the Super Bowl? SOMEBODY CALL A PARAMEDIC!!!

So anyway, don't let the tears of joy freak you out. We're just ... disoriented.

OK. Let's review:

Order more beer. Throw me something, mister. Suck da heads. Wear da dress. Stand up. Get crunk. Hug it out. Protect your eardrums. Pass the Kleenex. Hoist the trophy.

See you at the victory party.

Faithfully yours,

The Who Dat Nation

My cousin posted on FB last night that 3 bars in Miami that she was at ran out of beer. Everyone was complaining because they said "We even sent you a letter and warned you about us!!!"

Well, all riiiight, RR! You told 'em! They've been warned!

Yes, I'm clueless.....will someone please explain the "who dat" to me???

Jessy, I'll take the loser cookies off your hands so they won't suffer further humiliation..... ;o)

dlynn, get your kids to help you!

Jessica, it's too late, but I like the one on the bottom right.

RR, I'm rooting for the Saints. Right after I go out and buy some beer. Hey, I want to be prepared, just in case those fans spill over the Florida State Line and start north!

Annie

OK, I made some too. we ate some during the game, and I sent some to school today for my kids to celebrate the win. I even sent some to the Latin teacher -- a huge Colts fan!!

Here's my attempt -- what do you think?

Here's another picture of them. I've never decorated cookies before, and I'm not very artistic. They have the gold sparkly sugar in the middle, but it doesn't really show up very good in the pictures.

*thud*

Those are PERFECT! How did you do it?

Aside from the great-looking cookies, I wanted to comment on Karen's letter to Miami from the Who Dat Nation. LOVE IT! You should be published!

Jessy, Do you really like them? We really didn't have much time, and probably could have done something better if we would have had more time. It really wasn't as difficult as I thought it would be.

Pat, don't tell Karen I told you, but it was published --- on the front page of the New Orleans paper (she "borrowed"it). It's great, ain't it? On Conversations, I posted the same guy's letter to the NFL after the victory. It's pretty good, but not as good.

Aha! Thanks!

Those look really good!

Wow, those do look really good.

And I loved the letter too...

Annie