Silly Halloween Spider Cookies
Sunday, 8 May 2022
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Silly Halloween Spider Cookies
This fun and silly Halloween Spider Cookies Recipe features miniature Reese's Peanut Butter Cups for a yummy cookie ready to be the star of any Halloween party!
PREP TIME30 minutes
COOK TIME12 minutes
ADDITIONAL TIME10 minutes
TOTAL TIME52 minutes
Ingredients
1/2 cup Shortening
1/2 cup Peanut Butter
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
1/2 cup Sugar
1 Egg
2 tbsp Milk
1 tsp Vanilla
1 3/4 cup Flour
1 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 tsp Salt
1/4 cup Sugar (For rolling)
48 miniature Reese's cups, unwrapped and frozen
96 Candy Eyes
1/2 cup Chocolate Chips
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375.
In a large bowl, beat together shortening, peanut butter, egg, sugar, brown sugar, vanilla and milk.
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda and salt.
Gradually add dry mixture to wet mixture and beat until blended.
Form dough into 1 inch balls.
Roll each ball in sugar and place a couple of inches apart on an ungreased baking sheet.
Bake 10-12 minutes or until golden.
Immediately, gently press an upside down frozen peanut butter cup on top of each cookie and move to wire rack to cool.
After placing and moving all of the cookies on the wire rack. put in place the candy eyes while chocolate is still slightly soft.
Place in refrigerator for 10 minutes to allow cookies to firm.
Place chocolate chips in the corner of a zip-top sandwich bag.
Microwave for 20 seconds, knead and repeat until chocolate is melted.
Clip very small piece off of corner of bag to allow for piping and draw 8 legs on each spider cookie.
Place in refrigerator for 10 minutes to allow legs to set.