Spooky Peanut Butter Spider Cookies
Serves: 6
Branson Greenfelder
1 January 1970
Based on User reviews:
52
Spice
41
Sweetness
48
Sourness
41
mins
Prep time (avg)
4.8
Difficulty
Ingredients:
3 cup
All-Purpose Flour1 tsp
Baking Soda1 cup
Granulated Sugar1 tsp
Pure Vanilla Extract1 large
Egg1 cup
Smooth Peanut Butter60 g
Semisweet ChocolateDirections:
1
Position oven racks in the top and bottom thirds of the oven and preheat to 375 degrees F
2
Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper
3
Separate the chocolate candy balls into larger and smaller balls
4
The larger balls will make up the spider bodies and the smaller balls the heads
5
Whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt in a small bowl
6
Cream the sugar and butter in a medium bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes
7
Add the vanilla and egg and mix until thoroughly combined, about 1 minute
8
Add the peanut butter and mix until creamy, about 1 minute
9
Turn the mixer speed down to low and add half of the flour mixture
10
Beat on medium until incorporated, then turn the speed down to low again and add the rest of the flour mixture
11
Beat on medium until incorporated
12
Roll the dough by hand into 1-inch balls, place about 1 inch apart on the prepared baking sheets and bake, rotating the pans halfway through, until the cookies are light golden brown and have spread to about 2 inches wide, about 16 minutes
13
The cookies are done when they smell very peanut buttery and the tops feel dry and slightly firm when pressed with fingers
14
Meanwhile, melt the chocolate over a double boiler
15
Remove from the heat and let cool briefly so that it is slightly thickened but still pipe-able
16
When the cookies are done, remove them from the oven and transfer them to a cooling rack
17
Immediately push 2 chocolate candies directly into each hot cookie, putting a smaller chocolate ball toward the edge of the cookie and a larger chocolate ball directly behind it in the center of the cookie
18
When the melted chocolate has thickened slightly, put it into a plastic bag and cut a small hole in the corner to create a piping bag
19
Pipe 8 legs on each cookie, starting from the point where the 2 chocolate candies meet
20
Pipe the front 4 legs so that they curve up toward the head and the back 4 legs so that they curve backward beyond the body
21
Reserve the remaining chocolate in the piping bag for the pupils of the eyes
22
To make eyes, pipe two 1/4-inch circles on the "heads" of each spider with the cake decorating gel
23
Pipe a tiny dot of the reserved melted chocolate in the center of each to make the pupils