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Peanut Butter Spider Cookies

Peanut Butter Spider Cookies

Name: Peanut Butter Spider Cookies
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: Granulated sugar ⅔ cup; Brown sugar ½ cup; Vegetable shortening ⅔ cup; Peanut butter ⅔ cup; Eggs 1; Vanilla extract 1 tsp; Plain flour 1 ¼ cups; Baking soda ⅛ tsp; Salt ⅛ tsp; Dark chocolate 3 ½ oz; Chocolate truffles 24; Candy eyes 48

cute Halloween cookies to bake with the kids

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55m
Serves 24
Medium
350 °F
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Ingredients

	For the cookies:
	⅔ cup Granulated sugar
	½ cup Brown sugar light, or muscovado sugar light
	⅔ cup Vegetable shortening
	⅔ cup Peanut butter smooth (creamy)
	1 Eggs
	1 tsp Vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste
	1 ¼ cups Plain flour
	⅛ tsp Baking soda
	⅛ tsp Salt fine
	For the decoration:
	3 ½ oz Dark chocolate melted and cooled slightly
	24 Chocolate truffles Lindt Lindor (I use a mix of milk, dark or caramel)
	48 Candy eyes

Nutritional information

227

calories

13,8g

fat

3,9g

protein

23,6g

carbohydrates

8mg

cholesterol

57,3mg

sodium

Cuisine:

American Recipes

Ingredients

For the cookies:
⅔ cup Granulated sugar
½ cup Brown sugar
light, or muscovado sugar light
⅔ cup Vegetable shortening
⅔ cup Peanut butter
smooth (creamy)
1 Eggs
1 tsp Vanilla extract
or vanilla bean paste
1 ¼ cups Plain flour
⅛ tsp Baking soda
⅛ tsp Salt
fine
For the decoration:
3 ½ oz Dark chocolate
melted and cooled slightly
24 Chocolate truffles
Lindt Lindor (I use a mix of milk, dark or caramel)
48 Candy eyes

Peanut Butter Spider Cookies

Peanut Butter Spider Cookies are the cutest Halloween cookies you can think of! I use Lindor chocolate balls to make the spider bodies and I stick on candy eyes to give them personality. My kids love helping me to decorate these cookies in time for Halloween.

I start by making peanut butter cookies. When they are still warm from the oven I use the end of a pestle to make indents in the middle of each cookie. I try to make the indents large enough to hold the Lindor chocolate balls later but don’t worry if the cookies crack when you do this. To make the spider legs, I put melted chocolate in a piping bag and I pipe eight legs for each spider. So much fun!

To make Peanut Butter Spider Cookies, you will need the following ingredients:

So, how to make Peanut Butter Spider Cookies?

Steps to make Peanut Butter Spider Cookies

1	Heat the oven and prepare a baking sheet	5
Preheat the oven to 350 °F. Line a baking sheet with non-stick baking paper.
2	Combine the sugars	1
In the bowl of a food mixer, lightly mix the sugars together using the flat paddle attachment.
3	Beat in the peanut butter and vegetable shortening	3
Add the peanut butter and vegetable shortening to the bowl. Beat on medium until you have a light and smooth mixture.
4	Mix in the eggs and vanilla extract	2
Beat in the eggs and vanilla extract for a minute until fully combined.
5	Sift in the flour, baking soda and salt	1
Sift the flour, baking soda, and salt into the same bowl and beat on low until fully incorporated.
6	Shape the dough	3
Roll small balls of dough. Place them about 2-3 inches apart on the lined baking sheet and gently flatten each cookie with your fingers.
7	Bake	20
Bake for 12 minutes. Remove from the oven and while they are still hot, make indents in the surface of each cookie. Return the cookies to the oven and continue to bake for 6-8 more minutes.
8	Cool on a wire rack	5
Allow the cookies to rest on the baking sheet for around 5 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
9	Decorate the cookies	15
Place a small amount of melted chocolate into the indent of each cookie and place a Lindor chocolate truffle on the melted chocolate. Place each truffle so that the little hole at the bottom look like spider mouths. Using melted chocolate, stick the candy eyes to each truffle. Finally, pipe 8 legs onto each cookie.
10	Serve
Allow the chocolate to set, then serve the spider cookies on a platter and watch them disappear!

My kids love making and decorating these Peanut Butter Spider Cookies before Halloween. Added bonus - they taste delicious too! If you’re looking for a home-baked snack both you and your children will love, then look no further. Please tag #CookMeRecipes if you make these!

Lilly Mathuse

Lilly is an enthusiastic and cheerful young mom. She knows as well as any parent that children can be really picky when it comes to food. And she’s had plenty of experience trying to cook meals that are both tasty and nutritious, and able to satisfy the tastes of a fussy kid right away! To save you some precious time, Lilly's going to share with you all the tricks she learned the hard way, so you don’t have to! She has a wealth of recipes for quick and easy meals for kids and families on a budget.