Spider Web Sugar Cookies are a Halloween must have. They are the perfect sugar cookie for classroom or family parties. They are also a great dessert to let the kids help with. These spooky cookies are the perfect dessert to celebrate Halloween.
These Halloween cookies use a soft sugar cookie recipe topped with a delicious buttercream frosting.
Recipe Ingredient Notes
- Butter
- Sugar
- Eggs
- Baking Powder
- Vanilla
- Baking Soda
- Salt
- Sour Cream
- Flour
- Shortening
- Powdered Sugar
- Milk
- Black Food Coloring
- Orange Food Coloring
- Malted Milk Balls
- Starbursts
How to Make Spider Web Sugar Cookies
- Mix margarine, eggs, and sugar until well blended.
- Add baking powder, vanilla, baking soda, salt, and sour cream and stir well.
- Add flour and gently combine. If it’s too sticky, add just a little more flour and refrigerate for about 30 minutes.
- Roll out dough on a floured surface and cut with a circle cookie cutter (I used a 3 1/4 in diameter circle cookie cutter).
- Bake at 350 degrees for about 9 minutes (you do not want to overcook them).
- Combine all ingredients and mix well. If it is too thin, add more powdered sugar and if it is too thick, add a little more milk.
- Color the remaining frosting orange.
- Frost each cookie and then pipe the black frosting as shown in the picture below.
- Then drag a toothpick from the center to the outside edge.
- Decorate each cookie with a web.
- Set aside about 1/2- 3/4 cup of frosting and color it black for the web.
- Cut each malted milk ball in half. I tried to cut it a little off center so that one half was a little larger than the other half. The smaller half will be the spider head and the larger half of the malted milk ball will be the spider body.
- Soften the starburst in the microwave for about 5 seconds. Break off tiny pieces and roll into the eyes.
- Stick onto the head with a little bit of icing.
- Place the two halves of the milk ball into the center of the cookie.
- Then pipe on the legs with black frosting. You can add a tiny dot of black frosting to the red eyes if desired.
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Serves: 36 cookies
Spider Web Sugar Cookies Recipe
Spider Web Sugar Cookies are a Halloween must have. They are the perfect sugar cookie for classroom or family parties. They are also a great dessert to let the kids help with. These spooky cookies are the perfect dessert to celebrate Halloween.
Ingredients
Cookies:
- 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1 ¼ cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup sour cream
- 4 cups flour
Frosting:
- ½ cup butter or margarine, softened
- 3 Tablespoons shortening
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1 Tablespoon milk
- black food coloring
- orange food coloring
- 36 malted milk balls
- 3 starbursts red
Instructions
Cookies:
- Mix margarine, eggs, and sugar until well blended.
- Add baking powder, vanilla, baking soda, salt, and sour cream and stir well.
- Add flour and gently combine. If it's too sticky, add just a little more flour and refrigerate for about 30 minutes.
- Roll out dough on a floured surface and cut with a circle cookie cutter (I used a 3 1/4 in diameter circle cookie cutter).
- Bake at 350 degrees for about 9 minutes (you do not want to overcook them).
Frosting:
- Combine all ingredients and mix well. If it is too thin, add more powdered sugar and if it is too thick, add a little more milk.
- Set aside about 1/2- 3/4 cup of frosting and color it black for the web.
- Color the remaining frosting orange.
- Frost each cookie and then pipe the black frosting as shown in the picture below.
- Then drag a toothpick from the center to the outside edge.
- Decorate each cookie with a web.
Spider:
- Cut each malted milk ball in half. I tried to cut it a little off center so that one half was a little larger than the other half. The smaller half will be the spider head and the larger half of the malted milk ball will be the spider body.
- Soften the starburst in the microwave for about 5 seconds. Break off tiny pieces and roll into the eyes.
- Stick onto the head with a little bit of icing.
- Place the two halves of the milk ball into the center of the cookie.
- Then pipe on the legs with black frosting. You can add a tiny dot of black frosting to the red eyes if desired.
Notes
Make sure the cookies are cooled completely before you start to frost them.
Nutrition
Calories: 206 kcal · Carbohydrates: 28 g · Protein: 2 g · Fat: 10 g · Saturated Fat: 6 g · Trans Fat: 1 g · Cholesterol: 31 mg · Sodium: 149 mg · Potassium: 26 mg · Fiber: 1 g · Sugar: 17 g · Vitamin A: 270 IU · Vitamin C: 1 mg · Calcium: 16 mg · Iron: 1 mg
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