Spider Web Sugar Cookies

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

1. Mix margarine, eggs, and sugar until well blended.
2. Add baking powder, vanilla, baking soda, salt, and sour cream and stir well.
3. Add flour and gently combine. If it’s too sticky, add just a little more flour and refrigerate for about 30 minutes.
4. 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).
5. Bake at 350 degrees for about 9 minutes (you do not want to overcook them).
6. 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.
7. Color the remaining frosting orange.
8. Frost each cookie and then pipe the black frosting as shown in the picture below.
9. Then drag a toothpick from the center to the outside edge.
10. Decorate each cookie with a web.
11. Set aside about 1/2- 3/4 cup of frosting and color it black for the web.
12. 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.
13. Soften the starburst in the microwave for about 5 seconds. Break off tiny pieces and roll into the eyes.
14. Stick onto the head with a little bit of icing.
15. Place the two halves of the milk ball into the center of the cookie.
16. 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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Spider Web Sugar Cookies Recipe

5 from 1 vote

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.

ServingServing: 36 cookies

Prep Time 25 minutes minutes

Cook Time 9 minutes minutes

Total Time 34 minutes minutes

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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 Tablespoon shortening
• ▢ 1 teaspoon vanilla
• ▢ 3 cups powdered sugar
• ▢ 1 Tablespoon milk
• ▢ black food coloring
• ▢ orange food coloring
• ▢ 36 malted milk balls
• ▢ 3 starbursts, red

Equipment

• Mixing Bowl
• Sheet Pan (Quarter)
• Mixer (Stand)

Instructions

Cookies:

1. Mix margarine, eggs, and sugar until well blended.
2. Add baking powder, vanilla, baking soda, salt, and sour cream and stir well.
3. Add flour and gently combine. If it's too sticky, add just a little more flour and refrigerate for about 30 minutes.
4. 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).
5. Bake at 350 degrees for about 9 minutes (you do not want to overcook them).

Frosting:

1. 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.
2. Set aside about 1/2- 3/4 cup of frosting and color it black for the web.
3. Color the remaining frosting orange.
4. Frost each cookie and then pipe the black frosting as shown in the picture below.
5. Then drag a toothpick from the center to the outside edge.
6. Decorate each cookie with a web.

Spider:

1. 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.
2. Soften the starburst in the microwave for about 5 seconds. Break off tiny pieces and roll into the eyes.
3. Stick onto the head with a little bit of icing.
4. Place the two halves of the milk ball into the center of the cookie.
5. 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

Cuisine: American

Cost: $12

Author: Steph Loaiza

Course: Dessert

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