Halloween Chocolate Chip Cookies With Spiders Recipes

SPIDER COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325 degrees F.
• In a medium bowl mix together flour, salt, and baking soda..
• In a separate large mixing bowl beat the butter and sugars together with an electric mixer until well blended.
• Add the egg, egg yolk, and vanilla. Stir in the dry ingredients and mix until just combined.
• Gently stir in ¾ cup chocolate chips. The dough will be soft.
• Gently scoop dough into balls and place on a parchment lined cookie sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes.
• Remove from oven and place 3-4 chocolate chips into the tops of each cookie, point side up.
• Add remaining chocolate chips to a microwave safe bowl and microwave, on low power, stirring every 30 seconds, until melted.
• Just barely cut the corner off of a small ziplock bag (you want the hole to be very small to make your spider legs). Spoon the melted chocolate into the bag and use it draw spider legs on the sides of the chocolate chips.
• Store cookies in an airtight container or freeze in a freezer ziplock bag.

HALLOWEEN CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt. Set the mixture aside.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together the butter, sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract until light and fluffy, scraping down the sides as needed.
• Add the eggs, one at a time, beating between each addition then add the flour mixture and beat just until combined.
• Add the chocolate chips and beat until incorporated then cover and refrigerate the dough for a minimum of 2 hours and up to overnight. (See Kelly's Notes.)
• Preheat the oven to 375°F and line two baking sheets with parchment paper or Silpat baking mats.
• Using two spoons or an ice cream scoop, portion out about 2 tablespoons of the dough into mounds, spacing the mounds at least 2 inches apart. Add 2 or 3 additional chocolate chips to the tops of the cookies. (These will be the spider "bodies.")
• Bake the cookies for 9 to 11 minutes or until they are set around the edges but still slightly underbaked in the centers. Remove the cookies from the oven and allow them to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring them to a rack to cool completely.
• Once the cookies have cooled, melt the chocolate candy melts per the package instructions then transfer the chocolate to a piping bag or sealable plastic bag. Snip off the tip then pipe spider "legs" coming out of the chocolate chips on the tops of the cookies. Attach the spider "eyes" by adding two dots of chocolate above the chocolate chips then attaching the candy eyes. Let the chocolate set then serve.

HALLOWEEN SPIDER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F. In a mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt until combined. Set aside.
• Combine butter, peanut butter, 1/2 cup granulated sugar, and brown sugar in the bowl of a heavy-duty stand mixer. Beat on medium-high until light and fluffy, 3 minutes. Scrape down sides of bowl and add eggs one at a time, beating for 1 minute after each addition. Add vanilla and milk; beat on medium-high until airy and doubled in volume, about 2 minutes. Add flour mixture to wet ingredients and incorporate on low speed until just combined, about 1 minute.
• Place remaining 1/4 cup granulated sugar in a small bowl. Portion dough into 1 1/2-inch balls and roll in granulated sugar. Place sugar coated dough balls 2 inches apart on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet.
• Bake for 8 minutes, remove from oven, use the round side of a rounded 1/2 tablespoon measuring spoon to press a crater into the center of each puffed dough ball (the dough will crack and create a rounded crater around the measuring spoon). Return to the oven and bake until light golden brown, 3-5 minutes. Transfer to wire racks to cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• Melt chocolate and shortening together in a microwave-safe bowl by microwaving in 30 second intervals on 30% power, stirring between each interval, until completely melted. Transfer melted chocolate to a pastry bag fitted with a small round piping tip. On one cookie, pipe 2 sets of 4 lines originating in the crater and running parallel to each other on either side of the cookie for the illusion of spider legs. Repeat with remaining cookies. Place one chocolate truffle in each crater. Use remaining melted chocolate in piping bag to adhere the candy eyeballs onto the faces of each truffle.

HALLOWEEN CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Position an oven rack in the top and bottom and preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment. Stir together the flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda in a medium bowl.
• Combine the brown sugar and granulated sugar with the butter in a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Beat on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, 1 to 2 minutes. Add the eggs and vanilla and beat well to combine, 1 to 2 minutes. Add the flour mixture and beat on low speed to combine, scraping the bowl down once to make sure it is mixed well, about 1 minute. Add the oats, candy-coated chocolates, chocolate chips, half of the sprinkles and the pecans if using. Mix on low speed just to combine, about 30 seconds.
• Spread the remaining 1/2 cup sprinkles in a small bowl. Using a 1/4-cup (2-ounce) ice cream scoop or dry measuring cup, scoop a scant 1/4 cup of dough, roll into a ball and flatten them slightly with the palm of your hand. Press the top of the ball in the sprinkles. Place 6 balls of dough on each baking sheet. Arrange 2 eyeballs on each dough ball. (Refrigerate the remaining dough while you bake this batch.)
• Bake, rotating the pans halfway through, until the edges are crisp and golden, 15 to 18 minutes. Remove the pans to wire racks to cool slightly, then transfer the cookies to the racks to cool completely. Allow the baking sheets to cool and then repeat with the remaining dough.