REESE’S PEANUT BUTTER SPIDER COOKIES
October 27, 2017
Sugar Cookies
Ingredients
½ cup shortening
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
1 cup sugar
1 egg, unbeaten
2 tablespoons milk
2 cups sifted Gold Medal Flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
Instructions
- Blend together shortening, salt, grated lemon rind, and sugar.
- Beat in egg, unbeaten and milk.
- Stir in sifted Gold Medal Flour and baking powder.
- Drop by rounded teaspoons on lightly greased baking sheet.
- Grease bottom of a glass. Dip glass in sugar and flatten each cookie.
- Sprinkle cookies with nutmeg and bake for 8 to 10 minutes, until light golden.
- Cool on a rack.
Makes about 3 dozen cookies
Chocolate Frosting
⅓ cup margarine or butter, softened
2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
2 cups powdered sugar
1 ½ teaspoon vanilla
About 2 tablespoons milk
Instructions
- Mix margarine and chocolate in medium bowl.
- Stir in powdered sugar.
- Beat in vanilla and milk until smooth and of spreading consistency.
Adding The Toppings
Ingredients
3 dozen cookies
1 small bowl of icing
About 36 Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
About 72 Reese’s Pieces
Instructions
- Use a toothpick to put a small amount of frosting in the center of the cookie.
- Take 1 Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup and put in on the icing.
- Use the toothpick to spread a small amount of frosting on one side of the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup.
- Stick 2 Reese’s Pieces on the side with frosting.
- Use the toothpick to design 8 legs around the cookie.
Sources: https://www.bettycrocker.com/
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