These Mint Spider Cookies are easy to make for Halloween parties and get togethers. The recipe includes a yummy mint sugar cookie base and step-by-step instructions for creating fun spider webs.
Halloween is coming up very soon. Can you believe it? For many parents this means Halloween parties at school everywhere else. If you're scrambling to try to find something to make that's fun for the kids but not too complicated, these Mint Spider Cookies are a perfect solution. They are easy to decorate with these step by step instructions, too!
Mint Spider Cookies Recipe
Ingredients:
- 3/4 cup softened salted butter
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons mint extract
- 1 egg
- 2 1/4 cup all purpose flour
- green gel food coloring
- black gel icing
- chocolate chips
Additional Materials:
- circle cookie cutter
- parchment paper
1. Preheat your oven to 325° and line a baking sheet with a piece of parchment paper.
2. Using a hand mixer, beat your softened butter and sugar together for about three minutes.
3. Quickly mix in your mint extract and egg.
4. Now, mix in your flour. It will start to thicken and then look a little crumbly.
5. Finish kneading the dough in your hands until it starts to stick together.
6. Roll your dough out onto a floured piece of parchment paper.
7. Press your circle cookie cutter onto your dough and place the circles onto your baking pan.8. Bake for 10 minutes, they will look light in color. You don't want them to get too hard or it will make them difficult to decorate.
9. Let your cookies cool.
10. Use the black gel icing to draw a spider web. Start by making 3 skinny squiggles like the picture below.
11. Connect the squiggles as shown to complete the webs.
12. Press a chocolate chip upside down onto the opposite side as the web. This is your spider's body.
13. Draw legs on your spider and a line to the web to complete each cookie.
Printable Recipe for Mint Spider Cookies
- ¾ cup softened salted butter
- ⅔ cup sugar
- 1½ teaspoons mint extract
- 1 egg
- 2¼ cup all purpose flour
- green gel food coloring
- black gel icing
- chocolate chips
- circle cookie cutter
- parchment paper
- Preheat your oven to 325° and line a baking sheet with a piece of parchment paper.
- Using a hand mixer, beat your softened butter and sugar together for about three minutes.
- Quickly mix in your mint extract and egg.
- Now, mix in your flour. It will start to thicken and then look a little crumbly.
- Finish kneading the dough in your hands until it starts to stick together.
- Roll your dough out onto a floured piece of parchment paper.
- Press your circle cookie cutter onto your dough and place the circles onto your baking pan.
- Bake for 10 minutes, they will look light in color. You don't want them to get too hard or it will make them difficult to decorate.
- Let your cookies cool.
- Use the black gel icing to draw a spider web. Start by making 3 skinny squiggles like the picture below.
- Connect the squiggles as shown to complete the webs.
- Press a chocolate chip upside down onto the opposite side as the web. This is your spider's body.
- Draw legs on your spider and a line to the web to complete each cookie.
More Halloween Dessert Recipes:
Double Layer Cake with Pumpkin Frosting and Candy Corn Crumble
Charlene Asay says
September 28, 2016 at 12:33 pmSuch a cute idea! Thanks for sharing with u all.
Pattie @ Olla-Podrida says
September 28, 2016 at 2:11 pmThese are just adorable. Pinning and tweeting. Thanks for the fun and delicious idea.
joanna says
September 30, 2016 at 12:41 pmI’m not a big fan of mint but, I love the idea of these cookies. Thanks for sharing!
Emily says
October 2, 2016 at 6:32 pmThese are perfect for a Halloween party! Thanks for linking up with Merry Monday!
Lisa says
September 27, 2017 at 4:22 pmSuper cute cookies! Thanks for sharing them on Share Your Style.
Emily says
October 10, 2017 at 2:49 pmThese would make a great “Boo” gift! Thanks for sharing with Merry Monday!