Halloween Spider Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
Spiders
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Candy eyes or round white sprinkles
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Chocolate Melting wafers or more chocolate chips
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36 semisweet chocolate wafers
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2 cups semi sweet chocolate chips
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1/2 tsp. salt
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1 tsp. baking soda
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2 1/2 cups cake flour or pastry flour
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2 tsp. vanilla
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2 eggs
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1/2 cup sugar
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1 cup dark brown sugar
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1 cup butter, at room temperature
Method
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01Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
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02Beat butter and sugars until creamy.
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03Add eggs and vanilla. Mix well.
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04Mix in the dry ingredients. Mix in chocolate chips.
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05Scoop a rounded tablespoon (or use a medium cookie scoop) of dough onto parchment lined cookie sheets.
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06Bake 8 minutes or until cookies are golden.
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07Remove from oven, add one chocolate wafer and a few more semisweet chocolate chips. Allow to cool for a few minutes and remove to wire rack to decorate.
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08Melt about 1/2 cup melting wafers or chocolate chips in the microwave, stopping and stirring until smooth.
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09Place warm chocolate in a piping bag fit with a small round tip. Or you can use a quart ziploc bag and cut a tiny hole in one of the corners.
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10Let the chocolate cool a bit until it pipes neatly without running out of the bag. Then pipe 8 legs on each spider. While the wafer is still soft, add eyes if desired. Let cool completely before putting in a storage container.
