BAT AND COBWEB COOKIES
Just as setting out milk and cookies will appease a jolly elf, these gingerbread critters are sure to tame ornery beasts. Lemony royal icing cloaks the cookies with spider web and bat disguises. Use extra icing to give the bats staring eyes and to make chubby spiders.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Cookie Recipes
Yield Makes about 30
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Sift flour, baking soda, and baking powder together into a large bowl; set aside.
- Put butter and sugar into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment; beat on medium-high speed until fluffy. Beat in ginger, cinnamon, cloves and salt. Beat in eggs and molasses. Reduce speed to low; beat in flour mixture.
- Divide dough into 3 equal pieces, and flatten into disks. Wrap each in plastic wrap. Refrigerate 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. On a lightly floured work surface, roll out dough 1/8 inch thick. Transfer dough to a parchment-lined baking sheet, refrigerate until firm, about 30 minutes. Use bat and cobweb cookie cutters to create shapes. Transfer to baking sheets, and refrigerate 15 minutes. Repeat with remaining disks.
- Bake cookies until crisp but not darkened, rotating sheets halfway through, 8 to 10 minutes. Transfer sheets to wire racks, let cookies cool completely before decorating with Royal Icing.
- Using desired base color (black for bats, white for cobwebs) and a pastry bag fitted with a very small plain round tip (such as #3), pipe icing on each cookie to form an outline. Fill in with more icing, and smooth with an offset spatula. Embellish before icing dries.
- Bats: Using colored icing, pipe three lines in an arc on the still-wet icing base. For each wing: Drag a wooden skewer across the width in alternating directions. Add eyes after icing has dried.
- Cobwebs: Pipe a spiral of black icing on the still-wet icing base. Pipe decorative dots on points of cookie. Using a wooden skewer, draw lines from the center outward, connecting the center of the web and the decorative dots. Add spiders to webs after icing has dried.
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Basil Lyn
lbasil@gmail.comThese cookies are the perfect Halloween treat. They're spooky, delicious, and easy to make.
abbbaaass khan
k-a@gmail.comI'm not a big fan of Halloween, but these cookies are so cute that I couldn't resist trying them. They're delicious!
Potgieter Elsabe
potgieterelsabe55@hotmail.comThese cookies are a little too sweet for my taste, but they're still good.
Nasro Blh
nasro_blh@gmail.comI love the chocolate chips in these cookies. They add a nice touch of sweetness.
Naveed Ali Jogi
jogi_n@gmail.comThese cookies are a great way to get into the Halloween spirit. They're fun to make and they taste great.
pak vs indin
vpak@yahoo.comI've made these cookies every Halloween for the past few years. They're a family favorite!
Jericho Merced
merced-jericho79@yahoo.comThese cookies are the perfect Halloween treat. They're spooky, delicious, and easy to make.
Carl Andrew Brennan
carl@gmail.comI had a lot of fun making these cookies with my kids. They loved helping me decorate them.
Dickson Garrick
g@aol.comThese cookies were a little too dry for my taste, but they were still good.
Upendra Basnet
b_u34@gmail.comI love the way these cookies look! They're so festive and perfect for Halloween.
Marlie montera
montera4@hotmail.frThese cookies are so easy to make and they're always a hit with my friends and family.
rohini lata
l_r31@aol.comI made these cookies for a Halloween party and they were a huge success. Everyone loved them!
Notun kicur Ashay
notun91@aol.comThese cookies are perfect for Halloween! They're spooky and delicious.
Afnan Khaled
khaled.afnan@gmail.comI had trouble getting the cookies to hold their shape. They spread out too much in the oven.
khadija Touil
touil-k@yahoo.comThe cookies were a little too sweet for my taste, but my kids loved them.
Timothy Mclov
mclov-t@aol.comThese cookies are so cute! I love the way the bats and cobwebs look.
SUMER SINGH RATHORE
s@gmail.comI've made these cookies several times now and they always turn out perfect. They're so easy to make and they're always a crowd-pleaser.
clive rivett
c-r@yahoo.comThese cookies were a huge hit with my kids! They loved the spooky design and the delicious taste. I'll definitely be making them again for Halloween.