Spider Cookies Recipe
Spider Cookies Recipe
In yet another installment of Halloween baking I bring you these “Spider” cookies which essentially are your stock-standard chocolate chip cookies with a little bit of trickery involving a steady hand and a toothpick.
Did you know that Halloween originated in Ireland and was a celebration of the end of autumn and the beginning of winter. The dead were honoured and places were set at the table for their spirits. Later, in Scotland and Wales people went from door to door reciting poetry or singing songs in exchange for food and then it grew from there into trick-or-treating and lots of money spent on chocolate. Of course it got heavily commercialised but so did Christmas and Easter! I don’t understand how the tradition skipped Australia and went straight to North America but that’s the story……..
Ingredients
- 125g softened butter
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 1 egg
- 1 3/4 cup self raising flour
- 250g dark choc chips
Instructions
- Beat the butter and brown sugar together, then mix in vanilla and egg until well combined. Mix in the flour (you might have to use your hands), then the chocolate chips.
- spider cookie 2
- Form into small balls, flatten slightly and bake until just starting to go golden at the edges (about 12 minutes)
- When you take the tray out of the oven, use a skewer to dip into one of the choc chips to make spider legs!
Carolyn Murphy
Carolyn Murphy is a married mother of three and regularly provides us with recipes and strange but true stories about her life. When she’s not here, she can also be found on her website pinkpostitnote.com where all her other recipes are located!
