Halloween Chocolate Chip Cookies with Spiders
Description
This Halloween chocolate chip cookie with spiders recipe takes the typical cookie and transforms it for the spooky season, while adding extra chocolate.
Ingredients
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2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
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1 teaspoon baking soda
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1 teaspoon salt
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1/2 teaspoon baking powder
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1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
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3/4 cup white sugar
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3/4 cup packed brown sugar
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2 eggs
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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2 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips, divided
Directions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
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Combine flour, baking soda, salt, and baking powder in a large bowl. Mix with a fork until well blended.
3
Beat butter, white sugar, and brown sugar with an electric mixer in a separate large bowl until smooth and creamy. Beat in eggs and vanilla extract until smooth and fluffy. Add flour mixture, 1 cup at a time, and mix with a spatula until well incorporated: fold in 1 ½ cups chocolate chips.
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Drop rounded spoonfuls of dough onto ungreased baking sheets, spacing them about 2 inches apart. Gently press 3 to 4 chocolate chips into the surface of each cookie, tip-side down, to form the spider “bodies".
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Bake in the preheated oven until edges are golden, 10 to 15 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet briefly, about 1 minute, before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
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Melt remaining chocolate chips in a microwave-safe glass or ceramic bowl in 15-second intervals, stirring after each interval, 1 to 3 minutes. Fit a piping bag with a coupler and small tip. Drop piping bag into a tall glass and fold edges down around the glass. Spoon chocolate into the bag. Gather edges and twist together: draw little spider legs on each side of the spider bodies on cooled cookies.