Cookie Ingredients: – 1 Cup Unsalted Sweet Cream Butter, softened – 1 1/2 Cups Powdered Sugar – 1 Teaspoon Vanilla – 1 Egg – 3 Cups Flour – 1 Teaspoon Baking Soda – 1 Teaspoon Cream of Tartar – Spider Cookie Cutter
Icing ingredients: – 4 Egg Whites – 1/2 Teaspoon Cream of Tartar – 1/2 Teaspoon Vanilla – 4 1/2 Cups Powdered Sugar – Black Gel Food Coloring – 1 Disposable Piping Bag Fitted with a Number 2 Tip – 1 Squeeze Bottle – 1 Package of Small Edible Eyes
To Make the Cookies: Cream butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, and egg in a mixer. In a bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and cream of tartar. Gradually add dry ingredients to mixer, then mix by hand until combined. Knead dough lightly on a floured surface.
Roll out the dough to about 1/4 inch thick. Cut out 12 spiders and place onto a cookie sheet. Bake for 8 minutes or until lightly golden brown.
Repeat steps until completely out of dough. Let cookies cool completely
Royal Icing Directions: Mix egg whites, cream of tartar, vanilla, and sugar until stiff peaks form. Add black gel color. Fill piping bag with some icing. Thin remaining icing with water and transfer to a squeeze bottle.
Mix egg whites, cream of tartar, vanilla, and sugar until stiff. Add black gel color. Fill piping bag and thin remaining icing for squeeze bottle.
Fill with thin black icing and dry overnight. Pipe legs in "L" shapes. Add icing to eyes and place them. Let dry an hour before enjoying.