Ingredients
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- 1/2 cup salted butter, softened
- 1/2 cup Imperial Sugar granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup firmly packed Imperial Sugar brown sugar
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 7.5 ounces by weight all purpose flour (about 1.5 cups measured)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- About 24 peanut butter cups, unwrapped
- About 48 candy googly eyes
- 2 oz or so of milk or semi-sweet chocolate, melted + a long toothpick for painting the spider legs
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 F. Line a cookie sheet with a silicon baking mat or spray with cooking spray.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter, peanut butter and sugars until fluffy. Stir in the egg and vanilla until well mixed.
- Sprinkle the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt over and stir to mix.
- Use a medium cookie scoop to scoop up equally sized balls of cookie dough. Shape into balls and slightly flatten them. Bake for 12 – 14 minutes. or until lightly browned on bottom.
- Remove from oven and gently press a peanut butter cup, larger side down, onto each cookie. The peanut butter cup will melt as it sets into the cookie. While the chocolate is still hot and melty, set 2 eyes into the side of each peanut butter cup. Remove the cookies from the baking sheet and let sit in a cool place until the chocolate is set.
- Melt the chocolate, then dip a long toothpick into the chocolate and use the toothpick to “paint” 8 legs onto each cookie. I found it works best to get about 3/4 inch of chocolate on the toothpick, then set the toothpick sideways on the cookie, setting it right by the peanut butter cup then making a gentle motion down and away.
Notes
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Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie