Delight your Halloween guests with ghost and spider cookies

Decorated shortbread cookies are a staple for Halloween parties. They're so appealing, you might hesitate to eat them. Nevertheless, once you've had a bite, you'll agree they're as tasty as they are attractive. Here's how to make them.

Halloween parties offer a fun chance to whip up imaginative treats adorned with whimsical embellishments. Ghost and spider cookies are easy to prepare, delicious, and delightfully impressive. A sweet blend of chocolate and shortbread is dressed up with a dash of creativity to create spooky confections enjoyable for both children and adults.

Ingredients:

• 2.64 lbs of wheat flour,
• 3.16 oz of powdered sugar,
• 5.29 oz of cold butter,
• 1 egg.

For the Filling:

• 1 bar of semi-sweet chocolate, melted,
• 1 bar of white chocolate, melted,
• candy eyes.

Method of Preparation:

Step 1: Combine flour, powdered sugar, and cold butter in a bowl, add the egg yolk, and then mix with a paddle attachment or knead by hand.

Step 2: Turn the dough out onto a surface, knead, and then form it into a ball. Wrap it in cling film and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Step 3: After refrigerating, roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface. Use a cookie cutter to shape large circles, cutting an additional circle in the middle of a quarter of the cookies.

Step 4: For a quarter of the cookies, cut two sizes of circles similar to a snowman shape. Follow our recipe video for clear instructions on this process. Bake at 356 degrees Fahrenheit for 10 minutes.

Step 5: Cover the solid cookies with melted semi-sweet chocolate and place a cookie with a smaller cut-out on top. Fill the window with chocolate, draw spider legs using a toothpick, and add candy eyes.

Step 6: Coat the remaining cookies with white chocolate and apply the double-circle cookie shape. Fill the window of these with white chocolate and use the semi-sweet chocolate to create eyes.

Step 7: Once the chocolate has solidified, the Halloween cookies are ready to be served. Enjoy!