spiderweb cookies

As I previously mentioned here, I made these spiderweb suger cookies for a Halloween party

I actually took a few pictures during the process so I'll give the recipe and then break it down

a little with the pictures I took.

Suger {Butter} Cookies

1 cup butter

1 1/4 cups sugar

3 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

3 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

Cream Shortening. Add Sugar, eggs & vanilla. Mix in dry ingredients. Refrigerate for at least one hour.

Roll out dough to desired thickness, cut with cookie cutters. Bake at 375 for about 10 minutes. Let Cool

Frosting

2 Tablespoons butter

3 Tablespoons milk

1 teaspoon vanilla

Powdered sugar (about 3-4 cups)

Heat together butter, milk & vanilla. Add powdered sugar till thick enough to spread.

Chocolate Cookies

1/4 cup sugar

1/2 cup cocoa

1 teaspoon vanilla

Add in addition to rest of cookie ingredients.

And here's the process with pictures:

After dough has been mixed and refrigerated; roll out and cut

Bake at 375 for 10 minutes

Let cool before frosting

To ice the cookies I pretty much followed these instructions, but instead of doing

a spiderweb shape, i just did a circle and let the web "techniqe" speak for itself

(give me a break, it was easier and have you seen how good her stuff looks?!)

Here's the finished cookies!