Hairy-Legged Spider Cookies.
I shared the tutorial for these over at TidyMom last year and thought I'd show them to you here this year.
My sister cut this idea out of Family Circle magazine for me a few years ago. I love having friends and family on the lookout for cute cookie ideas! Thank you, Molly! These are fun!
I'm pretty sure these are girl spiders and their husbands are on a business trip. Not that I speak from personal experience, it just seems like that might be a time when a girl would skip a day shaving her legs.
{Again, totally hypothetical example.}
To make them, you'll need:
- sugar cookies in a spider shape (I bought my cutter from Sweet Baking Supply, here)
- royal icing in brown and white (I used AmeriColor Chocolate Brown
mixed with Super Black for the brown and Bright White for the white.)
- decorating tips in #2, #1 and #7
- disposable piping bags
- squeeze bottles
- toothpicks
- chocolate jimmies
First, using a #2 tip and brown royal icing, pipe the outline of the spider body.
Change the tip on the piping bag to a #7 tip (or another larger round tip) and pipe on the spider legs.
Add water to the remaining brown icing, stirring in a bit at a time, until the icing is the consistency of thick syrup. Cover with a damp dish towel and let sit several minutes.
Uncover the icing and stir gently with a rubber spatula to pop the bubbles that have formed on top.
Transfer to a squeeze bottle and fill in the outline. Use a toothpick to guide around edges.
Let the cookies sit for 1 hour.
Using a #1 or #2 tip, pipe the spider's eyes in white.
Let the cookies dry overnight.
The next day, mix equal parts of meringue powder and water together. Set up a "spider leg station" like this:
I use a coffee filter as a funnel to reuse sprinkles/jimmies that have fallen off the cookies.
Time to add the hairy legs!
With a small paintbrush, paint on the meringue powder mixture where you want the sprinkles to stick. Sprinkle on the chocolate jimmies.
{{{This weekend the photography for the book starts...can I tell you how nervous and excited I am? VERY. I have a couple fantabulous guest posters lined up for next week. Just you wait...you are going to love them! }}}
Eww. Uhh I mean cute. But really they are cute. As long as they are of the sugary kind and not the icky real-life kind. :)
ReplyDeleteThese look so yummy and festive too! You are so talented!!
ReplyDeleteThese are adorable! Perfect for Halloween! :)
ReplyDeleteCute spiders! Good luck with the photography.
ReplyDeleteLove these!!
ReplyDeleteAnd hypothetically speaking, I think it would make perfect sense for a spider to skip shaving when it's husband was on a business trip.
I mean, who wants to waste smooth legs?
Book?! Where have I been? Can't wait!
ReplyDeleteWhat cute cookies! I can't wait for your book :)
ReplyDeleteThose are SO cute! I'm going to have to look around town to see if I can find a cookie cutter like that! Can't wait to give them a try!
ReplyDeletehahaah this totally reminds me of hockey wives who don't shave their legs when their men don't shave their beards during the playoffs.
ReplyDeleteSO stinking cute!!! You are so creative Bridget!
ReplyDeleteThese are adorable, and as always, I love your pictures and tutorials. My stuff never quite looks as awesome as yours, but I'm getting there! Thanks for sharing these cute cookies.
ReplyDeleteso festive, i love it! Looks really impressive without taking a lot of detail. I am a fan :)
ReplyDeleteFinally I found a spider I can deal with lol
ReplyDeleteCreepy spiders look a lot creepier with hairy legs~perfect for Halloween! I remember that "short shorts" commercial:)
ReplyDeleteThey DO, in fact, still make nair. ...and they still use that jingle (in an updated form, of course). So now I have to blame you for getting it stuck in my head. Terrible.
ReplyDeleteThe cookies, however, look great and would be perfect for a kids' school Halloween party!
Cute and Creepy!
ReplyDeleteThese are super adorable! :) But they do remind me of real hairy leg spiders, which are not adorable at all. So creative! So festive for Halloween.
ReplyDeleteAmazing! Sadly we don't get many kids around here trick or treating - all the more reason to make them for me and my partner to eat tho ;)
ReplyDeletexo
Eeee!! So cute! Love these.
ReplyDeleteyou are funny. cute cookies too.
ReplyDeleteYou get the award {there should be one} for funniest/best post title! :-) These are adorable! Congrats on your book!!!! Enjoy the photography this weekend.
ReplyDeleteminus the "hairy" statement- these are just adorable. and yes they are for sure girl spiders- probably a Mommy spider who has too many kids to take the time or even have the energy to shave her legs let alone have the desire to shave them for her husband (wait-did I just say that out loud?)
ReplyDeleteI am not a fan of spiders, but these are so darn cute that I would even eat them! Your cookies always light up my day and make me smile. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDelete"who wears short shorts!!!!!"
ReplyDeleteAh.....haha!
lmho! ;)
Haha, awesome! I love your 'hypothetical example.' My legs at this moment may be slightly . . . hairy. Even with my husband in town. =)
ReplyDeleteIf you dare wear short, shorts, Nair for short, shorts... Wasn't that about the time of "hot pants"? My favorite was a pair of pink corduroy, and looking back, they were pretty darn cute!
ReplyDeleteP.S. - The cookies are pretty darn cute too!
Those are adorable.
ReplyDeleteCan the jimmies be stuck on when the icing for the legs still wet? If the bodies are pipped, let them half dry, then pipe the legs and sprinkle the jimmies right away, then no need to make extra glue to stick the jimmies on the next day? Just wondering...
ReplyDeleteHow do you change from a tip #2 to #7 when the icing is already in the bag? In my bags the tip is just sitting inside the bag? If you are doing lots of cookies do you find that by the time you are done outlining that it is time for more icing anyway? Then just start a new bag?
ReplyDeletethanks.
These are so cute! My boys will love these!
ReplyDeleteThese are brilliant, must make them for my spider obsessed little girl!
ReplyDeleteAlison
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haha I used to use Nair! I've switched to Veet though! These spider cookies are adorable :)
ReplyDeleteThese are beautiful done, not to spooky or scary, I could handle that. Thanks Bridget, for sharing your techniques.
ReplyDeleteI just loled in Chick-fil-a...these are adorable.
ReplyDeleteThis is about the only kind of spider I like! So cute! And I totally remember the Nair jingle as well...
ReplyDeleteEEK!
ReplyDeleteOkay. Not really. :) These are absolutely darling, Bridget (even to someone who despises spiders with every last fiber of her being, and would love to see them completely eradicated).
A sweet cookie spider, or a super cute one, is the only kind of spider I want anywehre near me. Fortunately, these meet both criteria! :) Can't wait to give them a go!
I was on the Dating Game in the 80's and won 25$ worth of Nair! I also got a shirt that said, "Put on Aviance Night Musk and have an Aviance night!" Love the 80".
ReplyDeletelove your photographs... if you like you can share them on http://tastingspot.com
ReplyDeleteThese are super cute! Love the hairy legs!!!!
ReplyDeleteI totally have the Nair jingle in my head now!
I'm not a fan of spiders, but these are just adorable! Thanks.
ReplyDeletejust in time for halloween! :D
ReplyDeleteCreepy and cute!!! I love those hairy spider cookies.
ReplyDeleteso creepy cute. This is perfect!
ReplyDeleteso funny! I was JUST thinking about these cookies today! You are so clever!! I love these! I really need to make them for Steve! lol
ReplyDeleteOnly you would be able to make spiders look cute! These are adorable!
ReplyDeleteHi!
ReplyDeleteJust stumbled upon your blog and thought I should say it's great! I love your tutorials and the cute cookies you've made. Keep it up! :)
Sinfully cute!
ReplyDeleteSo darling! Now I have the Nair song stuck in my head too!! Wish my legs looked that cute hairy. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm always looking for cool ways to decorate cupcakes and cookies in a theme. Thanks for sharing this one!
ReplyDeleteStill have the song in my head, thanks!
ReplyDeleteI'm featuring these tomorrow on my blog tomorrow. www.trilogyedibles.com
We( my family) has made spider cookies before.but these look delious!!!! Love the hairy legs idea!!!!!;) :P
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