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Spider Infested Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Published: Oct 16, 2014 · Recipe by: Beth · This post may contain affiliate links.

What better time of year than Halloween to serve up some creepy-looking Spider Infested Oatmeal Raisin Cookies made using plump juicy California Raisins?

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Halloween may be the best time to make and serve spider-filled cookies, but I can think of other occasions where they would be appropriate too.

It would be fun to make them to bring along on a camping trip, or to serve at a bug-themed birthday party, or to scare someone on April Fool’s Day, or to give to a friend who happens to be studying arachnology (the study of spiders.)

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I’ll probably stick to putting spiders in my cookies at Halloween like I did last year when I made Spider Infested Chocolate Chip Cookies. My original chocolate spiders looked pretty cool but were not terribly realistic. I intentionally made them that way. I figured most people would want cuter spiders than creepy ones on their cookies. I was wrong. People were totally excited about the creep-out factor of the sweet Halloween treats.

So this year I decided it would be fun to challenge myself to make more realistic-looking spiders that would infest a batch of homemade cookies and found that creating them out of raisins was perfect.

Plump juicy raisins make great spider bodies, but better yet, when cut into thin long pieces, they become somewhat translucent and scraggly around the edges and make amazing-looking legs.

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It only seemed natural to put the raisin spiders into oatmeal raisin cookies.

I’m a huge fan of oatmeal raisin cookies, but my husband hates them, so I don’t make them very often.

I believe it’s been several years since I’ve baked a batch. It was hard keeping my hands off of these cookies once they came out of the oven. I could easily eat an entire tray full even though they were infested with spiders.

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How to make Spider Infested Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Instructions:


Raisin Spiders

  • Select 16 large plump and juicy raisins for the spider bodies and 16 very small raisins for the spider heads. if you can’t find really small raisins then cut larger ones in half and roll them into balls.
  • Flatten the larger raisins out to create a nice-sized spider body.
  • Flatten the remaining raisins as thin as you can.
  • Using a sharp knife, cut thin long strips out of the raisins for the spider legs.
  • Create enough legs for all 16 of your spiders.

Best Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Recipe

  • Preheat oven to 350°F.
  • Beat butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar until light and fluffy. Add one egg at a time mixing to combine. Then add vanilla.
  • Whisk together the flour, nutmeg, cinnamon, salt, and baking powder. Add to the wet ingredients and stir just to combine.
  • Stir in the oats and 1 1/2 cups of raisins.

Spider Raisin Cookies

  • Scoop out two-thirds of a cup of cookie dough, roll into a ball, and place on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Repeat creating a total of 16 cookies. Flatten the cookies slightly. These cookies are really big, which helps keep them moist and chewy on the inside.
  • Arrange your raisin spiders on top. Start by placing the eight legs on the cookie then put the large raisin body over top and add a head.
  • Bake for 18 to 22 min. until the edges turn golden brown.

As the cookies bake they will spread and the parts of the spiders may move away from each other. As soon as you take the cookies out of the oven, fix your spiders. I had to move a few heads back to the bodies and even used tweezers to move a few of the legs.

The trick to keeping the legs close to the raisin bodies is to have them touch in the middle underneath the raisin, like in the second cookie pictured above.

When the cookies spread, the legs will move, but won’t separate from the body, as they did in the third cookie pictured above. A few of those legs were spaced too far out from the middle.

Spider Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

  • Allow the cookies to cool and then go have fun creeping out your friends and family.

 

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Spider Infested Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
18 mins
Total Time
48 mins
 
How to make Oatmeal Raisin cookies look infested with raisin spiders
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Halloween
Keyword: halloween cookies, oatmeal rasin cookies, spider cookies
Servings: 16
Author: Beth Jackson Klosterboer
Ingredients
Raisin Spiders:
  • 48 California Raisins
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies:
  • 2 sticks (1 cup) butter, softened
  • 1 1/4 cups light brown sugar
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 1/2 cups flour 7 ounces
  • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 3 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
  • 1 1/2 cups California raisins
Instructions
  1. Select 16 large plump and juicy raisins for the spider bodies and 16 very small raisins for the spider heads.
  2. Flatten the remaining raisins as thin as you can.
  3. Using a sharp knife, cut thin long strips out of the raisins for the spider legs.
  4. Create enough legs for all 16 of your spiders.
  5. Preheat oven to 350°F.
  6. Beat butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar until light and fluffy.
  7. Add one egg at a time mixing to combine.
  8. Add vanilla.
  9. Whisk together the flour, nutmeg, cinnamon, salt, and baking powder.
  10. Add to the wet ingredients and stir just to combine.
  11. Stir in the oats and 1 1/2 cups of raisins.
  12. Scoop out two thirds of a cup of cookie dough, roll into a ball, and place on a parchment paper lined baking sheet.
  13. Repeat creating a total of 16 cookies. Flatten the cookies slightly. These cookies are really big, which helps keep them moist and chewy on the inside.
  14. Arrange your raisin spiders on top. Start by placing the eight legs on the cookie then put the large raisin body over top and add a head.
  15. Bake for 18 to 22 min. until the edges turn golden brown.
  16. Allow the cookies to cool and then go have fun creeping out your friends and family.

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About the Author, Beth Jackson Klosterboer

Beth is a professional chocolatier, recipe developer, event planner, and cookbook author who loves to make fun food.

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Comments

  1. Cathy McInnes

    October 22, 2014 at 6:14 pm

    I can't get over how cute those cookies turned out! I am not a fan of spiders but I am a fan of oatmeal raisin cookies and I would delightedly eat one! Stopping by from what's cookin' Wednesday! 🙂
    Cathy @three kids and a fish

    Reply
    • beth

      October 22, 2014 at 6:53 pm

      Thanks for stopping by Cathy. I am so afraid of spiders, it's not even funny, but I do love to add edible ones to my Halloween treats. It's fun.

      Reply
  2. The Partiologist

    October 18, 2014 at 1:11 am

    I do love me some spider cookies, raisins included!

    Reply
    • beth

      October 22, 2014 at 6:52 pm

      LOL! Who'd have ever thought people would love spider cookies? I'm glad you do =)

      Reply
  3. Angie Schneider

    October 17, 2014 at 1:43 pm

    Gosh..these raisin spiders look so vivid and real! These oatmeal cookies look fantastic.

    Reply
    • beth

      October 22, 2014 at 6:51 pm

      Thank, Angie. I love this cookie recipe. It is really fantastic.

      Reply
  4. Stephi

    October 17, 2014 at 12:48 pm

    this is such a fabulous idea, they look so real ICKYYYYY
    I love it, so creative and at the same time it's healthy decor not made from fondant, what else do we want 😉
    https://apartment2504.wordpress.com/

    Reply
    • beth

      October 22, 2014 at 6:51 pm

      Thanks, Stephi. I do really like decorating with things other than fondant, and using raisins for these spiders worked out perfectly.

      Reply
  5. Thalia @ butter and brioche

    October 17, 2014 at 6:38 am

    These cookies are so awesome for Halloween and they look delicious too. Loving the little spiders especially.. you definitely have patience cutting out those legs!

    Reply
    • beth

      October 22, 2014 at 6:50 pm

      Thanks, Thalia. I was surprised at how quickly I cut all the legs. Placing them on the cookies certainly did take patience, but was pretty easy.

      Reply
  6. Tiffany@Fizzy Party!

    October 17, 2014 at 4:07 am

    Love this! I've seen the chocolate chip spider cookies, which are cute, but I'm not a chocolate chip kinda girl. I don't like them. Oatmeal on the other hand. Bring it! I love them. These spider cookies, I would absolutely make.

    Reply
    • beth

      October 22, 2014 at 6:49 pm

      I'm a big oatmeal raisin fan myself and loved this cookie recipe.

      Reply
  7. Melissa

    October 16, 2014 at 4:42 pm

    Very creepy….therefore perfect for Halloween!! No way could I do these! Give me goosebumps just looking at them!

    Reply
    • beth

      October 22, 2014 at 6:48 pm

      They are pretty creepy looking, that's for sure. I'm sure you aren't alone in your fear of eating them.

      Reply

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