Peanut Butter Jelly Filled Spiders Recipes

Steps:

• Using the lid of a wide mouth mason jar, carve out rounds into both slices of bread, remove the crusts.
• Spread peanut butter evenly across one side of one of the rounds and spread jelly evenly across one side of the other round.
• Place peanut butter round and jelly round together to create the "body" of the spider.
• Place 4 pretzel sticks into the left side of the sandwich and 4 pretzel sticks into the right side, creating the "spider legs."
• Place raisins on the sandwich to create the "eyes."
• Enjoy!

Steps:

• For the raspberry jelly: Combine the sugar and agar in a medium saucepan fitted with a candy thermometer. Whisk in the cold water and add the glucose syrup. Cook at a gentle boil while stirring until the mixture reaches 223 degrees F, about 8 minutes.
• Remove the agar mixture from the heat and allow to cool to 194 degrees F. Add the raspberry juice, stir to incorporate and pour into 2-inch round silicone candy molds. Allow to set for 45 minutes in the refrigerator.
• For the handcrafted peanut butter: Process the dry roasted peanuts in a spice grinder until smooth. Add the canola oil and process again, then add the agave nectar and process until smooth, about 1 minute. Transfer the peanut butter to a piping bag and set aside.
• For the applesauce shortbread: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Cream the butter and sugar together with an electric mixer until light, about 3 minutes. Add the egg, applesauce and cream and mix to incorporate, about 1 minute. Add the flour, vanilla and salt and mix until the dough holds together, about 1 minute.
• Transfer the dough to a pastry bag and cut a 1/4-inch opening at the end. Pipe out 2-inch circles of the dough onto the prepared baking sheet and bake until golden brown, about 10 minutes. Let cool.
• Transfer the peanut butter to a pastry bag, pipe the peanut butter onto the cooled shortbread cookies and spread it out to the edges. Top each with the cooled and set raspberry jelly.
• To decorate: Put the chocolate in a heatproof medium bowl. Fill a medium saucepan with a couple inches of water and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Remove from the heat and set the bowl of chocolate over the water to melt. Stir until smooth and transfer to a piping bag.
• Cut a small opening at the end of the pastry bag and decorate the tops of each cookie with spider legs.

Steps:

• Prepare two baking sheets with cooking spray; set aside.
• In a small bowl, combine peanut butter and jam; set aside.
• Divide dough into sixteen equal pieces. It takes two pieces of dough to make one spider.
• To make spider, take one piece of dough, on a lightly floured surface, divide this piece into four equal pieces for spider's legs.
• Roll each of these pieces into thin ropes, each being eight inches long.
• Lay each of these ropes, parallel and equal in length to each other, half inch apart onto prepared baking sheet.
• For the spider's body, divide a second piece of dough, one twice as large as the other.
• On a floured surface, pat larger piece of dough with the palm of your hand to flatten.
• Place two teaspoons peanut butter and jam mixture onto center of circle.
• Bring ends of dough up together and seal seams.
• Gently roll this piece of dough into a ball; set aside.
• Roll smaller piece of dough in a round ball (this will be the spider's head).
• Place peanut butter filled body and head centered on top of the four ropes of dough.
• Finish with remaining pieces of dough to make eight spiders. Each spider should have eight legs.
• Let rise until doubled in size, one hour.
• Bake in a 375 degree oven for ten minutes, or until golden brown.