Description
This Pumpkin Spice Spiderweb Cookie Pizza is a festive and delicious dessert perfect for Halloween or fall gatherings. A sugar cookie base baked to golden perfection is topped with creamy pumpkin-spiced frosting and decorated with a spooky spiderweb design made from black decorator icing. Optional candy eyes add a fun touch, making it perfect for all ages.
Ingredients
Scale
Cookie Base
- 1 (16.5 ounce) tube sugar cookie dough
Frosting
- 1 can vanilla frosting
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- Orange gel food coloring, a few drops
- Black decorator frosting (for spiderweb design)
Optional Decoration
- Candy eyes
Instructions
- Preheat and Prepare Pan: Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C). Lightly spray a round pizza pan (or a 9-inch cake pan) with cooking spray containing flour to prevent sticking.
- Shape Cookie Dough: Press the entire tube of sugar cookie dough evenly into the bottom of your prepared pan, creating a flat cookie pizza base.
- Bake the Cookie: Bake the cookie dough in the preheated oven for 14-16 minutes if using a pizza pan, or longer if using a thicker pan, until golden brown. Remove from oven and allow it to cool completely before frosting.
- Prepare Pumpkin Spice Frosting: In a bowl, stir 1 teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice into the can of vanilla frosting. Add a few drops of orange gel food coloring and mix until the color is evenly blended.
- Frost the Cookie: Spread the pumpkin spice frosting evenly over the cooled cookie pizza.
- Create Spiderweb Design: Using black decorator frosting, pipe concentric circles around the frosted cookie, spacing them about half an inch apart, from the outer edge toward the center.
- Form Spiderweb: With a toothpick, starting from the center, drag the black icing through the orange frosting outward to the edge to form spiderweb lines. Repeat evenly around the cookie to complete the web design.
- Add Optional Candy Eyes: Place candy eyes on top of the cookie pizza as desired for a spooky effect.
- Store: Store the finished cookie pizza in the refrigerator for up to 3 days or freeze for up to one month.
Notes
- You can alternatively use 1 pouch of sugar cookie dough prepared according to package directions or your favorite homemade sugar cookie recipe.
- If you prefer homemade frosting, try a vanilla buttercream or pumpkin spice frosting recipe for a fresher taste.
- If black decorator icing is unavailable, reserve about 1/4 of the vanilla frosting, dye it black with food coloring, and pipe the circles using a piping bag.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice (1/12th of cookie pizza)
- Calories: 280
- Sugar: 22g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 12g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 39g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 20mg
